"These 700 artists are probably not folk singers. People who play acoustio music, perhaps They are probably all singer songwriters I would think."

You can't have your cake and eat it to. You cannot submit a list of songs that were written by singer-songwriters in the 1960's and call it "folk" music, and then declare that singer-songwriters in the 21st century are not folk.

Face it, you are talking about YOUR generation. I'm not the one in denial here. I'm not the one creating a label of "folk" music, the current generation and community that is built around makes that determination - no matter how much you wish to deny it.

Folk music is alive and well and being passed on to capable hands. Sorry to disappoint you, and you are certainly entitled to an opinion - but it does not mean you are correct.