"alternative side of folk music" is a journalistic meaningless wishy-washy phrase that could qualify anything. I'd recommend Ravel's Bolero.

The six songs presented here are nice songs of the pop or singer/songwriter genre if I had to pidgeonhole them. But I don't see how they relate to folk music in any way.

As to the unqualified last posting, I haven't heard yet that Hoot has ordered anybody killed, let alone millions.