SS, we both agree that the music played at folk clubs, festivals etc is much broader than traditional folk. However, your reaction to that appears to be to re-classify the non-traditional music as "folk". I prefer to recognise it for what it is: traditional, "folk", or something else.

I don't think your approach is helpful, for two reasons. Firstly, it tells us nothing about the music, only about what the venue or event chooses to call itself. Secondly, I think it is actually damaging, since it validates the non-folk stuff and encourages people to perform it at folk clubs, when they should really be finding more appropriate outlets for their music.

I am confused by your attitude to this. In your earlier posts you appeared to celebrate the fact that your local club encourages people to play any kind of music, and yet in your latest post you appear to deplore the fact that so little traditional music is to be found at folk clubs and festivals.