see the current threads about the Glasgow Eskimos, that looks like a suitable topic. Of course, anything to do with protest songs or relation between songs and politics, is of interest -- note Dr Charlie Noble's project. Or the posthumous debate about good and bad aspects of Alan Lomax (a different perspective from Finn's). Finn this is meant to be a daydream, not a nightmare,of academics. Imagine you are doing participant research and can play all the music you like, if you frame your project correctly!