The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131549   Message #3192536
Posted By: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
22-Jul-11 - 06:53 AM
Thread Name: Traditional singer definition
Subject: RE: Traditional singer definition
Folk is invariably a matter of personal Epiphany, though many Folkies are now the begetters of Folkies themselves. I often wonder what the nature of that inheritance is and how they might view that i terms of Tradition, Revival or Post-Revival? I'd say in terms of my own personal culture Johnny Morris, Hanna-Barbera, Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone, and Gerry Anderson are just as significant as Folk, if not more so. In cultural terms the remit is always a whole lot wider, which is why I'm less inclined to see Folk as being any different in terms of Traditional Process, rather the romantic status conferred on same from on high. In this respect, and with all due respect, Jim's quote from Cecil Sharp, at best, reads like something out of a Two Ronnies sketch, or the worst form of cultural paternalism imaginable.