The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110425   Message #2316041
Posted By: GUEST,Derek Schofield
15-Apr-08 - 07:43 AM
Thread Name: Source Singers
Subject: RE: Source Singers
I personally dislike the term "source" singers, as it suggests that their purpose is to be the source for us folkies to learn songs from. whereas, the songs were a part of THEIR lives. Finding an alternative word is not easy. Traditional singers? well, that could be anyone who sings traditional songs, rather than someone who learnt them in a traditional manner or sings them in a traditional way. Village singers? some lived in towns ....
Derek