i take no issue with aknowleging that the 'revival folk scene' represents a tradition in its own right, but i fear spleen cringe is attempting a linguistic sleight of hand when effectively conflating the 'tradition' of the revival folk scene with 'the' tradition of traditional music and song. Yes, the revival fokk scene has its own tradition, but importantly unlike 'the' tradition, it plays no significant part in the greater community beyond the 'folk scene' whatsoever. Otherwise, i concur with glueman: future 'traditional' songs will be tnose which endure in the popular consciousness and thus unlikely to be drawn from the niche contemporary 'folk music genre'.