A question---
Personally, I'm not really concerned with the life or death of commercial folkmusic. What bothers me is that I encounter fewer families who sing on car trips, and fewer kids who raise their eyes from the computer games and sing today's equivalent of Great Green Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts.
    Mebbe I just don't encounter as many kids as I used to, but I do suspect that the tradition of making one's own music is weaker than it once was.