if you see the latest tour that bob is doing you will hear at least three traditional songs (at least on every set list up to about three weeks ago) dylan has drifted back and forth from traditional material over the years but is clearly back playing lots of old folk tunes and he remains a pretty good interperter he just bothers people when he tries to claim he "wrote" tradtional songs...like on self portrait where he claimed copper kettle ,it hurts me too and belle isle songs he cant really say he "wrote"