Ron...you use an obviously true statement "...there is no such "one size fits all" label that you can put upon it." or..."I defy you to find ANY type of music that can fit a single label."....to dismiss MY point that we DO use labels for classification, and that we simply need more accurate ones!

This is especially true for festivals such as Barry was frustrated by. And when a Battlefield Band significantly changes its style, it would be polite of them to tell me! I wish them well...I just don't wish to attend concerts that I only enjoy 10-20% of. I CAN tell the difference, and I KNOW that, being professional musicians, they are aware of the differences. Whether festival promoters are really clear that they have 'edited out' traditional music in favor of 'new' forms is sometimes not obvious.....as noted above, some clearly do when hiring, whether they note it in promotions or not!

(Just to be clear & honest...I do have genuinely 'classic' folk LPs & CDs that I am disappointed in; and I have a few genuinely 'new', vaguely folkish items that I enjoy very much...but I keep the differences clear in my head, in case I am asked for a recommendation.)