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How does folk music contribute to nation-building? Are “Fairytale” and “Ulveham” basically the same song? What is a bailiwick?
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"Portrett av Henrik Ibsen 1863-64 nasjonalbiblioteket", Sigsand03, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_Portrett_av_Henrik_Ibsen_1863-64_nasjonalbiblioteket.jpg
"Morris Dancing", Peter Broster, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_Dancing.jpg
"Texas Polka Music Museum, Schulenburg IMG 8217", Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texas_Polka_Music_Museum,_Schulenburg_IMG_8217.JPG
"Gospel Music and the Blues - Mississippi Blues Trail Marker", Firecruise, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gospel_Music_and_the_Blues_-_Mississippi_Blues_Trail_Marker.jpg
"Singing spirits", Gabriela Medina, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Singing_spirits.jpg
"Molly Tuttle Old Crow Medicine Show New Year's Eve Ryman Auditorium downtown Nashville TN December 2023 03", Artaxerxes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_03.jpg
"Eiffel Tower and Pont Alexandre III at night", Getfunky Paris, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eiffel_Tower_and_Pont_Alexandre_III_at_night.jpg
"Elizabeth Tower Big Ben MOD 45154552", Photo: Sergeant Adrian Harlen/MOD, OGL v1.0OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Tower_Big_Ben_MOD_45154552.jpg
How does folk music contribute to nation-building? Are “Fairytale” and “Ulveham” basically the same song? What is a bailiwick?
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Eurovision 2022: oti.link/otiev2022
Eurovision 2018: oti.link/otiev2018
Eurovision 2017: oti.link/otiev2017
Eurovision 2016: oti.link/1Pz6o7h
Eurovision 2015: oti.link/1FAf0uY
Eurovision 2014: oti.link/1MExLwf
Eurovision 2013: oti.link/1AtOJHY
Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve.
overthinkingit.com
IMAGE CREDITS:
"Portrett av Henrik Ibsen 1863-64 nasjonalbiblioteket", Sigsand03, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_Portrett_av_Henrik_Ibsen_1863-64_nasjonalbiblioteket.jpg
"Morris Dancing", Peter Broster, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_Dancing.jpg
"Texas Polka Music Museum, Schulenburg IMG 8217", Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texas_Polka_Music_Museum,_Schulenburg_IMG_8217.JPG
"Gospel Music and the Blues - Mississippi Blues Trail Marker", Firecruise, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gospel_Music_and_the_Blues_-_Mississippi_Blues_Trail_Marker.jpg
"Singing spirits", Gabriela Medina, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Singing_spirits.jpg
"Molly Tuttle Old Crow Medicine Show New Year's Eve Ryman Auditorium downtown Nashville TN December 2023 03", Artaxerxes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_03.jpg
"Eiffel Tower and Pont Alexandre III at night", Getfunky Paris, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eiffel_Tower_and_Pont_Alexandre_III_at_night.jpg
"Elizabeth Tower Big Ben MOD 45154552", Photo: Sergeant Adrian Harlen/MOD, OGL v1.0OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons, URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Tower_Big_Ben_MOD_45154552.jpg
