Well, I certainly manage to find reviews of up-and-coming folk artists in fRoots. Obviously not all of them, there wouldn't be room, but a good variety. Plus a lot of stuff about artists from other countries, a very well-rounded mag I would have thought. It obviously isn't exactly to my taste in every last detail, but it wouldn't be, would it? I think it's an excellent publication, and consistently so over many many years. Fair play to Ian A and his colleagues.
It obviously doesn't cover folk clubs in depth, but there's no reason why it should as far as I can see.