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The Young’uns
The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff
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LIKE contemporaries The Unthanks and Cornshed Sisters, Teesside’s The Young’uns are evidence of a thriving song-based tradition in England’s north-east folk scene.
Politically charged: The Young'uns
Lively and politically charged, the trio’s repertoire is a mix of outrage and deep-felt compassion, whether singing about the suicide of a young gay Muslim man or the historic Battle of Cable Street.
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