Art - No disagreement with you or your response. I only wanted to link to the previous discussions of this topic for those interested, but ask that they make any responses to this thread, and not revive the older ones, too.

It's an important topic, and one that needs exploration and thought. I'm tired of having to wade through the "Folk", "Country", "Bluegrass", "Blues" and "International" bins at my local record store, trying to figure out where the young guy in CDs has decided to file the latest Lomax collection of source recordings...