The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #57765   Message #910445
Posted By: BuckMulligan
14-Mar-03 - 09:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Politics ruin entertainment value
Subject: RE: Politics ruin entertainment value
I can't believe I've read commentary against political outspokenness on a "folk music" message board. People like Ochs, Dylan, Guthrie, and Seeger aside, the "tradition" of political commentary in music is about as "folk" as you can get. Isn't it? "Vicar of Bray" and all that? Christ, I thought that's at least part of what folk music is FOR.