"Jim, with all due respect, when were you last in a designated folk context in the UK?"
About three weeks ago in Glasgow. They finished the evening with Travelling Light and Living Doll - that's going to get today's youth hammering on the door to come in, isn't it? Not my iidea of a cracking night - sorry.
What has your question got to do with claiming "Blues, Shanties, Kipling, Cicely Fox Smith, Musical Hall, George Formby, Pop, County, Dylan, Cohen, Cash, Medieval Latin, Beatles, Irish Jigs and Reels, Scottish Strathspeys, Gospel, Rock, Classical Guitar, Native American Chants, Operatic Arias and even the occasional Traditional Song and Ballad", to be part of the tradition traditional or folk song?
Jim Carroll