Oh, missed the new thread addition!

'Is folk music killing itself?'

Hmm, no I don't think it can do that. Though I do think that young and old don't always see eye to eye, as we can bare witness to on certain threads on here. I heard 'Mawkin: Causely' giggling on a radio interview a while back, about keeping well away from the grumpier traddy types who would (we were to understand from the 'naughty' giggling) no doubt be inclined censure some of their interpretations of folk song. And there does seem to be something of a divide there. On the other hand, commercial success could arguably be considered to represent the death knell of any art form, in as much as bar some highly unique and innovative artists, most stuff that is extremely popular also tends to be very bland, formulaic and faceless. And that too perhaps represents a form of 'death' IMO (just consider BritArt).