From: Jim Carroll - PM
Date: 03 Feb 19 - 05:03 AM

"Young Audiences - Trad Folk V Folk Rock "
How about "folk rock is a passing fad (as is rock itself
Trad folk has survived for may centuries and will contniue to do so given th good will and interest
Jim Carroll

Rock 'n' Roll dates from the mid 1950s
That's around 65 years ago
Not bad for a passing fad.

The best music from any era will survive whatever the style.
Traditional songs are those that have survived because they had something to say either lyrically or musically - often both. Part of the appeal of traditional song (to me at least) is the beautiful melodies. At the time those traditional songs were the 'latest thing', there will be many more songs, popular in their day that died because they didn't really have anything much to say.