I dont think i mentioned the cover did I?, and yes that is just my opinion, however IAN does have to sell magazines.
newspapers do not sell if they are full of all the people that live happy contented lives, what sells newspapers is sensationalism.
magazines like folk roots[imo] sell if they are full of new young or different bands, each edition has to some extent find a new flavour of the month, to some extent hypeing bands up, helps to sell a magazine.   it is in my opinion one of the unfortunate cross overs from the pop world scene.
the other predicament that Folk Roots is in, is what is its purpose[other than to sell copy], if its purpose is to popularise roots music, it runs the risk of contributing to the alteration of the roots music by helping to commercialise it.