well to answer the first, I don't think in using the word "traditional" the EFDSS were thinking of any kind of contradistinction there - they were simply saying that, er, folk music is what they're about.

A quick look at the line-up for the recent St George's Day extravaganza (Wallace, Cheney, King) shows that the EFDSS is very much promoting "contemporary" folk music.

As a Londoner, I get a lot out of the EFDSS via events at Cecil Sharp House, though I do appreciate that that wouldn't be the case if I wasn't. Oh, with the exception of a few CDs and books of course.