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Thread #121085   Message #2640304
Posted By: GUEST,Shimrod
25-May-09 - 05:52 AM
Thread Name: Are 'Folk Arts' Elitist?
Subject: RE: Are 'Folk Arts' Elitist?
"The subject matter of folk music is almost universally anti-establishment ..." 'glueman'

No it's not! What ill-informed rubbish!

How are 'Searching for Lambs', 'The Banks of the Sweet Primroses', 'John Barleycorn', 'Lisbon', 'The Manchester Angel', 'The Furze Field', 'The Outlandish Knight', 'Scarborough Fair' or 'Bushes and Briars' "anti-establishment", 'glueman'?