Cap'n,
I'm not making out anything - I have no more right to argue against your taste, than you have mine - this is not about preference, good, bad or whatever, it is about where our songs came from and whether they are 'The Music of The People'.
We can choose to learn or songs from Ron Taylor (who got his songs from traditional singers - directly or indirectly) or Peter Bellamy (who got his songs from traditional singers i or i) or Martin Carthy (who got his....) or whoever you care to mention who sings folk songs - the point being that without our traditional singers we wouldn't have any traditional songs - for this they have my eternal gratitude and I hope, yours .
Everything else is a matter of personal taste.
Jim Carroll