Ed Archer used to make similar comments about the blues and young blacks on his radio program on KPFK in Los Angeles. But what can you do? Specific forms of folk music reflect specific times and places, when conditions change the music changes. I don't like most popular music, but I am immensely grateful that so much great music is available now, on recordings and in live performances. Think of it as an amazing recipe lots of people used to know, and now only a few still cook it. You can mourn the passage of time and inevitable change and decay, or you can enjoy your sweet potato pie.