Erm...
Not a view to win a popularity contest but...
There are young folkies out there... I was one but having past 30 can't make the claim any more...
A & R men look for sales... Perhaps because the music has deep roots young folkies spend less time on image and markeitng that their contemporaries in other genres do.
A few of our elder statesmen might offer a bit more a lead in terms of how to deal with the marketplace...
(Putting on tin helmet and ducking for cover)
Hyp