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06 Apr 04 - 11:06 AM (#1155720) Subject: Folk Rush in Where Mudcat Fears To Go From: Amos Folk Alley's newsletter includes this "how does he dare" notice: What is Folk Music?: One of Program Director Eric Nuzum's latest posts to the Folk Alley weblog asks the question: what is folk music? The dilemma of where folk ends and other genres, like country or pop, take up has spurred many enthusiastic discussions over the years. Read Eric's entire mini- essay and add your $.02 here: http://www.folkalley.com/archives/000183.php Regards, A |
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06 Apr 04 - 07:14 PM (#1156112) Subject: RE: Folk Rush in Where Mudcat Fears To Go From: michaelr Looks like there, as here, is no consensus. Probably never will be. Give it up. Just play music... :-) Cheers, Michael |
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07 Apr 04 - 02:49 AM (#1156330) Subject: RE: Folk Rush in Where Mudcat Fears To Go From: SueB Music stores have sections: rock/pop, classical, jazz, country, r&b, world music, celtic, folk, bluegrass, soundtracks, maybe a few others. Would you look for Metallica in the folk music section? I don't know how music stores decide what goes where, and I don't always find what I'm looking for where I expected to find it, but I think in general if there is a category for rock and a category for folk, Metallica will be over in rock. Are there any librarians among us? Is the answer to be found in the Dewey Decimal System, maybe? |
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07 Apr 04 - 04:20 AM (#1156353) Subject: RE: Folk Rush in Where Mudcat Fears To Go From: George Papavgeris While music can be categorised (though what use that is, Lord only knows), artists cannot. Metallica in fact have 2 or 3 excellent ballads, that would not shame any folk collection (Look for the acoustic version of "Nothing else matters"). Artists don't move within one genre or category. Why should they? Music has no bounds, only people's minds do. I have written (just among my published stuff) in the following "styles": English Traditional Mediaeval Blues Rock Chanson Church Hymns Greek Traditional and there are a few that would not fit in any of the above either. So what am I? On which shelf do you put my albums? Songs may be categorised. Albums and artists, not. |
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07 Apr 04 - 09:17 AM (#1156510) Subject: RE: Folk Rush in Where Mudcat Fears To Go From: GUEST,leeneia It's simple, really. For convenience's sake, let's say a guy is playing Greensleeves. 1. If the guy is wearing tails and a white bow tie, and if his instrument cost more than $1000, then it is classical music. 2. If the guy is wearing jeans and flannels shirt and playing a guitar (now matter how expensive), then it is folk music. 3. If the guy is: wearing bizarre clothes gurgling the phlegm in his throat doing his best to extirpate the melody drowned out by the drummer while the bass player plays the tonic and fifth then it's rock. Mostly it depends on what you wear. |
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07 Apr 04 - 09:34 AM (#1156531) Subject: RE: Folk Rush in Where Mudcat Fears To Go From: Willie-O ". If the guy is: wearing bizarre clothes gurgling the phlegm in his throat doing his best to extirpate the melody drowned out by the drummer while the bass player plays the tonic and fifth then it's rock." Actually it's at least as likely to be New Country! |
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07 Apr 04 - 09:48 AM (#1156549) Subject: RE: Folk Rush in Where Mudcat Fears To Go From: Flash Company They is all folk songs! I ain't never heard a horse sing one! Louis Armstrong FC |
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07 Apr 04 - 01:29 PM (#1156735) Subject: RE: Folk Rush in Where Mudcat Fears To Go From: dick greenhaus FC- THat's a quote that provokes actual nausea. Would anyone mind if I deleted postings containing it? |
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07 Apr 04 - 02:52 PM (#1156818) Subject: RE: Folk Rush in Where Mudcat Fears To Go From: Ed. Not me, Dick! *grin* |
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08 Apr 04 - 12:02 AM (#1157180) Subject: RE: Folk Rush in Where Mudcat Fears To Go From: GUEST,leeneia How right you are. |