Sorry Barbara,
I also believe you are a little off-beam, Cheryl Crow is no more a folk singer than Bob Dylan, Paul Simon etc. She might be a very good singer writing very good songs and be very(?) popular with some people such as your self. Perhaps she also sings some songs out of the folk tradition (In my book songs/tunes that have existed for some considerable time on their own merit without the benefit of the modern music industry publicity machine and hype, and because people remember and enjoy them and sing them without being brain-washed) Nothing wrong with that at all but why do you want to give her the label Folksinger??

Second question; Which is the tradition that you claim she writes in?

You say you didn't want to get sucked into this discussion, but you have failed and I would appreciate it if you could answer my two questions. Not because I'm looking for a lengthy time-wasting argument but to try and understand your claim.

Thanks for your time.