Some fine songs there Stringmaster.
I think a lot of has changed with the 'nylon string' guitar to move it into an area that is suitable for many musical styles.
The main two points I would say are:
The development of guitars:
There is more choice now in classical guitar tone, with brighter guitars now being as normal as the softer cedar guitars.
The flamenco guitar has branched out into the flamenco negra which gives it much high versatility over a flamenco blanca.
The development of strings:
The use of non-nylon strings has really promoted the versatility of the Spanish guitar. Carbon strings offer great projection, brightness, and sustain. But now Aquila is rapidly innovating with new polymers such as nylgut, and sugar.
There are now sounds for all tastes and styles, at lower tension, (often) greater projection, greater tonal palette, and more variety in materials than steel strings.
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