Chapter 8 The Missing Singers of the 1920s

In: Scots Folk Singers and their Sources
Author:
Caroline Macafee
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Abstract

The relative lack of contributors from the 1920s birth cohort is seen to represent a trough between the main body of general population contributors and younger Folk Revival singers. Possible reasons for this dip in numbers are discussed, with the advent of broadcast music being the most likely.

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