Where the hell is this "rant" in my original post.

I merely stated that IMO music needed to have, not just rhythm, but melody, and for that reason I consider Rap to be rhythmic poetry. I did in fact clearly state that I thought it was a folk art.

The mention of fifty years consideration as to the "folk" appellation was in reference to the fact that many in the folkscene do not recognise anything from the revival of 60s as "folk", a point of view with which I disagree as it happens.

I write songs in the folk idiom, and am well aware that I will be dead and gone for many years before any of them are accepted, if any ever are.

I will continue to express my opinion as and when I see fit, without asking permission from anyone.

Don T.