The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #141558   Message #3258777
Posted By: GUEST,Big Nige
17-Nov-11 - 11:36 AM
Thread Name: popularisation and commercialisation of roots/trad
Subject: RE: popularisation and commercialisation of
Trouble is these days anyone who can play three chords, writes a song, and then calls themself a folk singer. If you look up and down the Clubs and Festivals there are dozens of them, all claiming to represent the tradition, when all they are really doing is using Folk as a platform for their own dreary ramblings. Plastic Folkies!