I'd be interested in what songs transcend the folkie crowd? I have sung some material
that I thought only a folk-oriented audience would like only to be surprised. I find that
audiences like the stories behind the songs. It would be a musical mise-en-scene.
People are surprised about certain songs that they may have heard but didn't know about.

The most sucessful guy I know doing folk music for a living is definitely not singing
for folkie audiences. You will not have heard of him but he is making a very good living doing this. He is entertaining and knowledgeable. He is in demand at schools, libraries,
museums and house concerts. He is a fantastic promoter and agent for himself, however.

There is an expression down here amoung musicians in the South that applies. "Nobody knows how famous I am".