Untitled - Mariposa Folk Festival

I SEE BY YOUR OUTFIT l uJ
Y
THAT YOU AREAFOLKIE
and other Ramblings
from the Artistic Director
IT SEEMS THAT WHENEVER A FOLK MUSIC
concert or festival is reviewed in the paper, that
somewhere in the article will be mentioned the "folkies"
who attended the event. I usually gather from the words
used to describe these "folkies" as new wavers, systems analysts, carpenters, artists, and
other normal types having a night out. In fact they all
looked like citizens of 1985.
The music is scarcely different. Folk was not invented
that they are a by promoters in the 1960s, or any other era. lt is a global
homogenous, mellow bunch, who live in a different world network of musical streams, flowing together, breaking
than that of the journalist.
apart, and occasionally drying up, the
Perhaps I have been blinded by the ugly fact that I am
one, but the truth is that I have a difficult time telling
folkies apart from the rest of society. I've heard that it was
easier in the past, that folkies once always travelled in
quartets, and sported striped shirts and long-necked
banjos (in more recent times, Indian print dresses and
dulcimers). Still, whenever I find myself in a situation
where I suspect there may be folkies present, I have a
difficult time identifying them. I can onlyconcludethatthe
folkies of the eighties are masters of disguise. The
audience at a recent folk concert provided some evidence
of this. This group of alleged folkies was variously attired
"pop culture" of
one generation becoming the heritage of the next. For me,
the real glory of folk music is its unpredictability. Folk
knows no master. Evolutionary changes come unbidden,
and seemingly unlikely strains persist against all odds.
This is what we are celebrating at Mariposa's 25th
anniversary festival.
At Mariposa you can take in an incredible spectrum of
different musical styles. With a tour of the grounds you
can hear old songs, new tunes, established traditions and
developing hybrids. This is the music of 1985. Catch it
now; it'll be different by 1986.
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