The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #162666   Message #3897882
Posted By: Steve Gardham
07-Jan-18 - 07:56 AM
Thread Name: New Book: Folk Song in England
Subject: RE: New Book: Folk Song in England
'One of the things I love about English folk music is the way in which it stubbornly resists all of these generalisations and more. Like the English people, it's contradictory and inconsistent and wilful, and if you want to lead it somewhere, it won't follow.'

Great statement! Is it your own? Who do I come to to quote it in future publications? (Ros?)