"Folk" songs live on. I know that here in Los Angeles there are a number of young kids and young adults who are playing "old-timey" music. They may think they are reviving something, even though it is already alive. I also know a number of people who were my age (23) and are now 40-50 who played tradition around Los Angeles the same way I am. As long as it gets passed down from generation to generation i'll be happy. Mainstream media is pretty far from accepting it back onto popular airwaves and television channels, unless musicians start to tinge their new original songs with traditional verses and melodies.