Does anyone have experience or information about the Nazis co-opting German traditional music as part of their campaign ? I would also like any information on recent similar uses of folk music to promote political causes (not necessarily with the approval of the musicians)
I have heard that this is happening in Sweden, and I have heard of Irish bands that were hired to play at a Celtic festival only to find out it was a front for Nazi/White power group. this apparently has been happening in England as there is a resistance to this in the form of the Folk Against Fascism. I think this deserves its own thread, but was thinking about this as applies to German music.