Appreciating traditional folk music is available to the people. Many people have been brainwashed by manufactured consent to the ruling elite and dumbed-down entertainment industry. The appreciation for folk music relies on digging through the weeds and onto the rich soil. Many people do not expect instant gratification depending on which people we mean. A metaphor this would be healthy food. Many don't care. Some do. Agribusiness has desensitized people for the need to have organic food in their diet. Nonetheless, this doesn't stop some from wanting to improve their lifestyle.

This is the metaphor for understanding traditional folk music. It's always been there and even though vestiges of it seem like it's dying out, it pops up again and again in unlikely places. As people crave a healthy lifestyle, they also crave the musical nutrition of traditional folk as it documents important aspects of human history. Fast-food music appeals to those who don't know any better. It's not their fault, but the fault of the music merchants, businessmen, financial wheelers-and-dealers and those who run the world.
Their job is to hypnotize the public to buy their product so that they can stay or become wealthy.

In short, commercialism in music is the enemy of traditional folk music as it engenders a musical imperialism. The musical copyright laws in place are meant to keep the exclusivity to those who have profited from fast-food music.

The answer is to understand and own the traditional folk music of a country. It is important and nourishing when people are freed from the propaganda that the commercial music industry has handed us.