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GUEST,Allan Conn	Can a pop song become traditional? (679* d)	RE: Can a pop song become traditional?	02 Dec 15
I do a version of Cousin Jack which I realised was different when I went back to listen to Show Of Hands. The chorus is basically the same but the verse is a different though very similar tune! So it is still theoretically possible for the folk process to work despite the recorded versions and youtube etc. Anyway re the link below. According to the 54 definition I take it there should be no such thing as a composer of traditional music? However that is one of the categories in the Scots Trad Music Awards! So as a whole the Scottish folk music fraternity seems to recognise that folk/trad music consists of more than the narrow definition. http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2015/11/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-album-of-the-year/

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