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 | | The commercial popularity of such performers probably peaked in the U.S. with the ABC Hootenanny [1] television series in 1963, which was cancelled after the arrival of the Beatles, the "British invasion" and the rise of folk-rock. |
 | | These bands were rooted, to a greater or lesser extent, in a living tradition of Irish music, and they benefitted from collection efforts on the part of the likes of Seamus Ennis and Peter Kennedy, among others. |
 | | The appropriation of folk has even continued into hard rock and heavy metal, with bands such as Skyclad, Waylander and Finntroll melding distinctive elements of folk styles from a wide variety of traditions, including in many cases traditional instruments such as fiddles, tin whistles and bagpipes as an element of their sound. |
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