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The first broadcast, at 7pm on Tuesday 6th March 1923, began with a pipe band playing the popular folk tune 'Hey, Johnnie Cope'.
BBC: 90 years since BBC went on air in Scotland
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This is the beginning of the farmers dance of China s Korean ethnic group, a popular folk practice passed on by senior members of a community to younger generations.
UNESCO: Culture
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They boasted a huge repertory of plays and operettas both classical and folkloric, but the folk plays were the most popular.
ECONOMIST: Lillian Lux
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Arirang is a popular form of Korean folk song, the outcome of many collective contributions.
UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES
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What are some little known facts about popular fairy tales and folk stories?
FORBES: Connect
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In another concert, a Korean opera singer residing in Japan revived a popular opera based on a Korean romantic folk tale.
CNN: From Our Correspondent: A Gift From Korea
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On Wednesday evenings during peak travel season (July to mid-August), the church is home to a popular series of jazz, classical and folk music concerts.
BBC: Exploring the Eastfjords of Iceland
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He has become a musician of international renown without ever experiencing what can be classified a hit: While "Alice's Restaurant" and "Coming Into Los Angeles" were immensely popular among crowds at the 1969 Woodstock and Newport Folk Festival, they didn't gain much radio airplay.
NPR: Arlo Guthrie in Concert
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So you've never heard the name, Jemaine Clement, or New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo-acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo, Flight of the Conchords.
NPR: Kiwi Comedian Brings 'Smash Hit' Projects to U.S.
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Bhangra is the folk music and dance of the Punjab region of India, but it's become hugely popular in dance clubs around the world.
NPR: Bhangra's DJ Rekha Takes the Dance Floor
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In an otherwise glossy part of Midtown, just a few doors down from the ever-popular Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), stands the tiny, humble American Folk Art Museum.
BBC: New York City uncovered
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The musician played at events across the US from folk festivals to the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York and recorded some 60 albums, with his most popular songs including Tom Dooley, Shady Grove and Rising Sun Blues.
BBC: Doc Watson, folk and bluegrass guitarist, dies aged 89