For me its a style of music not its date - those great storys about Fiddlers Green show that. If we applied Desi C rule of thirty years we exclude - Keith Marsden, Dave Webber, Tony O'Neil, Jez Lowe and some stuff what I wrote!. We can't be Victorian farm workers, north sea herring fisherman or railway navvies from where folk music sprang. Sure people still farm and I have heard many wonderful songs about the land and changing seasons in a style called folk. My local club which states '38 years of the tradition' certainly retains a strong connection with 'historic' songs but allows and encourages new 'folk style' writing.

Do the Folk Police do gigs? or do they have a residency at a club?

Jack the Knife, Won't get Fooled again and Reelin in the Years are not...