In the late 80's, folk-punk was about as fashionable as a
pair of your dad's old Y-fronts. As far as most people are
concerned - and especially those working at the music
weeklies folk-punk was finished, spent, completely zonked
out. It was deader then Monty Python's parrot.
Only it wasn't. Like many forms of roots music
re-popularised in the 80's - like reggae and country -
folk, in its new punk inspired form, was not about to lay
down and die when interest shifted elsewhere. And the
reason was simple: ordinary people liked it too much. It is
essentially rebel music. Not rebellious in the sense that
it directly challenged governments or shocked and outraged
the moral majority, but because it provided a warm and
welcome refuge for young, disaffected revellers, w More...
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