I have held an opinion for a long time that one of the reasons that Folk Music does not appeal to the young is because traditional types within the folk genre want it to remain just that, traditional. I go to many festivals in Australia and all I hear is the same boring Irish and Celtic Tunes. If you suggest amplification or fusing various other styles of music into folk, your are immediately labelled (by the Folk Police) as doing folk music a disservice and you are in league with the devil. I am of the opinion that in order to attract the young we have to relate to them and for this to happen folk music must become progressive and not regressive. It must move on and have life breathed into it and not locked in a time warp.