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Artist: Judith Edelman

Song: No One To Love

Album: Stephen Foster (Beautiful Dreamer)

Record Company: Amer.Roots / No: 591594

Last Play: Sunday, December 28, 2008 7:48 PM

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Folk Alley - Piano in folk music?
 
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Old 01-18-2006, 06:15 AM
Mike Mann
 
Question Piano in folk music?
When I heard this song, I thought "nice ballad", however I couldn't help but think the piano was mis-placed among a group of folk songs. Surely folk music is reliant on its radically rough and ready earthiness, whereas a piano evokes images of wealth and status. Or am I wrong? What do you think?
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Old 01-18-2006, 01:03 PM
Jim Pipkin
 
Cool 88-string guitar
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Mann
Surely folk music is reliant on its radically rough and ready earthiness, whereas a piano evokes images of wealth and status. Or am I wrong? What do you think?


I think a song played on a three thousand dollar guitar by a college grad evokes about as much earthiness as a song played on a hand-me-down piano. Or, as the brilliant Tom Lehrer once remarked, "think of it as an 88-string guitar!"
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Old 11-29-2007, 08:56 PM
Patricia Pattieson
 
Default folk
Stephen Foster not "folk" music? A piano -- which has been the focus of so many gatherings of people singing together as a community -- not a "folk" instrument? Seems to be easy questions to answer.


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