Folk is music of the folk - plain and simple.
Folkies on the other hand are arseholes who hide behind terms like 'folk police' 'Finger in ear' and 'Jimmie Miller', whinge if a song has more than four verses and:
"Right, I'm off up the pub for a pint"
scurry off to the pub to steady their nerves when confronted with an awkward question.
Jim Carroll