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Traditional music is an umbrella term for all folk music that has made it down the generations largely thanks to oral tradition. The obscure and random inception of such songs means that the original author(s) of the song is rarely documented. Rather, the song by time becomes part of a country’s or ethnic group’s canon of folk songs, usually sung by groups of people performing a custom particular to their culture (ex. pub songs, sea shanties, football anthems, lullabies, children’s songs, working songs, dancing tunes etc…).
Countless musicians have performed and re-injected life into traditional songs with examples ranging from Thin Lizzy’s (and later Metallica’s) Whiskey in a Jar (traditional Irish song) to Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s latest collaboration Among the Gold.
Countless musicians have performed and re-injected life into traditional songs with examples ranging from Thin Lizzy’s (and later Metallica’s) Whiskey in a Jar (traditional Irish song) to Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s latest collaboration Among the Gold.
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arequipa7272 wrote:
That's life!
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chainsofsilver wrote:
I understand the tag (I have it for non-scrobbling tracks) but there's always an artist who performs it. Meh.
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Dai6kan wrote:
Trvest artist evar!!!
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blushenka wrote:
Anonymous sold out :p Traditional is still for the l33t :p
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Eclectic-G wrote:
The eternal debate: who was better: Traditional or Anonymous.
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dianashamilton wrote:
See also http://www.last.fm/music/%20Traditional
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HardBoiled wrote:
Traditional was so underrated when compared to Various Artists or [unknown]. I mean, doesn't Guiness lists Happy Birthday as the most sung song of all time?
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FoiRamb added Traditional to FoiRamb’s library. Wednesday morning
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noxistar tagged Traditional with japan, traditional and folk. last month
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Matiasu tagged Traditional with ‘japan’. December 2009
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bestiarij connected Traditional to the group Бохолдизм. November 2009
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genocidalguitar tagged Traditional with spanish guitar and bossa nova. October 2009
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brutal_hater tagged Traditional with spanish guitar and bossa nova. October 2009
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