"I don't really think of SoH as a folk band, which is the reason it is rather anathema to me that a song like Roots should win favourite folk track of all time. They are a rock-pop band with some folk influences" Well I do think of SoH as a "folk" band, admittedly with rock edges. However if any song from the last couple of years were to win "Best Folk Song Of All Time" I would be inclined to think that people have been letting what they've just heard influence them too much. The phenomenon is often very marked when people draw up best of the year lists with a large dollop of November/December releases in.
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