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Thread #123431 Message #2723514
Posted By: Goose Gander
14-Sep-09 - 02:06 PM
Thread Name: What is The Tradition?
Subject: RE: What is The Tradition?
"And Folk Music is what Happens in Folk Contexts is more of a truism than a tautology, however so hotly debated!"
Either way, it tells us nothing about folk music, in England or anywhere else. It's about as useful a definition as 'Jazz is what happens in Jazz Clubs' or any similar linguistic construction.
"Traditional English Speaking Folk Songs"
Taking your argument at face value, I really can't say I know what you mean by this. If 'all music is traditional' and all music is folk music when played in a "Designated Folk Context, then anyone playing music at a folk club in England, with lyrics in the English language, is playing 'Traditional English Speaking Folk Songs' . . . right? Or do you have something more specific in mind when you speak of "Traditional English Speaking Folk Songs"?