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Thread #155357 Message #3665991
Posted By: Musket
04-Oct-14 - 09:58 AM
Thread Name: What makes a new song a folk song?
Subject: RE: What makes a new song a folk song?
Phil. Correct.
But not 100% anything.
But within the genre folk.
And folk is very popular with many people whose parents weren't around in 1954, let alone them. I doubt they would listen to anything on account of provenance, but listen to what they like to hear... I sing my version of Handweaver and The Factory Maid with guitar and a few months ago in a session in a pub, a lad at the bar said "great to hear you sing a Bellowhead song. I thought most of the weekly singers in the corner wouldn't know today's music."
That's the thing with folk, it is by definition an evolving music...