"she is in a small and dwindling minority."

Evidence, please? As it happens, I'm about to go to dinner with a bunch of musicians and singers, many of whom have already been mentioned on this thread. I don't think most of them would consider you a folk singer, Gene, but they might think of you you a singer-songwriter. Nothing wrong with that, IMHO. By the way, they're not old farts, either: several of them are under 30, or hovering thereabouts.

Peace: Trad chorus every time. I prefer the Sunday morning omnibus version myself.