Steeleye Span: Ye Olde Rocke & Rolle
Steve Turner, Rolling Stone, 12 September 1974
CONSIDER STEELEYE SPAN grounded firmly in traditional English folk music and trying to crack a largely American audience that has no background in, or particular taste for, traditional English folk music. What to do?
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