Post #1896943
2026-04-24 07:36 UTC
@Printdevil That is a big divide in Folk. The 'Tradition' in folk music backs quite neatly onto a lot of xenophobic politics.
At the end of the day, some people see folk as a tradition that evolves and responds to lived experience and some people see folk as a way of saying that life was much better in the 1800s.
Replies (2)
-
@Printdevil@dice.camp 2026-04-24 07:40
@Taskerland Intermittently I see very questionable 1920s through 50s stuff turn up as gramophone (etc) collectibles in my local record place, or the Red Cross and I'm quite often tempted by some, but since the children I just stop now and go.. "Do I want to have a conversation about how it's ok for me to own this because it is ironic" or something. Sometimes you really do just need to let stuff go because explaining yourself all the time? That way likes bitter feelings.
-
@Printdevil@dice.camp 2026-04-24 07:41
@Taskerland A lot of English folk tradition seems to be a conceptual bulwark against Urbanisation or complaints about Land Owners. A lot of Irish folk tradition is just hating the English and your faces.