it is not informed at all, the 1980s produced some fine songs and songwriters, it produced bands who experimented with brass / wood wind, and was actually a period that was not barren but fertile as regards musical ideas, duos such as John Kirkpatrick and Sue harris[CONCERTINA OBOE HAMMER DULCIMER], bands like pyewackett, ,brass monkey, old swan band.TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS such as oscar woods, billy Bennington font watling, were introduced in to the folk revival, through the old hat concert party.
"The 1980s were a funny decade for music: music production gimmickry went crazy in ways that weren't good for folk."
perhaps you could qualify this wild statement