[mplpost] Rap - the folk music of today?

[Mike Regenstreif]

At 02:10 PM 1/25/02, ets wrote:
>Hats off to Angela Browne
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Angela Browne <abrowne@autobahn.mb.ca>
>To: <maplepost@icomm.ca>
>Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:01 PM
>Subject: Re: [mplpost] Rap - the folk music of today?
>
>
> > My philosophy is, if folks listen to it, it must be folk music. Life's too
> > short to draw straight dividing lines all over the place. Especially when
> > it comes to music.
> >
> > Angela
> >


         More folks listen to Celine Dion, Brittney Spears and 'N Sync than 
to any of the "folk" artists whose names commonly crop up on this 
list.  According to Angela, they "must be folk music."

         I think not.  A term like "folk music" has to mean something if it 
is to have any meaning.

         BTW, I liked David Bradstreet's earlier posting about Bon Jovi and 
Cooder.  Whether or not a song is played on acoustic vs. electric 
instruments has little to do with whether it is, or is not, folk music.


	Mike Regenstreif

	Host/Producer: Folk Roots/Folk Branches -- CKUT, Montreal
	Reviewer/Feature Writer: Montreal Gazette
	Reviewer/Feature Writer: Sing Out! Magazine

	mike@ckutfolk.com

	235 Metcalfe Ave. # 402
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