Amy Martin's definition is a good one. I like it. It's vagueness and also it's poetic precision are compatible opposites that make me really want to hear her music. It's a keeper definition that I want to write down and look at just because I like the way it makes me feel when I read it.

It rings true !!

I jumped out of bed in the middle of the night last night---and wrote down what turned out to be my own final proclamation of what, for me, this folk music of ours IS. Michael Cooney and I have been e-mailing about what I put down last night. I'm going to bed now---but tomorrow I may get it together to post it here. This seems to be a decent place to put it.

Good thoughts from just about all you folks. As with many threads Jerry starts, this one is the first actually respectful "what is folk" kind of discussion to wind up in this forum. That is nice to see.

Art Thieme