The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #142512   Message #3288204
Posted By: Phil Edwards
10-Jan-12 - 01:03 PM
Thread Name: 'Purist - a pejorative?
Subject: RE: 'Purist - a pejorative?
For the record, I agree with Suibhne that folk music (untutored, spontaneous, amateur etc) is only very rarely Folk Music (traditional-ish, oldish), and vice versa - and they're both different beasts from The Music That Is Called Folk (And Found In Designated Folk Contexts). I don't really care, though - while I enjoy being involved in folk music, I love Folk Music with a passion (and other music that does that indefinable thing it does - which is only sometimes to be found in Designated Folk Contexts).