What a lovely description!

And yes, there's plenty of folk relevance and lots of crossover (common ground even) between early music and folk music. Vivien Ellis of Alva and the DuFay Collective is a good example - similar kind of voice, sings both folk and early music, and apparently has a credibility problem in both worlds (too folky for the classical world, too classical for the folk scene). I don't have a problem with it, but then I've got a foot in both camps too.

Anahata