With all due respect, this is but the circle swinging around again. Every so often, some new member with a guitar and an idea of what folk music is, based on the industry's version of what that is, comes in an spouts off that folk music is music sung by folks. I know this to be the case, because way back '98 when I first came here, I did the same thing. Over the years, I came to understand the depth of knowledge and experience here (Sandy Paton, Art Theime, Frank Hamilton, Dan Milner, Dick Greenhaus, et al) and realized that my interests were better served by listening to them, rather than trying to tell them about something they have spent their whole lives evolving with, and singing. And I am a better singer, performer, and evolving musicologist for it. Learning from them, and adding it to my own life's experiences, has given a depth to my performances that I would have otherwise probably never gained. So, what they think is folk music, I think is folk music. Now if I could just figure out what that is...... ***chuckle***

All the best,

Mick