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I agree with you PR about the effect of the 1954 definition - and am confident that there will continue to be accretions to folk music. Certainly I know that my daughter's first electric band (Torniquet - for sample of their rock music seek YoungTorniquet in Myspace) wrote a number of electric songs that translated perfectly well into an acoustic gig in a folk club, because I've seen them do it.

If I ever get good enough on guitar (fat chance) I'm going to start folking one of her acoustic songs, "Five Leaf Clover". It's good enough to pass the old grey whistle test.