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2775752, that divide has always been artificial
Posted by lonesome_d, Tue Feb-05-13 03:39 PM

>CAN'T RESIST

sound quality not quite good enough.. encouraging to see though.

>still, this post has been in the back of my mind especially
>with regard to the pseudo-folkies craze happening in larger
>mainstream music because some of these obscuros and cult/niche
>following artists covered on WAMU bluegrass country and its
>syndicated shows are just as good if not far better, so it's
>really made me wonder about what is that x factor that makes
>the difference between 5,000 fans and 5 million fans.

I've been asking that question of the folk and rock communities for 25 years, and some of the successes in one but not the other have puzzled me.


>http://bluegrasscountry.org/programs/old-time-jam/

you've always got the suggestions...