The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99963 Message #2003563
Posted By: Peace
21-Mar-07 - 06:46 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?
One of the problems of course is that the songs that WERE composed by individuals even hundreds of years ago by that definition cannot be folk. And if anyone argues that they are, how does that work? If, for example, "Mr Tambourine Man" is around in a few hundred years, will it be folk? If not, why? And if so, then why isn't it folk today?