Heavy industrial strength deja vu setting in... 😜

Jim - As you may recall from previous threads on this subject,
I tend to agree with most of what you espouse... let's say 90%..

But the 10% I can't support, are aspects of your views on music culture as it is right now,
certainly since the punk/indie years of the late 70s...
and maybe the near future of illicit underground 'resistance' internet communities and sharing...

..And your emphasise on the nowadays importance of Folk Clubs.. some of us, maybe a lot of us, never set foot inside them.
We find and enjoy 'our' folk music [trad and contemporary]
through other means, media, and distribution channels.

Like it or not this is now an era of youtube / streamcloud.. etc...

So despite all the legalistic/corporate greed odds against it..

I still think it's not impossible for a 'pop song' to evolve, adapt, and become accepted as a 'folk song'...