Throughout the 1960's and 70s, a number of British musicians rediscovered traditional folk ballads, fusing the old melodies with rock, jazz, and blues styles to create a new genre dubbed "electric folk" or "British folk rock." This revival featured groups such as Steeleye Span, East of Eden, Fairport Convention, and Pentangle and individual performers like Shirley & Dolly Collins, and Richard Thompson.


Can we really call this mush folk music ?

While making music in multiple styles, they had one thing in common they were all based on traditional English song and dance material. These arrangements of old repertoire sound like torture to me, then again I am a puritan. Some had commercial success, peaking with Steeleye Span's album "All Around My Hat". Some performers continue it today. I personally don't look upon it as folk music.