Re: Thoughts on ethnic music after reading certain recent posts

[elliott_simon <elliott_simon...>]

perhaps honesty is the wrong word....i was looking for a word to 
describe it and came up with that one...i am not necessarily talking 
about the performer's honesty...it is a grounding of the music in 
something larger......a folk kind of thing perhaps....for example i 
dont find much of this "grounding" in vegas style show music....it is a 
roots thing...and of course the performer has to be good..but there is 
a "soul" to ethnic music...that a good musician can tap into....elliott


>But honesty is necessary to any style of music. Not only ethnic music. 
>And
>it's not because it's ethnic that it's honest either. I think it has 
>to do
>with the performer, her/his emotions and commitment to whatever music 
>is played.

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