Dave Bryant wrote : What we tend to forget is that the original traditional singers (or those nearer that point) all had their own vastly differing styles because there were not the unifying influences that folk clubs, recordings, radio & TV, and even more recently the internet have tended to impose. I have to agree with this. Modern recording methods and the internet ( and internet radio ) have made available to us all a wide range of musical styles and influences. Human nature being what what it is though, we tend to listen to the same type of things. Music that is more 'listener friendly' gets played more on radio, sells more cds and then leads to more concert tickets being sold. Music that is a bit more wayward and off the beaten track tends to get pushed to the margins. But there is a lot of interesting and rewarding stuff hiding in those margins
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