Diane said "I'd have extreme difficulty in accepting a definition of 'contemporary folk' applied to Bellowhead and Bodega. Good grief! They are bang up-to-date bands".

Not wanting to start a slagging match here, and I may be quoting selectively, but what does the word contemporary mean if it is not bang up to date - so what is the problem with the word contemporary describing the bands in question.

The English language, which I speak, but have no claim to ownership of, is being strangled in these silly folk definition wars. I like both Bodega and Bellowhead. They are both,as Diane has said, well rooted in their traditions - but if that means they can't be described as contemporary, we're all using the wrong words.