[Savage Clone]

God, am I incoherent today.
Even the edit function didn't help much.

[Everyneurotic]

Originally Posted by Glice

Ooh. Get her.

you'll have to define me first.

[batreleaser]

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

I think DJ Spooky has referred to himself as folk music before. I wouldn't argue this in the slightest by modern application of the term.

I think these newer groups like Amps For Christ are still folk groups, they are just working in modern times with modern stuff, so obviously the modern influences are there. I do agree somewhat with what you were saying in the sense that I'm not really interested in super-preservationist, "museum piece" folk music that sounds identical for all time. It's meant to be a living form, so our modern warping of these forms is a pretty logical progression in the modern era.

modern, modern, modern, modern, modern, modern

so what youre trying to tell me is, modern?

[batreleaser]

im just fuckin around, i kinda get wat youre saying

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

God, am I incoherent today.
Even the edit function didn't help much.

Yep.

What folk music means can be trickier to pin down in the United States as it's such a big place and its history is made of immigration from a big lump of the different populations of the planet. A good start to understand what folk music meant and still means in America is Harry Smith's anthologies as they, in part, embrace different strains of music that entered it with mass-immigration. It's still not complete but Smith has few equals in his diligent study of indigenous music.

It's much easier to define folk music in any European countries or Asia, India, China etc as they either haven't got a history of huge fluxes of migrants flocking in or they have it on a minuscule scale compared to the States.

Then you have the modern approach, still something to be explored in a more detailed way.

 

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[PAULYBEE2656]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

so, no surprise to anyone, i've changed my vote.

secret chiefs 3 - xaphan: book of angels 9

album of the year.

shit another one to add to my list to hear!

[batreleaser]

i actually just bought the new secret chiefs 3 a half a go, amazing

[PAULYBEE2656]

just listened to the secret cheifs 3 album.. yeah its good... not great or amazing but real good!

[fugazifan]

alan lomax FTW

and everyneurotic-i'll only post again in two when i have my musicology degree, then it wont be amatuer:-)
and that harry smith collection is beyond good

[Everyneurotic]

hahahaha