" the scene in the UK... " I think you mean England, and if folk music is in such a healthy state there, I'm very happy for you. Not a single contributer here has mentioned attending recently any club in N.Ireland, Wales or Scotland.

I haven't been to folk clubs much in Scotland in the last 15 years because of my schedule, but I do keep up with what I'm missing, and I can see that Scottish clubs are very similar to English ones in content, demographic and organization.

They often book the same acts, and when they haven't it's mostly for younger performers who are less mobile than the old and established. Rachel Walker from Scotland and Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne from England would each go down a storm in the venues the other has played in up to now.

"traditional British music" - there's no such thing.

Scottish and English tradition have been interwoven at least since the Scota got the Highland bagpipe from the English in the 15th century. Vic Smith, posting in this thread, knows as much about Scottish music as anyone, and he's as far from Scotland as you can get without being in France.