at the age of 38 I'm hardly an 'old git'

Old gittedness is in the mind, not the birth certificate.

Now, you bickering lot, bog off outside and finish it off in the car park and let us debaters of the finer points of philosophy get back to important matters. Like who is the folkiest trouser wearer of them all? Name and shame!

This thread is yet another variation on the theme of What IS Folk Music!

Infamy! 'Snot! Prove it! You just don't understand! Are we there yet?