Is The Heyday of collecting from traditional singers over?
I have no experience of folk song collecting,and would be interested to hear collectors opinions.
I believe Jim Carroll[collector]said that he gave up collecting from travellers some years ago,after they had had televisions installed in their caravans.
Does the situation differ from country to country,I would make an uninformed guess and say that there is probably more traditional singers in the third world,than in industrialised countries.
What is the situation in America?