I get the point about stereotypes about people who are into folk music not always being very helpful or true. But I see that as the problem rather than terms that (to me) just mean people who listen to/play folk music. If you described someone as 'gay' and then make all sorts of assumptions about what they're like as a person, the problem isn't the word gay it's silly preconceptions about what gay people are like. Maybe traddie or folkie are more pejorative than descriptive in your neck of the woods though BE.

Anyway, back to the new bands/performers mentioned further up- haven't heard of a lot of those, I'll have to see if I can check some of them out next time I've some spare cash. Any particular reccomendations?