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{tT is an unalloyed pleasure to welcome back Henry Walter in his new series of Ajll Day Singing. It was clear from his first programme that, in his previous series, he had only. begun to tap the richness of American folk music, and that he has in store a treasury of seng rarely, if ever, heard here before. How fortunate the Americans are to have so much folk song stored up on the Ethnic Folkways recordings, and how lucky we are to have Mr Walter with his
enthusiasm, knowledge and exactly right accent to introduce them and others to us. His programmes bring out plainly the musical genius of the American people, whose spontaneous love of song has kept so many European ballads alive, adapted them to their own circumstances and created others on the same model. It is tragic that -many New Zealanders identify American popular music, not with genuine jazz and folk songs, but with Tin Pan Alley mutilations and concoctions; but it is salutary to find in Mr Walter’s programmes the sources of numerous "pops," having, like his theme song "So Long," a swing. and vitality hoked-up versions completely lack,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 925, 3 May 1957, Page 20
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197Good to Know You New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 925, 3 May 1957, Page 20
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