What WLD overlooks (or omits to mention) is that I too participate in enjoy and value the types of music he wants to call folk. I just maintain they are not folk.

OK, there are some exceptions, the bits I don't much enjoy - quite a lot of what now gets called mobo, (although I like quite a lot of old tamla and soul as it used to be, up to an including the Pointer Sisters, and gospel-tinged like the Staple Singers) and the ceaseless tired iterations of punk, which once was so refreshing and inspiring, and whining crap like Oasis, oh, and I pretty much hate all westry and c***tron - but other than that I will listen to sometimes enjoy and occasionally perform (in some cases) pretty well anything.

However, I remember that I am not Irish or American.

Oh, I forgot, I hate,hate,hate taht damn Lilly Allen track...