"First of all, saying Mudcat is the number one folk discussion forum is setting a standard that the handful of people who post here are THE community that defines and understands folk." As far as Mudcat being the #1 folk site, it's not a matter of opinion, and it's not a "handful" of people who visit--according to rankins.com, it ranks 19,516 of all sites on the web in popularity. None of the other folk music sites even fall in the top million. I think you'd be hard pressed to argue that the community that understands and defines folk is better represented anywhere else. Furthermore, it is way ahead of both HannahMontana.com and HannahMontanazone.com, which is the official fan club website. I don't even know what to think now. There *is* a canon of "Hannah Montana" songs, though--
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