Claymore, that is an excellent response. Where I sit, there is a real interest in folk music particularly when people can participate in playing and singing it.

There has always been a rarified academic interest in traditional folk music. It hasn't taken root in the general population of America but alongside of that, whenever a folk artist or performer from a traditional place is presented, it always seems to draw a crowd, sometimes small or occasionally large.

There is a need for folk music although you won't find it satisfied on the media.
You have to look away for it from academia or commercial popular music.

Check the living room.