You are right Don, we have discussed this before - but my lance is still in pretty good shape thank you!

I really do not consider it as "broad" as you claim and it is far from the "horse definition".   My point is that there are different traditions at play and there is a difference between a "folk song" and "folk music".

I don't want to see ourselves get as splintered as our Brit friends have shown on similar threads. If you wish, we can discuss this further via PM, but I think we both have to respect the fact that we each have different opinions, and folk music is strong enough to survive them!   :)