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Thread #45461   Message #671701
Posted By: Wincing Devil
19-Mar-02 - 12:48 AM
Thread Name: What's wrong with 'Folk Music'
Subject: What's wrong with 'Folk Music'
I haven't seen the movie, but with all the publicity from winning the Grammy for best Screenplay, I wentout and bought the soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?". It was a extremely good collection of American folk music. The liner notes, however, and a lot of the critical press, refer to it as "American Roots Music".

Where did this new buzzword for old music come from?

What's wrong with the term "Folk Music"?

WD
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