Does 'folk' equal 'popular' (i.e. 'of the people')? If only it were that simple. I'll be attending and speaking at a conference in Newcastle which explores the spaces between these two concepts. Where does folk end and popular begin? Perhaps I'll find out, courtesy of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology.
I'll be reporting on this event when it happens in April. Meanwhile, check out the conference website and definitive programme.
Also the 'Round Table' papers makes interesting reading for those who argue on the definitions of folk - I'll be posting more shortly on a recent heated argument on that topic here on the normally tranquil Coventry and Warwickshire folk scene...
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