The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #102738 Message #2086717
Posted By: Marje
25-Jun-07 - 03:18 PM
Thread Name: young folk tradition undermining folk
Subject: RE: young folk tradition undermining folk
It seems pretty pointless for people to keep on remarking that Luke Kelly, Eric Bogle et al managed very well without folk degrees. Of course they did, because they had no choice! Things are different now, and all sorts of formal and informal study courses are now there for the taking; think about the courses offered by Folkworks or the Wren Trust, etc. Ireland and Scotland have been offering formal courses in traditional music for quite a bit longer than England, and no one criticised that. I'm sure many of the older performers would have been delighted to take advantage of such opportunities had they been offered a few decades ago.
Many of the old established folk performers don't use computers, but that doesn't mean they're not a useful and worthwhile tool for research, information and discussion relating to folk music. The same applies to study courses and formal tuition.
Marje