So if John Connelly sings Fiddler's Green as he wrote it, it's an art song and he shouldn't sing it in a folk club but if someone else sings it and changes a few words it's contemporary folk and permissible?Quote from Snail.
I did not say this.
What I am saying is that if I decide to go to a folk club or festival,and pay an entrance fee,I expect to hear what in my opinion is folk music ,If I dont like it I would not return again,that would be the case,If Pavarotti or Britney Spears,or a John Lennon/Elvis impersonator were the booked guest.
likewise if Iwent to a JAZZ CLUB,I do not expect to see Westlife
However I would not try and stop anyone from singing.
John Connolly is a friend of mine, I consider him to be a good songwriter,and a polished performer.http://www.dickmiles.com