"To be an "entertainer" however is to seek merely to occupy the mass mind: a mind by definition usually vapid. A folk singer by defintion has roots in history."

Yep, I disagree with pretty much all of that. It confirms what the general public thinks of folkies (if they think of them at all) - they like the idea of 'the people' but find them disagreeable in the flesh. Condescension isn't restricted to folk but they do lack of irony particularly well.