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Thread #99963   Message #2002613
Posted By: Richard Bridge
20-Mar-07 - 07:16 PM
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 correct use of the term "Folk" is as per the 1954 definition (or close). What we need is a word for the other stuff. The horse music. If it sounds vaguely folky, I think "neo-folk" would do. But of course some people seem intent on hijacking the word "folk" to mean (like Tweedledum and Tweedledee) whatever they want it to mean.