The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #155357   Message #3655180
Posted By: Jim Carroll
30-Aug-14 - 06:53 AM
Thread Name: What makes a new song a folk song?
Subject: RE: What makes a new song a folk song?
"you give a name to what fits your criteia for 'folk' so come on, indulge me, give a name to the new songs that I would call folk."
I'm not being dogmatic in pointing out that a definition exists - it does and you have access to it.
Nor have I given a name that fits my criteria - somebody else did a long time before I was a twinkle in anybody's eye (or a pain in anybody's arse).
As for a name for your songs, Jack Blandiver, (above) gave an excellent one, songs written in the folk idiom, assuming they are, of course.
It really isn't my job to pick an identification tag for someone else's creations.
Jim Carroll