any sort of folk music is getting covered in the mainstream press is a good thing

Now THAT sounds horribly like "any old crap is good enough for f*lk".
No it bloody well isn't.
Smacks of Aran jumpers and MOR wifty-wafty new-age tripe.
And don't anyone jump to the conclusion that I'm putting the Winterset in this category.
I'm not.
If "the world at large" becomes aware of the cultural heritage of England's tradarts, this is a Good Thing.
If it continues to think of it as the soft-edged, "f*lksy" fringe of contemporary pop, it is not.