The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #58230 Message #3979106
Posted By: Jim Carroll
26-Feb-19 - 04:12 AM
Thread Name: Who Defines 'Folk'????
Subject: RE: Who Defines 'Folk'????
"Jim does, with increasing anger when challenged!"
Not me bro -
In contrast to those who have chosen to abuse and insult, I have done neither to anybody - feel free to show me wheer that has not been the case
I would love to claim the honour of having defined folk song, but that happened long before my time - the fact that people choose to ignore that fact says everything that needs to be said
"The People"
99.9% of the people neither know or care a toss about folk song - if their opinion counted folk song doesn't exist
Folk song is among the most carefully researched, documented and reported musical forms -those who don't know what it is don't want to know
Go buy a book or a thousand - it's all there
You don't even have to read a detaied description - you just flick through the massive eight volume' Greig Duncan Folk Song Collection, or search out massive Carpenter Folk Song Collection on line
Does anybody have an equivalent example to offer? - I won't hokld my breath !!
Jim Carroll