I think folk music will be alive and well twenty years from now. All the folkies will be singing nostalgic songs about the war in Iraq! Even traditional folk music will remain. I play with a group of musicians in Rhode Island who get together to play old-timey music. We have guest artists from around the state who come and teach us the old songs that were never written down. Many of the members of our group are young kids in the 8 - 12 age group and college aged kids who love this type of music. Folk music will never die, but it may evolve.