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Scabby Douglas Scots musicians deny claim that folk is fading out (48) RE: Scots musicians deny claim that folk is 03 Aug 10

"From: Connacht Rambler - PM
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 07:05 AM

So, eh,
what about the assertion in the article that "Folk music could soon be consigned to history ..." and the tendency of modern communications to cluster vast numbers and consign the rest to the margins.
One simple test: key "Irish music" into Google Trends and observe the decline. http://www.google.com/trends "

Yeah, but I searched for "rock music" and found a decline there, too.

And "American music".

I think that particular test needs refined a bit more

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