'The UK folk scene STILL IS a place that promotes and enjoys an important and greatly neglected part of our culture - TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC. If anyone disagrees with this statement then provide proof it is otherwise, if they cant would they stop talking balderdash.
we now have a degree course[ that is relatively recent] in newcastle that does just this. we have folk clubs that book tradtional music makers a well as song writers, we have festivals where countrydancing is done, where song writers and singers of traditional songs are booked.