It's interesting that this thread mainly centres around what goes on in 'folk clubs'
Fair enough, as that's what most you guys have enthusiasticly occupied yourselves with for decades..

But what about the wider music buying public,
whose only exposure to 'folk' is via CD purchases and downloads,
and the even looser definitions as propagated by hack music and showbiz critics & reviewers ???

That's the big bad real world...

Makes inconsequential difference what's debated here...???




Btw... 'FOLK' is an inclusive word / ACOUSTIC excludes...