Mudcat is different for veterans (surviors?) of the Great Folk Scare, and for aficianados of Child and Sharp and Percy (and Shakespeare for that matter). The differences are amplified when we stop talking about music and start talking about context, whether performance context, or cultural context or sources or "authenticity" (or, gawd helpu "ownership") All of these are great things to talk about of course, and worthwhile listening to others' opinions, but the differences start when the music ends (IMO).
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