they have disenfranchised an entire nation that was once enthralled by the idea of folksong

Leaving aside the patent nonsense that it was everyone in the 'entire nation' that was thus 'enthralled', it remains to question who THEY are. An entire generation has been taught to ridicule and disown its cultural inheritance (viz the current proliferation of anti-Morris crap in the UK broadcast media). To be more specific, it is a generation of the ENGLISH, since the 'Celtic' thing is a tourist trade marketing device, wrapped in tartan tiger skins.

So, it's the education system and wider than that, the population at large has been the target of the most focussed, globalised and pernicious marketing campaign in the history of humankind. But just as the growing food lobby is beginning to return food production values to a more human scale with sustainability the goal, so an eloquent counterblast to mainstream forces is the making and composing of our own music.

It's a matter of craftspersons laying hands on local materials and unleashing magical forces which will begin to see off McJunkfoodrubbish and McMORjunkmainstreampop. Just as a generation has been taught to ignore their cultural inheritance, so they can relearn how to value it and add to it.