Perhaps semantic shift has occurred and changed it beyond recognition, but the very word 'metrosexual' winds me up. There's an ugly oxymoron here, and that doesn't have anything to do with Macclesfield. Metrosexual, to my mind, has consumerist overtones that sit ill at ease with the vibrancy and do-it-yourself nature of folk music. Metrosexual brings to mind moisturiser, cosmetics, and the importance of surface appearance over form and depth. Not characteristics I'd like to associate with any kind of music.

I am an unashamedly urban male, but you can stick your grooming products up your arse.

Interesting blog, by the way.