Mmmm I just read somewhere above that if I reckon (as I do) that if it is played in a folk club it is folk, then apparently if it isn't played in a folk club, then it isn't folk.

Luckily, I didn't say that. Rather sill put down really.

All I am doing here is sharing the concerns of Lizzie Cornish in the original post.

Jim Carroll says that definitions are there so live with them.

No.

Shan't.

So there.



I have a great respect for the songs, the fun and the friendship I have amassed over the years. I also note the steady demise of a wonderful culture here in The UK. The problem is, I have been going to clubs since a teenager in the late '70s and STILL if I visit a local club, I can easily find myself the youngest one there.

In the meantime, we are told to live with 1959 definitions, be careful what we sing, try and put a song in some compartment or other and wear gloves when handling it..

ZZZZZZZZ

Our music indeed...

Who the hell are "we"??

I must be "them" then. Oh, that's all right then.