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Britain has a long history of producing bards and troubadours. From Shakespeare to Strummer, the nation has spawned countless tale-spinners whose words resonate with drama and humor, knife-twisting wit and unabashed romanticism -- a lineage that's been transported into the new millennium by Johnny Flynn, a South African émigré whose flair for blending folk tradition and decidedly of-the-moment perspective marks him as an artist capable of captivating at first listen and for the long haul.
"I've always been interested in storytelling as an art form," says the 25-year-old singer-songwriter. "Real epic storytelling. You hear that in Chaucer, and it's mirrored in traditional folk and in the blues. It ..
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