I think most folks contributing to this thread have much in music that is common to each of them. Various instrumental preferences shine through. Every individual has his own pet instrument[s]. The sound of celtic piping [Scots or Irish] has a "blood-call" for me. Reels and jigs. The harp, fiddle, or elbow pipes; slow airs. M.G. might note that his much-loved upright bass can have little part to play in such, and may even feel like belittling the genre in consequence. He shouldn't, as far as I am concerned. There is an abundance of "bass-friendly" and quality material there for the playing. And I'm one of the host of music addicts who enjoys the good music from that airt. There are fair swathes of the "music industry" which kind of get up my nose. Most of these can be found in the myriad "top twenty" one month [at most] wonders of the pop world, in the "listen to what I have found" ancient rubbish occasionally dug up by "traddies" , and in the insidious trash churned out by those who persistently give American Country music a bad name; a bad name which it need not have, by the way, for there are many truly topnotch ballads in the country genre.
   So I think we should all recognise that there is much in every musical genre that is of high quality and is enjoyable. And there is a fair proportion of each that is plain crap.
    I go to each session with little doubt that I am about to enjoy what I will hear---for the most part. Those who are on the learning curve should have respect too---we all started with raggedy edges [and some of us STILL have them!]