I can see Felicity's point.
Some young musicians are going to be intimidated because what they do might not be "proper" folk (whateverTF that means...). Calling it "folk free" at least gives them carte blanche to just do their own thing, and of course some of it might be good.

It's a risk worth taking.

By the way, I thought Robbie Thomas' article in the current EDS on the "Ceilidh Club" was interesting and relevant. That's a regular high energy dance event at Cecil Sharp House, packed with youngsters, and Robbie took the opportunity to see what could be learned from it about getting young people into events at CSH.

Anahata