I'm fairly young (under 30) and I have been a member of this group for a couple of years anyway. Bill's statement that there is no money in 200+ year old tunes might hold true in the US but people like Ashley MacIsaac in Canada and Capercallie in Scotland have all done well with 200+ year old tunes. I agree though that there is most definitelly a stagnant repitition to the music (i.e. the evolution of New Kids on the Block-The Spice Girls-Hanson) which I equate to the flavour of the month. If more people were made aware of the roots of music I am sure more folk musicians would be able to make a living from their music but how many folk musicians get into it for the money. There are young folkies out there in a different guise and I think it is unfamiliar to those who have a strict definition of folk.