I'm sure you're right. In my defence I'd have to point out that I'm writing from a British perspective (though I did glance at Woody Guthrie). I suspect the cut off point for real folk is some 30-40 years later in the USA.
I didn't define folk- but I guess I'm thinking of it as music with European roots (more specifically English-Scottish-Irish.) Gospel and Blues have African roots and form a separate tradition- or do they? Norma Waterson (my favourite contemporary folkie) sings Carribean songs which are clearly related to other songs which started life in England or Scotland. Maybe the Blues represent a similar fusion. "Bright shiny morning" shifts into "Woke up one morning". Whaddyathink?
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Date: 2004-05-24 01:35 am (UTC)I didn't define folk- but I guess I'm thinking of it as music with European roots (more specifically English-Scottish-Irish.) Gospel and Blues have African roots and form a separate tradition- or do they? Norma Waterson (my favourite contemporary folkie) sings Carribean songs which are clearly related to other songs which started life in England or Scotland. Maybe the Blues represent a similar fusion. "Bright shiny morning" shifts into "Woke up one morning". Whaddyathink?