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Thread #96615 Message #1893862
Posted By: GUEST
26-Nov-06 - 08:08 AM
Thread Name: Review: Folk Awards - Mike Harding
Subject: RE: Review: Folk Awards - Mike Harding
"There is a load of music out in the world which gets called folk or people call folk because they are not able to think of another label
Yes, it can be defined generally as:
(a) stuff composed in their bedrooms by angst-ridden teenagers who once lived next door to someone who once owned an acoustic guitar, and they have emerged, convinced that the world owes them a living, and
(b) pseudo-celticky, wifty-wafty new-agey crap."
Countess, I agree with you, but you are about ten years out of date. I haven't heard any new-agey crap for years, or angsty teenagers who think the world owes them a living. The trend now is for late-thirty-something ex-punks going "back to their roots". Or, anyone from america with a "wyrd" voice.
Also, since John Leonard is no longer the producer of the Mike Harding Show - he has been replaced day-to-day by Kellie While, Mike has a lot more of a say in what gets played these days. The stuff that gets aired is what he wants to play now. Which is fair enough, its his programme and he repeatedly wins the contract whenever his slot is up for tender by the BBC. There are internet radio stations that play 'proper' folk music 24/7 and they are free and just as easy to listen to. Whats to complain about??