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Thread #131641   Message #3010959
Posted By: Will Fly
19-Oct-10 - 04:42 PM
Thread Name: The Concept of FREED Folkmusic
Subject: RE: The Concept of FREED Folkmusic
I am not a native american (polish dutch) so they wont let me live on reservations and benefit from casinos.

You're purposely mis-reading my use of the word "native" - I mean folk music local to you, rather than Irish or Geordie. It still begs the question - what do you consider the music to be? The music that you say is so important it has to be part of a cultural lifeway? The music that poor people are prevented from having access to because of pool-hogging, hotel-hopping "folk pros"? Are the "folk pros" playing Oktoberfest music? Are they playing Irish music? Are they singing the songs of Tommy Armstrong, the Pitman Poet? These are what you're promoting on your website.

So what's "native", i.e. local to the tradition in and around Baltimore - or Maryland in general? As far as I'm aware, the folk tradition in that part of the US contains a wide variety of genres - why aren't you promoting them?