Jim is looking at a grand old house through a keyhole and claiming he has a firm knowledge of its interior. He can see some beautiful block-printed wallpaper, there's a corner of the Adam firplace and what looks like some tassels on a Turkey rug. He is now happy to pronounce he knows what what all old English houses look like.

If you believe any music is dying and set out looking for dying music you'll find it, of that there is no doubt. It's my misfortune to believe the thing you'll find is what you set out looking for, not the music of the people, or indeed folk music. Both are alive and only sometimes resemble keyhole views.