Jim, you're sounding like a parody of yourself. Grumpy old men and traditional music, against the talented up-coming artists they try to destroy.
The problem is that, while the old recorded stuff is there, the new stuff changes. Just try to see it as something different from what went before. You can rail against new music, but I believe you'll wear yourself out eventually, and you won't be much fun to have at parties.

People have not finished their personal evolution the first time they come to our notice. "Hope for folk music" is about the futre. This guy isn't done, yet. I keep looking for reviews of Carthy from back in the day. Maybe he got panned by geezers*. Maybe he had more time to develop before coming to notice. Maybe these days, we're too enamored of prodigies.


*I'm using this to refer to attitude, not age.