tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912742963368399051.post2212008982720029513..comments2023-04-12T02:10:16.610-07:00Comments on Sea Songs: Joss Stone: the legacy of capitalism's first great compromiseRobin Carmodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912742963368399051.post-47587762002861574582009-11-12T22:09:57.496-08:002009-11-12T22:09:57.496-08:00Traditional? That word doesn't mean very much,...Traditional? That word doesn't mean very much, except perhaps for 'trad rock' or whatever that trad style is called.<br /><br />I think the hinterlands are the ones that get it first. It's been happening since the 1970s, in Sue Sharpe's epilogue of <i>"Just like a girl"</i>, where they talk about the jobs for women in places like Cornwall and Devon and the West Country in general; and East Anglia for that matter.<br /><br />Duffy is probably the same, and so is Adele. (Take your points about Winehouse and Allen).<br /><br />There is something really funny about 'tall poppy syndrome', and it is written by an expatriate columnist called Kathy Lette, who is the wife of Geoffrey Robertson. It is about how Australians and the British relate to each other, and how that has turned around over the past few years.Adelaide Duponthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490123934889071074noreply@blogger.com