Those of us who are old and wrinkly were once your age. I, for one, started becoming involved in folk music in my late teens because I found the music more satisfying than the 'pop' music of the time.

The music I became interested in was already very old, so the same will inevitably apply to youngsters these days - some will discover folk music and enjoy it, others will not.

The difficulty, as has been mentioned above, is finding a way of promoting folk music to attract potential young folkies, but without shoving it down their throats - which will only put them off, maybe for life.

I am involved with running two folk clubs, one of which has a good percentage of 'young blood', and the other doesn't. Difficult to put a finger on a possible reason for this, except that the number of attendees is also proportionately higher. It's encouraging to see a few young teens at folk clubs with their parents - it says a lot for the parent-child relationship, too.

Eeee... I've become a boring old fart...!! ;^)