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Thread #99963 Message #2002125
Posted By: Stringsinger
20-Mar-07 - 11:34 AM
Thread Name: It isn't 'Folk', but what is it we do?
Subject: RE: It isn't 'Folk', but what is it we do?
The lines between "folk music" and "folk-styled music" are becoming blurred as time moves on.
Woody's "This Land Is Your Land" is known by school children throughout the world. New words are being written to it. Would anyone in their right mind not refer to this as a folk song?
As to the tradition, stuff, one person's tradition is another's prison.