"The decades following Jones's accident were largely barren for British folk music"...the article says. Interesting and provocative statement. You can't actually argue with it because of the sneaky "lagely" being inserted, but it's a good discussion point. And how about the decades before, come to that?"

well, the decades since would be 1982â€"2012. three decades.

I don't know, I often wonder what the "classic" 1980s British folk albums would be. I know I don't own any. And can't say I've ever heard any.

The majority of my British folk CD/MP3 collection are 1950s & 60s recordings. Then a smattering of 1970s, a smattering of late 90s things, before the decent amount of post 2000s albums from largely younger acts.