The songs you see on the link are songs that others have nominated. It's what they regard as folk, and what they like to listen to. I've purposely not tried to impose any restrictive definition of folk music. I feel this was the right thing to do. It makes for an interesting tension, and a list that tells us quite a lot about peoples attitudes toward folk music.

It's really disappointing that the responses to this thread have been so prickly and negative. It feels like I'm treading on peoples toes. Perhaps it isn't so surprising that there aren't more 'traditional' songs in the list, if this is representative of the attitude of certain sections of the folk community. It doesn't have to be that way. You can help to shape my list - and I would like you to. That's why I posted here.