The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131641 Message #2973028
Posted By: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
26-Aug-10 - 03:03 AM
Thread Name: The Concept of FREED Folkmusic
Subject: RE: The Concept of FREED Folkmusic
"Folk musicians gathering in kitchens and homes and pubs tend to want to play with each other and not with or for ordinary folk."
In what way are people who choose to gather to sing and play together in public places not "ordinary folk"? Anyone who takes the time to learn a song or tune and sing / play it in public is "ordinary folk", be they an amateur hobbyist or a semi-pro who *also* does paid gigs. There is often a phrase attached to social song sessions in the UK: "come all ye" and that means you, me, bob, mary and anyone else who wants to participate or indeed just listen.
It seems you have a fixed idea of a Sixties hippy-style free-music festival and want to wedge folk music into that fixed idea.