"If folk is dying, why are most of the albums I bought this year by performers young enough to be my kids?*"

hmmm.. young commercially astute 'folk' performers...???

Begs question, to what extent are 6th form performing arts courses pushing 'folk' as a viable 'genre'
for talented teen singers to break into the lower echelons of the music business...
...first rung on the ladder and all that...

What with Techno Dance Pop and R&B markets being well over saturated.