Let's take a step back. I mentioned the 1954 definition in an attempt to explain to EC the ways I think about folk music, I was trying to explain more fully than I now wish I had done.

The fact of the matter is that it is irrelevant to my original comment that I don't recognise (hear) much of SL's work as folk.

To put it simply, if I had no knowledge of the artist and was played this and was asked to say what type of music it was, there is honestly no way I would have answered "folk music".

I'm sorry if this displeases some of you but I'm not going to say I hear it as folk just to please others.