Hey, this thread has given me a cool idea. We younger folkies should get together to do a folk video series and get it on mtv!

Celtic dancing piece
Slow dramatic ballad
Showstopper piece

Riverdance was pretty popular... not that I actually saw it, but it did seem to spearhead the whole "celtic" thing of the past few years.

Part of the issue is that folk music grew out of the country life, and most people today grow up in cities. That's why rap is so normal, it's the "folk" of inner city life... with older music, we can bring a breath of fresh air from the past to illuminate the present...