http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/folk/2008/12/jim-moray-on-the-question-what.html en-gb 30 Thu 17 Dec 2009 15:28:53 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/folk/2008/12/jim-moray-on-the-question-what.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/folk/2008/12/jim-moray-on-the-question-what.html?page=15#comment3 It happens in every area of the arts - awards and prizes cause a lot of...differences of opinion! And there are so many of them that the differences of opinion can seem neverending.I suppose maybe the froots one could be for music from non-English speaking countries (because music from those countries does always seem to be higher profile...or is that just because I live in a mostly English speaking country - Scotland?). Of course it would be a bit of a nonsense when it comes to instrumental music...or would it?As for the' is it or is it not folk'...'is it or is it not art', 'is it or is it not poetry', 'is it or is it not classical music'...that one (and all the others) will run and run!x Sat 13 Dec 2008 13:22:01 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/folk/2008/12/jim-moray-on-the-question-what.html?page=10#comment2 I think I've got a pretty good idea in my own head what folk music is, Jim (as has everyone else of course).What I'm TOTALLY confused about these days is what the hell 'World' music is? Maybe that's a question for another day (and another blog) Sat 13 Dec 2008 11:24:32 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/folk/2008/12/jim-moray-on-the-question-what.html?page=5#comment1 Jim, I agree with you that English folk is just as much part of World Music as music from anywhere else.Funnily enough, it becomes much more apparent if you go searching for folk music in a record store in North America, because there, not only Folk Music from the UK and Ireland gets classified as "World", but that is where you often find the CDs of Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and other US folk artists too.And yes, songwriters are also at the heart of roots music too and trying to exclude them or get all sniffy about a song just because we know who wrote it is just daft. Thu 11 Dec 2008 14:17:06 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/folk/2008/12/jim-moray-on-the-question-what.html?page=0#comment0 Good points here Jim. I agree that the roots music of England is as important and has its place in a World Music poll, However its token showing in the fRoots poll is just that and no more. I think they realise a certain portion of their audience are interested in English folk music and felt they ought to reflect that. With respect to you I think the award, the short list and the way they were achieved is pretty meaningless. All it does is give the heads up to a few journos and dj's favourite acts. It is not representative of what is being produced in the world of folk & acoustic music in this country any more than the x factor is representative of our finest singing talent. I think England is best out of a fRoots poll of 'world' music. When their concept of the world appears to be confined to a couple of African countries and a scratch of the surface of high profile English Festival acts. There are 195 countries in the world, how were the rest represented?Songwriters are at the heart of the songs and music produced in this country and essential to it's continuation. The trend by some folkies and magazines to discount them or regard them as some 1960's American invention is just blinkered and plain stupid. Wed 10 Dec 2008 19:06:02 GMT+1