The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #122182   Message #2686645
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
24-Jul-09 - 05:44 AM
Thread Name: Does Folk Exist?
Subject: RE: Does Folk Exist?
Just to say I feel like shit today & I've lost track of this one completely so I'm phoning in sick.

In response to Shimrod back there I'd just like to say that just because I feel all music can (and does) operate as folk music in terms of context & process, that doesn't mean I'm wanting to see that reflected it in folk clubs. The context of a Folk Club is sacrosanct to a particular faith and I have my ideals of what sort of thing I might expect to hear there - just as when I pick up a copy of Railway Modeller I expect to see an exquisitely modelled NER rural branch-line terminus circa 1934 with scratch built locos and rolling stock. You get the idea.

Anyway, keep the faith. For the rest of the day I'm going to be curled up on the sofa under the duvet watching DVDs of Magma's Mythes & Legendes concerts filmed at the Triton re-unions back in 2006. Here's a taste:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlJKKtgreqw