I enjoy all kinds of music so reckon I'm a lumper. I don't, however, feel excluded if a session or festival is exclusively about one particular genre of music. If I'm familiar with the genre, I join in ... if I'm not, I don't. I'm going to attend Steve Kaufman's Flatpickers' Kamp next June, which is specifically about bluegrass. Even though I'm not specifically a bluegrass musician, I love it, and wouldn't deny myself the opportunity because of what someone else might term "exclusivity" ...

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