Hey there, cool people of this sub!
I'm honestly not having much hope for this one, but it doesn't cost much to try (aside from the time spent writing this post (but then again, writing text walls is kinda my thing, so it's fine))!
I'm a local, living in the suburbs (28M btw), and among my various hobbies and passions, I have a particular fondness for traditional/folk music from around the world. There is something special about traditional music, about how it takes part in transmitting a story, a heritage, across time, about music from each region/culture having its own colors and codes, about what different languages bring to a music, ..., that really appeals to me. And it's honestly a passion I struggle to share with people, because it's not something people are usually interested in (and I respect it).
Still, I live this passion by discovering, listening and often also singing/playing music from various regions and in various languages. I'm more familiar with Celtic music (particularly Irish and Breton music), Occitan music, music from the Balkans, Greek music a lot, Turkish music, ... But I'm not limited to those (I know some Sicilian, Galician, Spanish, Persian, Arabic or even Kazakh songs)!
And I'm already happy to be able to explore this passion on my own. But honestly, I would really love to find similar-minded souls who also share a love for traditional music around the world.
For this reason, I'm looking for anyone, amateur or professional, who would like to share this passion by playing/singing trad world music together. It doesn't have to be from the regions I'm already familiar with. Maybe you're familiar with other type of folk/trad music you'd like to share, and I'm sure I would be down to discover. Maybe you would like to discover some trad genres that I'm familiar with and you're not. Anything !! I would love to discover as much as I would love to make others discover.
I'm myself mostly singing, but I can also play irish flute, and accordeon (but it's honestly a pain in the ass to bring my accordeon in Paris).
And I'm not seeking to create any serious professional project. It's all in a very amateur vibe. I'm myself purely amateur, my job is tech related ahahaha, so no pressure! The idea is to meet, find songs we would like to play, play together, have fun, I don't know! Honestly, finding people sharing the same kind of interest would be already so awesome, that it doesn't matter that much what we end up doing concretely! I don't have any specific plan right now!
ALSO, I've seen that most post looking for people to play music with don't get much response. So I kinda expect something so niche to not get any success.
And SO, even if you're not a musician yourself, if you just happen to have a similar interest in traditional music and would like to connect, feel free to let me know! I would love finally having friends to share this passion with :)
Thank you for bearing with me and reading my post, take care, and repeat after me: traditional music is not just for very old people!