I have never agreed with Bert Lloyd about folkmusic being a minority - ploughmaen lying in bed at night with lonely muse aS they honed their words to perfection.

bit of a face saver for traddies who know they sound weird to the general population.

when people need a song to tell them about Nelson Mandela -did they turn to one one of Ewan;s many finely crafted songs - no they turned that bloke out of Fun Boy Three,

When the Sowetans wanted to protest about Afrikaan being the language used in the school -did theyturn to a product from all their friends in the Critics Group - no they used Pink Floyd's Brick in the Wall.
The best song about the English class system - Leon Rosselson maybe - no he hasn't done anything as strong as Pulp's Common People.

Folk decide what is folk music. I know you wish it was you. But its not.