We get so caught up in arguments about labels we forget the music. I believe in the end, all this labeling and judging can interfere with the tradition more than it can support it. The labels are useful for finding recordings and explaining to people what kind of music you like, but even those functions are becoming less dependable. Now the names become more important than what they name, and people try to make the music fit the category, not the other way around.

There is music we like, and music we don't like. Individuals keep the music they like alive, and societies/cultures do the same.