"For me the storytelling movement eventually foundered on the rocks of its own tweeness [...]"

Ah, "The Rocks o' Tweeness" --- now there's a fine title for a ballad! To be sung only in a phony Scottish accent.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. I've been lurking here for awhile but haven't posted before. I've read this thread and the one about Peggy Seeger with great interest, but hadn't yet felt called upon to contribute my two cents, although it's an issue that affects me, as it affects anyone else who love folksongs and ballads and is not a master of all of the world's many languages and accents.