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Re: "danceable folk pearl" ??

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Monday, March 7, 2005, 12:37
Quoting Sally Caves <scaves@...>:

> "Sanomi" is described as a "danceable folk pearl" on one of its sites. I > have a husband who knows quite a bit about music, and even he has never heard > of this term. For those in the know, what is a "pearl," much less a "folk > pearl," much less a "danceable one"? Not much on the Internet.
I'd assume they're using "pearl" simply to mean a precious or exquisite thing. The song is a pearl among songs, the genre is folk, and it happens to be danceable. Andreas