Thanks for clarifying there, gregstephens. I was going to jump all over you for leaving out the Kurdish sheep-herders, but decided to let it slide because you included the Morris tunes. How do you suppose Morris dancers would look in Kurdish sheep-herder outfits?

Yes, it is helpful to note that the original post was asking if they had correctly sussed out the tendency among Mudcat posters towards a world view/music opinion that British music traditions = traditional music = narrow definition of "what is folk" vs American music traditions = folk music = looser definition of "what is folk".

I agreed with Guest Jason that that indeed was the case here in Mudcat, generally speaking.