What is filk?

What is Filk?

What is filk? To paraphrase Kay Shapero, ask four filkers and you'll get seven definitions. It's a certain style of music, about a certain kind of topic, sung by a certain kind of singer. And if you listen for a while, you're hooked.

Okay, but what is it?? Some excellent (and varying) definitions of filk are here:

A whole lot of answers from Interfilk, possibly the granddaddy dandelion of all filk organizations. :)
Filk FAQ, maintained by Kay Shapero. One of the clearest and most complete filk guides to be found.
What the heck is filk? A lot of very good quotes from various filkers, gathered by Joe Bethancourt.
Filk.com's take on things.

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Last update October 17, 2004.