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GUEST,Auldtimer What makes it a Folk Song? (404* d) RE: What makes it a Folk Song? 18 Mar 09


Interpretation and intention. Two singers can perform the same song one can be folk and the other not. Even when the song is generaly though as being a folk song, even when the singer is/is not thought of as Folk. I despair at so much of what is being recorded and promoted as folk music, a CD containing a selection from the book of Forty-Fabulous-F'ing-Folk-Faviourites, does not make it a folk album.


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