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Thread #155357 Message #3655343
Posted By: Bill D
30-Aug-14 - 04:39 PM
Thread Name: What makes a new song a folk song?
Subject: RE: What makes a new song a folk song?
threads on the meaning of folk
Or, just ask me. ☺ I have explained for 15 years here that it isn't a definition, but a process of elimination/inclusion based on easily understood and mostly universal categories. Some music obviously is.. some obviously is not... and in the middle it will always be fuzzy.
Then I will explain art vs. craft, pretty vs,ugly... and by petition, good vs. bad.