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Thread #22464   Message #243333
Posted By: Grab
16-Jun-00 - 09:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: Not 'Folk' - what should we call it?
Subject: RE: BS: Not 'Folk' - what should we call it?
Should we stop calling blues blues, then, and get away from the hard-drinking black male stereotype too? Or stop calling country country, and get away from the "lonesome cowboy" stereotype?

Anyway, given the popularity of "Irish" music and events such as the Fleadh, is folk in need of help like this? Seems like it's on its way up anyway, so the stereotype doesn't matter.

Grab.