The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119547   Message #2611999
Posted By: John P
15-Apr-09 - 06:44 PM
Thread Name: 1954 and All That - defining folk music
Subject: RE: 1954 and All That - defining folk music
So is Jim Eldon writing Northumbrian smallpipe tunes? A lot of traditional Swedish music also has known composers, and I accept a good deal of recently composed music in other traditions as being part of the tradition. I understand that Jim, like most of us, does both traditional material and more modern stuff. That still doesn't make this a traditional song. I'm part of the traditional music community, and I am not accepting this particular song as anything even vaguely traditional. If you are, then you are one of the people who is trying to take away part of my identity. Since you know better, it rankles. Stick to calling it folk if you must, but leave the traditional part off, please.