Guest Bill Kennedy sez: "interesting to me that there is not a single folk song on the list, with the exception of Man of Constant Sorrow."

Interesting to me is the fact that, with that statement, Guest Bill Kennedy betrays his ignorance.

Now, I assume that Guest Bill Kennedy is speaking specifically about traditional folk songs. If that's the case, why wouldn't Guest Bill Kennedy recognize "Down to the River to Pray" as a folk song? Other than changing it from valley to river (the folk process allows such changes), the song is the traditional folk song, "Down in the Valley to Pray."

Why wouldn't Guest Bill Kennedy recognize "Little Sparrow," as a variant of the traditional folk song that begins "Come all you fair and tender maidens"?

Why wouldn't Guest Bill Kennedy recognize "In the Jailhouse Now" as already having been an anonymous folk song before Jimmie Rodgers recorded it circa 1927?

Although we know that "Turn Your Radio On" was written by Alfred Brumley in the 1930s, it, IMSHO, has entered the tradition.

Surely, "Amazing Grace,' which has been sung by folks for hundreds of years is a folk song.

"The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn," according to all three of my recordings of it, is traditional.

"Big Rock Candy Mountain," first recorded in 1928 by Haywire Mac McClintock is certainly, by now, a folk song.

"I'll Fly Away" is a traditional folk song.

Guest Bill Kennedy would have us believe that he's the only authentic FOLK radio host. He's as full of himself as he's ignorant.

I've listened to a lot of folk radio (hip hip hooray) for the Internet. There are some great ones: Rich Warren, Gene Shay, Mike Regenstreif, Bob Blackman, Roz & Howard Larmon, Pablo Meshugi, Matt Watroba, Ron Olesko, Dick Pleasants, etc.

None of them, and many more, have anything to learn from Guest Bill Kennedy.