Nigel asks above how I (and others) would define a folksinger. I've managed to get thus far without a definition, and think I will survive for another while. Admittedlyh I am not someone who formally studies these things.

It seems to me that a lot of people aound here only use the definition to try to identifyh people who are not folksingers.

But I do differentiate between what is traditional or contemporary - I dislike the term revivalist, which dates back to the time of a revial in the 50s/60s. To my mind that revival is long over and the music has been revived and is alive and well.

I think for most people the term folk is a broad term which includes the narrower terms of traditional and contemporary. Richard seems to equate the terms folk and traditional and declares anything not traditional as not to be folk. This definition is not one I agree with.

Mostly for me its all music - though this is not to say that pop music or classical music are folk music. I know wha