"You must look at the individual in isolation otherwise fall victim to the entrenched romanticism attending the notions of community, anon and, dare I say, traditional so beloved of Folkies."

Bull Pucky. You cannot draw a line between the creativity of individuals and the traditions within which they work. I suspect you understand this, because in your very next paragraph you tell us (re: John England): "Seeds of Love has many elements in common with other traditional songs; it is comprised of those elements, and others, assembled with great ingenuity by the singer . . ."   Take the singer out of his traditions, his community, and Seeds of Love could not have been written. BOTH are important, and I suspect you know John England would not have written his song if he grew up in Encino, listening to the Beatles.

"Whilst I sing almost exclusively Traditional Songs from the English Speaking Traditions (including the Max Hunter archive) I don't play Traditional Music . . . it's not Traditional because apart from the song melodies I don't play tunes."

Here I'm afraid you are approaching almost total incoherence.