This, I fear, fellow folksters, probably has enough grains of truth within it to worry those of us who began musical life as putative rock stars (unsuccessfully) and ended up in the folk(ish) world ....
@anonopin.bsky.socialIf politics is showbusiness for ugly people, then folk music is like a halfway house for those not quite ugly enough for politics, but too political and not good looking enough for mainstream pop.