What I do know is that singing is enjoyable but to forget that it is entertainment is to miss the point of the concept.   It puts thought, views and stories into an easy to remember enjoyable abstract but without the impetus of others enjoying it, it becomes using, not enjoying music.

And that would be sad.




Let's be honest for once. How many of us, in singaround style folk evenings measure our beer glass emptying to be conveniently empty (by coincidence of course) when a retired social worker gets a book out and dirges on about Reed cutting in Norfolk? I have a healthy regard for someone wishing to entertain but if it is just the relaying of traditional story, the book they are reading from supplies the medium, not the excuse to go to the bar.