I sympathise both with SO'P, who points out how the label "folk" is often used nowadays, and with Jim, who points out that that label on the tin gives a poor indication of what you're likely to find inside.

Perhaps dear Jim will hit the roof at me saying this but essentially I feel the same way he does. I'd just as soon as not use use the word Folk at all because of what it has come to mean - or rather come to mean nothing at all, or else everything that is performed by enthusiastic amateurs in a folk club regardless of genre. Whilst I think this is, in general, a very good thing, it no longer floats my particular boat.

When it comes to Traditional Song I am infamously tolerant of all abilities, and am generally happy to hear any Traditional Song sung by anyone, regardless of musical ability. Some of my favourite singers of trad. songs are some of the worst singers in terms of conventional technical musicality, but their passion, knowledge & understanding of the material override any such considerations.