Can't we just move on and talk about traditional music without someone invoking the mythical "folk police" and declaring that it's impossible to discuss this music because no one knows what it is?

That's what this thread, generally speaking, seems to be about, before our resident fuckwit folkie retards MtheGM (who thinks Waulking Songs sound Oriental for Christ's sake) & John J started jerking each other off in the sandpit. Fact is we have the ICTM (formerly the IFMC) whose remit on Traditional Music includes folk, classical and popular musics, and, given that the opening post is obviously about a more popular form of Traditional Music then it seemed fitting to proceed in that spirit. Sorry if this has been a bit much for the Folkie Mindset to cope with - but no need to resort to shit-slinging.

However, what I'd really like to hear about, in the spirit of this thread, is the generally more level-headed John J's explorations of prog / medieval idioms. Sounds pretty cool. You weren't into uber-prog medievalists Gentle Giant at the time were you?