"The Second Revival, as we sometimes call it, was quite a phenomenom."
Absolutely
To say it changed many of our lives would be an understatement.
"I guess some people feel it destroyed any concensus of what a 'Folk Song' might be with a tsunami, or maybe just a big wave, of neo-pop songs, singer-songwriters, Americana and singing comedians."
Right again Les - it took away our choice of what we wanted to hear - if I wanted to listen to Elvis or Buddy Holly wannabes I could go to my local talent night (used to be a wonderful one half way along the Stretford Road) - nowadays I'm more likely to find the same and similar in anywhere that adverstises itself as a "folk club"
It really isn't a matter of "definition", "purism", "folk-policing"... or any of the other garbage substituted for argument - it's simply a matter of what you expect to find from what you read on the label.
Jim Carroll