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Podcast: Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers
Episode: Steeleye Span "Commoners Crown"
Description: It’s well known that the 1960s had seen a revival of interest in the US
and the UK in folk music – most particularly in its crossover to
more contemporary styles. In the UK, traditional folk music
preservation, academia and performance had long been part of the
culture, but by the 1960s it seems there was conflict between those
who wanted to play the music “authentically” (thus ignoring that
folk songs had always evolved over the centuries), those who wanted
to play those songs in a more contemporary fashion, and (shock
horror) those who wanted to compose NEW songs in an ac...