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Thread #105393 Message #2171327
Posted By: Giant Folk Eyeball (inactive)
15-Oct-07 - 03:02 AM
Thread Name: Guardian calls Ani DiFranco folk singer
Subject: RE: Guardian calls Ani DiFranco folk singer
Okay then, you lot who put up the last dozen or so posts. You've all agreed amongst yourselves that Richard's 1954 definition is wrong. So how would you define what is and isn't a folksinger? Or are you saying it's anyone who wants to call themselves one or get called one by someone else?
You see, I more or less know what a traditional singer/ singer of traditional songs is. I don't know what a folksinger is though, beyond the definition 'people whose music I like'...