appalachian/americana/bluegrass remains perhaps one of my favourite genres of all time. top three.
the oral survival of much of this music is very interesting. oral transmission of stories and music is amazing and needs to be studied more
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there was a folklore commission in the 30s here in ireland from schoolkids of stories, anecdotes, legends, songs, etc.
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and reading through it, it's really amazing to see how oral culture can be so strong. this should be self evident i think but...
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