Well, Zander, I can not vouch for anyone being BEST, but I will have to agree with you, in that the political expresiveness of folk music gives it it's populist backbone, and it is democratic in it's appeal.

The bard of yore was often bannished because of this, and the dead endishness of the 60's was a bannishment of sorts also. There are those who would have you believe that sexy film stars, sports, and crime blotters are the REAL news, and that the (dis)empowerment of the populations of the world is but an unproven myth to be tucked away on some shelf along with those silly old songs that people used to sing together, when they had nothing better to do but sing about human freedom in the context of struggle, capital, and a richly endowed imagination blessed with images of peace, unity, and paradise. end of rant....ttr