Maybe it shouldn't matter, HiLo, but I think it does. I have heard comments from people who say they feel uncomfortable at folk gatherings because the group is too uniformly liberal, and remarks are made that make them feel excluded - so they stay away.

I've heard the opposite about religion. Some friends of mine stay away from some groups because too many people choose to sing religious songs.

Doesn't seem like there should be a political litmus test to be admitted to a group singing Child ballads, but maybe that's something that happens. It's a question to explore.

I think people should sing songs that appeal to them, and that everybody needs to be a bit more accepting of other people, a bit less fussy about what gets sung and not song, said and not said.


-Joe-