I don't want to get into the big old "What is Folk" argument again, but there's a lot of stuff out there that people seem comfortable with being in the realm of folk, including Dougie MacLean, Jim Croce, Ani DiFranco, etc....really, I can play almost any kind of music acoustically, add some bluegrassy bass runs in, and can pass it off as folk. And I have fooled people before, giving acoustic, folky renditions of 80's hair band rock, and having them thing it was folk. Did anyone get that Friday's Lyric Quote of the Day was actually a Pearl Jam song, but is handled very muchg in the folk vein? 'S truth! Try it for yourself, it's fun. It makes you think twice about another kind of music when it's put into a style you are more familiar with, then it's alright. **BG** Oh, BTW I write Beatles/ELO/Dougie/William Jackson infused Celtic folk.

--Mbo