My friend Maria is black and that does not stop her from enjoying any and all forms of traditional music. Together, we founded Richmond Folk Music and we host a wide variety of traditional music at our monthly concerts. (I'm speaking of the US, here). She was deeply involved in the California Folk Music Society before moving to Richmond, and regularly attends folk concerts and festivals (speaking of the US here) and has always, to my knowledge, been made welcome. But, very often she is the only black person in attendance. She attended the Getaway last year snd had a blast, although Mudcatters kept asking her if she was Azizi.