The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112016 Message #2366953
Posted By: Banjiman
16-Jun-08 - 10:50 AM
Thread Name: An English Folk Awards..?
Subject: RE: An English Folk Awards..?
Black Hawk, yes, point taken.
However this seems a very good illustration of the difficulty and pointlessness of trying to set up "exclusive" folk awards of any kind.
It sets us off down a very dangerous road.....just how "English" do you need to be to enter (and how much more "English" to win)? Would having none "English" ancestry exclude you?......this I believe is where WAV wants to take us.
We've already had the debate (ad nauseum) about how difficult it is to be sure of a tune or song's nationality.
I vote we just forget about this idea or we walk into the arms of the fascists.
More folk (from everywhere) on the radio though please.
Paul