Folk Music

[dang65]

Just as I was leaving I was informed by my drinking partner that the guy on the tin whistle is the chairman of Guernsey BNP

Bloody Channel Islanders, coming over here, stealing our tin whistle blowing jobs. Send 'em back I say.

[wurzel]

Bloody Channel Islanders, coming over here, stealing our tin whistle blowing jobs. Send 'em back I say.

To be fair, "over here" is over there

[Halo Jones]

there's nowt so queer as folk etc. like everything in life there's the ghastly, the gorgeous and an awful lot inbetween.

WHS

[DaveB]

there's nowt so queer as folk etc. like everything in life there's the ghastly, the gorgeous and an awful lot inbetween.

Including these guys.

[Mich the Tester]

Why do folk singers often try to sing in a fake inbred yokel accent when they’re actually frustrated middle class people who haven’t grown out of being students?

[Wilmslow]

What about Kate Bush - bellyaching without the Folk aspect.....

[Moscow Mule]

I'm going to see Mumford & Sons on Sunday.

That's about as folky as my taste gets...

[cojak]

Including these guys.

What a group!

[Doggy Styles]

Saying you don't like folk music is like saying you don't like rock music. There are many styles within the genre, some hairy bloke with a guitar and a political agenda isn't what folk music is about.

I used to be in a folk club singing stuff like Old John Barleycorn every week. It was just a bit of fun.

We had a few young socialists in the club, including me , but I don't remember any political songs relevant to the UK at the time.

[cojak]

Apart from "Everything Stops For Tea", obv...