The point of the thread is to discover what most people generally mean when they talk glibly about "folk.""


Doesn't help any but I think I'd have to go along with the equally vague anything you might reasonably expect to hear in a folk club or session on that one...

In practice on "what is folk" and in terms of getting out, I and most others I know just try to be "fitters in". Initially, you go to a session (my own preference is usually for mostly tunes) or a club and try to get a feeling for what in your own sense of "folk" repertoire would work there. Where the "goal posts" are placed is down to those who've been around longer. And for me, the only real debate is to what extent I fit/enjoy.