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Lot Long
by Gary E. Andrews - 11/10/26 11:20 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 304
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Actually, I like Gillian Welch's idea that record stores should just have one category and line everybody up alphabetically. Never had much use for pigeonholes, myself. If asked what kind/category/pigeonhole my own stuff is, I don't have an answer except to play the music and let people enjoy it; whatever they might choose to call it is their problem, not mine.
You have, of course, noticed that when a "folk" artist (Shawn Colvin for example) sells a lot of copies they get "moved" into country or pop. God forbid anyone should admit that they like folk, or that an (f-word) artist made a popular record. I tend to like the artists that find the space between the categories.
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