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GEORDIE singer-songwriter Richard Dawson has been stretching the boundaries of folk music over the last decade or more.
His brand of experimental music, a form of deconstructed freak folk that’s at times uncompromising, has seen him explore the social histories of north-east England, from the medieval period to the present day, with each new release entering fascinating unchartered territory.
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