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Thread #167867   Message #4053358
Posted By: GUEST,JM
18-May-20 - 02:04 PM
Thread Name: Hope for folk music - Jon Doran!
Subject: RE: Hope for folk music - Jon Doran!
Just a note : Jon Doran is still studying, and was a finalist in last year's BBC Young Folk Awards so I assume he's under 21. Some of the videos shared above are from 2018, meaning he was probably 18-19 at the time. One of the things that's so good about traditional music is that, unlike popular music, you can carry on get better unto your 80s as you accumulate life experience. Cut him some slack!

Constructive criticism is great, but when it's asked for and it's offered in the right way. He's a barely adult young man, singing traditional music and studying it seriously so he can get better. What more do you want of him? Don't rubbish him for not being as good as the pillars of either the revival, or the old singers who had 50 years more life experience when they were recorded, just yet.