"I would no more book a rapper into a folk club than I would book an opera singer. I like opera, as it happens, and I can appreciate the muscle of a rap rendition but they ain't folk music. "

It just doesn't seem to sink in - folk music has more than one style and more than one audience. Folk music is also more than a style - it is a process that can be found in modern times.

A rapper would be nuts to accept a booking at a folk club, and a folk club would be nuts to booker a rapper - IF the audience is used to a certain brand of what THEY consider "FOLK MUSIC".