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Thread #141558   Message #3259248
Posted By: GUEST,Howard Jones
18-Nov-11 - 07:04 AM
Thread Name: popularisation and commercialisation of roots/trad
Subject: RE: popularisation and commercialisation of roots/trad
The way folk songs and tunes are treated by folk revival musicians is in most cases very different from the way they were originally performed in their "roots" environment. Do you object to this as well, or is it just "tin pan alley" versions?

Is this any more "authentic" than Steeleye Span, or Peter Pears for that matter?