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John Barleycorn reborn......dark Brittania
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Re: John Barleycorn reborn......dark Brittania
Nov 11, 2007, 11:48
singingringingtree wrote:
i tend to like more ethno-type recordings, like scottish tradition series or alan lomax, where they just go out + fing gnarled old gits who've been singing or playing all their lives ..


Yes, absolutely.
The original meaning of folk music, is, of course, that it comes from the folks! Those field recordings are so great because they aren't 'industry' musicians trying to sell you a fabricated impression of authenticity.. it's warts-and-all reality in the music.

I break out in a rash when I hear most of what passes for folk today. It's just as formulaic as any prefab pop... cue the practiced, breathy, earnest vocals, the sensitive guitar chords, the boutique activism... bleh.
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