Yup, Don... and why, then, don't we advertise concerts by simply putting up a sign that says "MUSIC TONIGHT"? I could go on and type a 4 paragraph treatise on logic about the categories that are excluded by noting they are 'not' done by horses, but 73.651% would miss the point and the 26.349% would debate using something from Jack Blandiver's reasoning. We NEED words to make distinctions. 'Folk' was once useful... now 'traditional' is vaguely useful. In order to note certain kinds of concerts these days, it would take a couple of paragraphs to clarify it.
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