Wow, I didn't quite expect that response. Thank you.

I've talked about the 'folk not folk' issue over the years as a music lover, a radio folk show presenter, a folk club organiser, a pal of many different sorts of musicians, and I know how important it is for those steeped in the tradition to endeavour to keep their music apart from other music, and I don't want or wouldn't want to step on their toes.

I just happen to be a bloke who likes songs and I'm fortunate that Liam has inherited much of that from me, with no bullying whatsoever. In fact when he went off to uni a few years ago I was forever hopping about in my room shouting 'where's me blimmin' Nic Jones cd gone now? - why couldn't he be into Portishead like other students?'

We just hear a song, love it, and play it. Whether it's folk is immaterial. I don't know if Lennon, or in the case of the song you just listened to, McCartney, are folk singers or not, I just know that some of their songs are gorgeous.

Thanks again
Allan