The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #45461 Message #671885
Posted By: greg stephens
19-Mar-02 - 09:52 AM
Thread Name: What's wrong with 'Folk Music'
Subject: RE: What's wrong with 'Folk Music'
Well I wouldnt be quite as vituperative as Bill Kennedy on the subject of the O Brother CD, but I listened to it with excitement because I'd been given it by someone who was raving about a film usin REAL folk music. And I listened carefully, and ended up thinking, well I supposethe obvious English word to describe it is "wet" (I don't know if that word existy in American). And folk music(or traditional music ifyou prefer the term) can be a lot of things, it can be good or bad but it's never wet.