Talk:American folk music

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I can't see the relationship with some of the stuff in the sidebar. Hiphop? Ozz fest? These are roots music?? Nurg 11:02, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

That's the Music of the United States infobox. There is no roots music box, though there is a footer at the bottom of the page. Tuf-Kat 02:23, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)

This ought to be at either American folk music or United States folk music. I think folk is a more common term. Tuf-Kat 01:38, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] about the move from american roots music to american folk music

The article is still written as if it was titled "American roots music". The wording should be changed so as to properly reflect it current title. The term "American roots music" as an alternitive term and why it's called that should then be discussed within. --Cab88 23:17, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Folk Musicians

Do "folk-pop" musicians like Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan count as part of American folk music? Is there reason that there's not much mention of popular "folk music" apart from traditional, community sung songs? FireWorks 10:39, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Modern Roots Musicians

I removed the section " More recent musicians who occasionally or consistently play roots music include Keb' Mo', Ralph Stanley, Pete Seeger, Iron & Wine, and Ricky Skaggs. Additionally, the soundtrack to the 2000 comedy film O Brother, Where Art Thou? is exclusively roots music, performed by Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Emmylou Harris, Norman Blake and others. The 2003 film A Mighty Wind is a tribute to (and parody of) the folk-pop musicians of the early 1960s." because it is unorganized and needs to be rewritten. Ralph Stanley is now an elderly man and has been recording for at least half a century, and doesn't fit in the same category as Iron and Wine. A reexamination of "contemporary" is needed. hi i an bob

• whether you offer an explanation or not, you still can't just go and delete things like this unless you're going to rewrite them yourself. put a cleanup tag on it or something, don't remove information. Gordonjay 14:19, 11 October 2006 (UTC)