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Being curious about this term "electric folk" which is one I'm not familiar with, I looked it up. What I found (other than mirrors of this Wikipedia article) was Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music by Britta Sweers. On coming back to Wikipedia I note that the bulk of the cites in this article are to the same book. The term Electric folk on Wikipedia was original a redirect to Folk rock, which I can understand, but in 2007, it started to develop into an article on electric folk with this edit. It's not entirely clear in this article the actual difference between "folk rock" and "electric folk", given that the understanding is that both terms relate to folk music being played on amplified or electric instruments. The argument put forward in this article appears to be that "folk rock" is what Americans play, while "electric folk" is what the British play. Though the artists discussed in this article are usually referred to as "British folk rock": [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], etc.
I am wondering if this term "electric folk" is a personal choice by the writer Britta Sweers to define what is commonly known as "British folk rock". Should we change the name of this article? SilkTork ✔Tea time 18:37, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
Given the above evidence, it appears that the name of this article should be British folk rock. Are there any reasons why this move should not take place? SilkTork ✔Tea time 18:40, 26 September 2017 (UTC)