Who said traditional music should be 'replaced'? WHERE has that been said? And by whom?

Ah - Thank you Lizzie. I am still a little unclear - My fault, I know - but you have now clarified that you do not want English Folk to be 'Occupied' -

occupied
adjective
1. in use, taken, full, engaged, unavailable three beds, two of which were occupied
2. inhabited, peopled, lived-in, settled, tenanted The house was occupied by successive generations of farmers.
inhabited empty, deserted, vacant, uninhabited, unoccupied, untenanted, tenantless
3. busy, engaged, employed, working, active, tied up (informal), engrossed, hard at work, in harness, hard at it (informal), rushed off your feet I forgot about it because I was so occupied with other things.

I mistakenly assumed the standard definition of occupied and as that is to fill-up, take, engage or any of the above definitions I am sure you will forgive me for guessing the thread was about occupying the space taken by English Folk Music and replacing it with something else. Thank you for letting me know that is not what you meant and it would have saved a lot of discussion had you have made that reply earlier.



What I was saying is that it's time to appreciate the singer songwriters far more. Time to recognise they are the New Traditionalists, writing the songs that will also be taken up by new generations to come..

I agree wholeheartedly. I do appreciate the singer-songwriters. I am sure if you look back through the thread you will find that everyone agrees with you. I am not sure what I am to appreciate them 'far more' than but if you mean appreciate them far more than the usual stuff that the music industry inflicts on us then yes - I do.

So, in a nutshell, no-one wants to replace traditional folk; we all appreciate good singer-songwriters; They can both live in harmony (4 part I should think) and everyone is happy. Yes?

See - easy when you take the time to explain.

DtG