Vic, I think that you are less affected by hype than most people, you have been involved with folk music for a very long time, 40 years plus,both you and I know the folk scene has changed a lot in that time,it is inevitable that elements of the pop scene e.g. hype should spill over to the folk music scene.
Vic you are not typical[ imo] of the majority of reviewers who I think are influenced by the folk/pop machine, and hype.
I suspect that most of those people who unlike you have not been involved with folk music since 1962