The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77280 Message #1379911
Posted By: Nerd
16-Jan-05 - 12:41 PM
Thread Name: Celtic music
Subject: RE: Celtic music
Malcolm,
I'll admit that there's more to it than amusing irony. But, I am easily amused! And, as an outsider, none of the negative effects alluded to by greg and other affects me. Those who are affected by the ill-feeling that sometimes surrounds the use of these terms may of course feel differently about the irony.
From a more academic perspective, it's a rather ridiculous argument anyway, as Malcolm and I have both noted; all of these western European folk music traditions are similar to begin with, and have influenced one another to boot, so that in the folk revival arena we might as well call all of it--or none of it--Celtic!