Well, like I said when I posted some Fairport Convention stuff, most purists would hate it. For me, the really interesting stuff came out of an attempt to open up what folk could
become. Ani DiFranco isn't folk in the sense that someone like Ewan McCall was, but that just shows how things move-on/transform themselves.
Tunng are a British band doing some really interesting stuff that could hardly be described as 'traditional':
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cfLjRjDlskQ