folk versus glam (1 of ??)

Hubert Parry: "in true folk-songs there is no sham, no got-up glitter, and no vulgarity"Folk is associated with naturalism - the idea that there is no artifice involved, no element of show. Performance, stripped of performativity or exhibitionism. The singer as the ego-less vessel or conduit for the people's consciousness. Green Gartside on Anne Briggs: "The beautiful melodies Anne sang unaccompanied were profoundly affecting, her unornamented voice a precursor to the anti-professionalism of DIY."Folk would be the Quaker option, the nonconformist in the religious and Puritan sense - everybody equal in this society of friends, the liturgy barebones and stripped of ceremony. (Whereas opera, or heavy metal (at least in the 70s) is obviously Catholic. Pomp rock.And the Puritans of despised and feared the theatre. The diagram below relates to anti-theatricality - and the idea that some sorts of performance can actually be "real", bring reality on to the stage (More on the Diagram…