No insult at all Jim, perchance a rather insightful description of your attitude ................. and I do mean attitude, because you do have one that resembles a belligerent bad tempered old bastard.

You want your 'folk music' wrapped in Aspic, the rest of us realise it is a vibrant, living entity that evolves with time.

We see and listen too the immensely talented singer/songwriters of today (and the past 60 years) and marvel at their talents.

All you do is denigrate them saying 'that not folk music'

Well it is to us and I and I suspect the majority of people don't give a flying **** for a usesless outdated 'defintion'

And if saying this upsets you I really don't care.

You, who claim to love folk music, damage it every time to start to pontificate about it.