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Thread #155357   Message #3667058
Posted By: Musket
08-Oct-14 - 03:34 AM
Thread Name: What makes a new song a folk song?
Subject: RE: What makes a new song a folk song?
This just in.

Millions of people to return their folk collection as Michael and Jim claim the term "folk" for a narrow section of the genre.

We interviewed one punter, by the name of Musket as he was attempting to wipe out his iTunes collection, not as easy as when an OSX upgrade does it for you (grr). He said "it's very difficult sorting out what is or isn't folk. Who'd have thought Famous Flower of Serving Men wasn't a folk song? I feel sorry for the bloke who got a PhD in the subject saying it was the getting around copyright in broadsheets that led to more regional variations of song than anything else. Seems that he must be wrong because Jim says it's more to do with the oral tradition.

In other related news, Vin Garbutt suggests calling his songs fulk music to get around the Carroll law.

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