Not everyone was raised up around alot of folk music. They may have came to it and "discovered" it later in thier musical journey. Then they have to play catch up with others that may have grew up hearing it and/or been into the scene longer. In turn alot of times they will take songs they are familiar with and try to make them sound folk. The whole time they are discovering and learning true folk music. I always try to give people credit on this and really I think everyone should. Kind of like a learning curve you know. I might get upset if someone comes up saying " I am going to play a folk song." and then busts out Metallica on an acoustic guitar. Unless they were joking about the folk nature of the song then I would laugh. Hell I'd laugh one way or another on that one lol. Metallica did do a version of Whiskey in a Jar though lol (at this moment I a ducking from flying debris being hurles at me from members on of this board lol). We can't expect someone that wants to play and sing or someone that already does play or sing to stop playing or singing until they build up a large volume of "True" folk songs. Even if they did we can't even decide what folk really is or is not and have ran across more ultra talented folk singers,writers, and musicians on this page than I have anywhere else ever. Just wanting everyone to keep that in mind and be something this world is not very much of anymore----tolerant.
cya