The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #155357   Message #3659246
Posted By: The Sandman
11-Sep-14 - 04:53 AM
Thread Name: What makes a new song a folk song?
Subject: RE: What makes a new song a folk song?
"Singing has some way to go here, but one of the exciting things that has happened is that when a singer or musician dies, some towns have honoured them with a singing week-end or even a school."
in the case of castleisland they have erected a statue, to padraig o keefe, if he came back he would laugh as when he was alive he was only allowed in ONE pub in the town,
The reality is that the honouring is to some extent a tactic to encourage tourists to stop, ALBEIT providing trad music is a very pleasant way of doing it.
coope boyes and simpson are a very well respected uk singing group, not a firm of solicitors.