People who denigrate music that others enjoy are snobs.

Idiots more like! This has to be one of the most depressing threads I've read here for too long a while. It's as Folk is a byword for cultural intolerance born, no doubt, from other deep-seated insecurities. Weird given that of all the diverse idioms of Western Popular Music, Folk is the most universally reviled. Go figure!

As for the dreaded 'Rap Music' (you guys kill me) the first time I heard this I wept at the perfectly crafted beauty of the thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6CJQ_hnm24