"Some people say folk music should be what it sounded like in 1930 or what it sounded like in 1960": discuss.
Courtney Pine said this about jazz. He is right. There are people who say, or have said this about jazz.However, I have never heard anybody say this about folk.THere are people who accuse other people of saying this about folk, but I have honestly never heard anyone express this viewpoint, from diehard traddie to "my songs are folk,honestly, I'm really relevant to the people". Everybody connecte with folk accepts that some kind of change is inherent in the tradition.