[mplpost] Blues on a Canadian folk list

[Joanne Crabtree]

As one who frequently sings unaccompanied traditional ballads (yea even
with my finger in my ear) but who tends to write songs that are  obviously
rooted in the blues,  I  think of myself as a Canadian folksinger who would
be grateful to be played anywhere and have it show up on anybody's list.


At 12:30 AM 6/18/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Well said by both Louise & Richard.  BR
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Louise Peacock <wezel@wezel.com>
>To: <maplepost@icomm.ca>
>Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 4:59 PM
>Subject: Re: [mplpost] Blues on a Canadian folk list
>
>
>> 1)  We should be delighted that a show in Utah is playing
>> Canadian  music... it's practically impossible to get airplay anyhow, so
>> let us rejoice.
>>
>> 2) Roots covers a lot of genres, and folk and blues are in this group
>> according to our very own FACTOR loan app:-))
>>
>> 3) and as Tom Savage points, out, if it is a problem to someone, the
>delete
>> key works really well - I use it for any postings that irritate me.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> Louise
>>
>> At 03:58 PM 6/17/01 -0400, you wrote:
>> > >I don't have any probelm with blues on a Canadian folk list.  I agree
>> > >with Richard Flohil that blues IS folk music.
>> > >
>> > >What I questioned was the appropriateness of play lists from blues
>> > >radio shows in Utah being sent to the Canadian folk list.  It seems
>> > >to me that the blues shows in Canada (Holger Peterson, Ian Angus,
>> > >etc.) don't even send their play lists to this list.
>> > >
>> > >Jory Nash talks about the high proportion of Canadians played on this
>> > >Utah blues show.  I count 21 songs on the play list and only 2
>> > >(Glamour Puss and Long John Baldry) are Canadian.
>> > >
>> > >Is there a FAQ from the list managers for this group about what is,
>> > >or is note, appropriate?  And how would people on the Mapleblues
>> > >group react if folk shows in the U.S.A. started sending their play
>> > >lists there?
>> > >
>>
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