Snail,
I will direct you to stringsingers answer on the JohnLennon folksinger thread,If you read that thread you will see that I have already given my opinion and answer[see folk process]Lennons songs may/may not be good but because they havent been folkprocessed,and until they are they will not be folksongs.,this combined with Stringsingers answer,explains why they are just popular songs.
Try booking Britney Spears at the Folk club you are involved with,see what the reaction of your regular audience is.
They expect Folk music, and dont pretend you dont know what that is .
I bet not one of your regular audience would turn up.,and furthermore the rest of your committee would say she is not suitable for the Folk club,why?because she doesnt sing folk music and is not a folksinger.Dick Miles