Talk:Roots revival

England
Strange, no mention of England (Cecil Sharp, Ewan MacColl) or Scotland (Jimmy Shand, The Corries). Is this deliberate? Ogg 20:14, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I expanded this using "what links here", so I'm guessing neither music of England, music of Scotland nor music of the United Kingdom actually linked to the term roots revival. They may now, and certainly should, and there should be a summary here too.  There should also be something on Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Wales and the Dominican Republic too, and probably more -- it's not a complete list by any means. Tuf-Kat 21:00, May 18, 2005 (UTC)


 * Re: England, I was thinking more of the "Electric Folk" movement, with groups like Steeleye Span and Pentangle. There's a little info on them on the Folk Music of England and Folk Rock pages.  Actually, I'd like to see a separate page for that movement, but I haven't got time at the moment.
 * -- TimNelson 05:35, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

"folk revival" aka "folk boom"
I think a full article is needed on the US folk revival of the 1950s & 1960s: Leadbelly, The Weavers, Kingston Trio, Harry Belafonte, Odetta, Joan Baez, Sing Out!, Peter Paul & Mary, Harry Smith anthology etc. Including reference to sales & radio airplay. Including the influence this boom had on established artists such as Johnny Cash, John lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Lefty Frizzell, etc (they all "went folk" to get airplay and/or sales). Design 06:57, 12 December 2005 (UTC)


 * The article that Design is looking for is called Folk rock, unless he's looking for American folk music revival
 * -- TimNelson 05:35, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Idiotic comment
What did the author(s) know about US roots and revival if he/she/they don't even mention The Band?! -- Anonymous comment by 217.227.32.194 on 19 March 2007

Reggae
The term 'roots revival' is used in reggae to describe the 'conscious' music of the early 70s. Wwwhatsup (talk) 12:48, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Ewan MacColl
I figure he was partly responsible (1953 onwards?) for some kind of revival in England. Brief mention in article would seem fitting? I'm no expert in these things (folk / Wikipedia). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.163.154.188 (talk) 03:28, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Terminology
In the other main folk/traditional music articles, it was decided to recognize "traditional music" and contemporary folk (including what is typically called the folk revival, aka widely known folk music made from the 1940s on, including folk rock)

95% of this article concerns itself with revival of interest in roots and traditional music. I am suggesting bringing that 95% up to 100% for clarity. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 17:19, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Sources and Citations
How can this article be rated as B class with no citations and the inclusion of so much material that is someone's opinion, but we don't know which recognized experts agree? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 15:51, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I think that my few posts per year makes me the most active person at the project. And I've done no ratings. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 16:36, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * It was rated in 2007, which now virtually the dark ages. I don't think that re-ratings have been carried out much since. Since we are almost half the active names I recognise from the project, lets use common sense and re-rate it.--  SabreBD  (talk ) 17:01, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Cool. North8000 (talk) 20:08, 9 March 2013 (UTC)