Well, I thought it was cute, Jeri...

As for "folk music", one's man's "folk" is another's "noise"... There are so many forms of folk music that for folks (pun intended) to use terms like "real folk music" is narrow minded... Fold music is a big tent and "amplification" is ***not*** teh enemy...

Traditional instruments??? Who get to define them??? How long does an instrument have to be around to get that officiail designation???

B~