The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #12608   Message #599752
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
28-Nov-01 - 07:03 PM
Thread Name: Mudcat / Sing Out Magazine
Subject: RE: Mudcat / Sing Out Magazine
And here is the Sing Out website.

I notice there's a mailing list discussion forum. I tend to avoid these, because I get confused enough keeping on top of my email anyway, and I find the Mudcat forum much easier to keep track of. But presumably there are people who prefer the mailing list approach, and I'd imagine there'd be Mudcatters who were in this.

My feeling is that one way and another folk activities happening through the net are a significant part of the folk scene that deserves being taken into account in print publications. I haven't seen a copy of Sing Out in years, because I tend to pick up things in shops rather than go in for subscriptions - but when I did see it, it was and away the one I felt most comfortable with. I get fed up with the bitchy review of records and fan-interview approach of Folk Roots, and the local magazines are useful, but are limited in their approach.

I'd like to see a reciprocal link for Sing Out and the Mudcat on the respective websites. Symbolic, but useful as well.