I did a double take at Stringsingers last post, first post in the thread asked not to go down the path "what is folk music" I think the idea of the thread was to explore the "folk process" on new material and see how it works or doesn't work.
But since you mention it, we are not comparing like with like, one cannot compare the folk process of an illiterate society with the folk process of 2009 the whole world has moved on, we no longer have to strain to listen and try to make sense of the phonics and remember what we hear, we have everything at our fingertips amd mouses...ok mice! So whinge about the bygone age if you want but one cannot criticise, with any authority, those who are making music in this genre now, be thankful.