Not to defend the author, or to perpetuate stereotypes, but did you notice that they're writing for Martiniboys.com? That's not to say that their readership isn't into folk / celtic rock / whatever, but perhaps there's not much room left in their disc changer after filling it with ABBA, Gloria Gaynor, Liza Minelli and Olivia Newton-John to play much Great Big Sea.

 Reading this person's bio, it seems they're more than a little self absorbed and the feelings and preferences of the masses aren't really their agenda --> http://ianundercover.com/contributing-writers/