gee...you've saved me a lot of typing Allan...I was just about to launch into one of my patented tirades about beibg ABLE to go into a record store and find a bin where I could EXPECT to find the older. traditional songs that I like the best.

One more time...labels and categories need to mean SOMETHING in a relatively stable way. Whether the artists themselves misuse the labels, or lazy store managers lump the bins together, it still remains true that Loreena McKinnet and Bob Dylan and Kate Wolf do something a bit different from Jeannie Robertson, Almeda Riddle, The New Lost City Ramblers, and Uncle Dave Macon.....and I'd like to that difference recognized in some way that would allow ME to refer to my preferences without resorting to 2 paragraphs of disclaimers.

I'd like to be able to say "I mostly like traditional folk music" and NOT have anyone assume I mean Bob Dylan (who 'may' get to be trad in 40-50 years) and The Limelighters.......does anyone have ANY idea how I might do that?