Jim,
Congratulations! Wonderful news. Better late than never! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!
I have spent all of my life immersed in and enjoying folk music, but see no need to run down other genres. There are good and bad in all genres and one man's meat and all that.