As it appears that the "old folk" performance genre is being impacted by fusion and modern singer songwriters perhaps one way of leveling the playing field would be for there to be a fee paid by contemporary new folk performers to help support the old trad folks that they have displaced from the limited number of stages and media venues.In this way an old trad performer preserving centuries old techniques and material who can not get a job can still be aided in the good work they are doing.

Space for singer songwriters and fusion folk in the media and at festivals has to come from somewhere and much of it most likely came from old trad folk who now are being most likely financially impacted.

So if we dont get venue sharing then maybe we could get them income sharing.
Conrad