Definitions?

A few years ago, I thought that elitist waffle had gone for good.

Then came along the likes of iTunes and it's fascination with genre. Bad enough when a song I wrote was classed as celtic because the band playing it were Scottish, but Bob Dylan albums seem to be classed at random from folk, rock, world, etc etc.

Folk music as we experience it, (perhaps the best test?) tends to be in folk clubs. Therefore, over the years, I would have said that despite people saying it should be about recording traditions, how communities evolved etc etc zzzzzzz   folk music tends to be defined by any song that can be played in a pub without amplification, with a polite audience.