I guess our culture moves forward, adding in and absorbing whatever there is to absorb.

I went to a Lau concert last night and there were all sorts of influences at work in their music including sound effects and looping. This sort of thing must happen at street level as well. Polkas, schottisches and varsoviennes were once the 'rude boys' of the culture and they're accepted as part of the tradition now, as is a lot of music hall. If the folk music, dance, song and traditions of our country are on the move all the time (which they are) then I don't see that the inclusion of black, soul, gospel, blues or any other influence in the scheme of things is a problem. Anything which is inappropriate will ultimately sink into oblivion.

It seems to me that the EFDSS is, as usual, on a hiding to nothing. If they promote the 'traddie' thing, they get insulted by the likes of Lizzie Cornish and if they don't promote the 'traddie' thing they get lambasted by the likes of Dick Miles.

If folkie stuff is happening around the country and it happens to be a bit new and innovative (maybe even healthy?) and the EFDSS support it and draw attention to it on a YouTube channel, what's the problem?