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... mixing different strands of folk

Posted on 3:08pm Sunday 27th Nov 2011

Apparently, we are: "mixing different strands of folk" and doing that is: "just one more way to dilute the authenticity of all folk." That's an accusation that flew in from left field this morning. If we are going to review music from fields such as nu-folk, traditional folk and psych-folk including Americana, blues-folk and country then we are doing nothing more than "casting a net so wide that it has everything from cod to crustaceans cobbled together inside it." Apart from the slightly mixed metaphors I'm damn glad I didn't say that as some of those described thus could be justifiably rather pissed off.

Well I suppose that any answer is to be expected - if you don't like it don't read it. And if the you feel that - "the entire reason for the your site's existence has vanished" - then that's OK too. Eveyone is fully and fairly entitled to their own opinion and good luck to you with it. Hold on a second. Doesn't the same standard apply to what we decide to write about and also to the music we decide to review? Gosh so it does. Guess that means we'll carry on mixing different strands of folk and if that upsets you, well you can always knock us off your 'Bookmarks' listing.