I am in the very lucky position of being able to listen to a high proportion of new releases of British folk records - and therefore able to spot a number of trends.
One fairly obvious one is the number of new albums by the younger performers that have sets of traditional words that the performers themselves have set to newer tunes, usually their own compositions.
I have fairly strong views on this but rather than expressing them in this opening post, I would like to call for other opinions on this and express my own opinions if and when the thread develops.