Folk Music

**Liffrea** · 01-15-2010, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by Freomæg
Unfortunately, all of them bar Loreena McKennitt and The Levellers are listed supporters of this hideous red organisation. Coincidentally, and thankfully, the one I enjoyed the most - Loreena McKennitt - is not one of them .

The Levellers are Anarchists.

Folk Against Fascism, did some digging, to be honest I don’t really give a damn about an artists political leanings, I have no desire to meet them or become friends they are just bodies that write and perform music I like. However FAF (probably an apt acronym) seem to be hypocritical. They have claimed to want to keep politics out of folk music (no problem with that) but then we read this:

"Music has been a very powerful political tool, usually for the left," she says. "What concerns me is that the BNP could do the same thing from a far-right perspective."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8191094.stm

FAF have also been linked to the UAF, UNISON, The Communist Party of Great Britain….need I write more…

**Freomæg** · 01-16-2010, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by Liffrea

Folk Against Fascism, did some digging, to be honest I don’t really give a damn about an artists political leanings

Wise. I don't let it bother me unless an artist is particularly extreme and outspoken - to the point where the music is merely a vessel for the politics. There are some punk bands I used to listen to like this. And it goes both ways - I won't listen to Skrewdriver, nor a far-left band like Propaghandi.

But most folk bands listed as supporting FAF likely don't support much beyond the act of opposing fascism so it's hard to judge them for a bit of forgiveable ignorance.

**Bari** · 01-23-2010, 02:12 PM

Arbëreshe folk music(Ethnic Albanians that has lived in Italy/Sicily for centuries as ethnic minority and preserved their ethnic heritage/culture):

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**Daos** · 01-27-2010, 12:02 PM

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**Daos** · 02-04-2010, 10:24 AM

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