Very quaint ideas Mr Red, but rather naive. The folk music of wherever is whatever music comes out of there. The fact it may be modern composed music or older composed music (composed by one or all) is neither here nor there.missed the whole point Old Boy

Folk music is played by folk - participation by definition. Entertainment is consumed by an audience, no participation, Folk style refers.
Folk is not flickaswitch, marketing, or commerce. Commerce makes money out of it and lies about what is and isn't "Folk". If the economy goes belly-up all you have left is participation, and that comes almost for nothing. THEN you all you will have is folk making music and that is why some say it is all folk music, but is it Folk music?

Naive? Schmaive. Read the capitals.