Hmmm, we're all a bit muddled aren't we? Aside from an appearance on Mike Harding last night, he's hardly been on the radio/press/tv in the last few years, so hardly overexposed. And when he was everywhere it was because he'd released a genuinely ground-breaking album at the age of 21, and it was a good story. You can hear pretty strong echoes of that album in Rachel Unthanks stuff and the Imagined Village for example - whether you like that sound or not, it did change things a few years back.

Aside from that I bet most of you have no idea what he actually does nowadays. For the last few years Jim has been playing with an acoustic trio of melodeon, fiddle and guitar/mandolin playing mostly Morris music.

Give the guy a break, he's not being pushed in anyones face and the music he's making now is actually very traditional and mudcat-friendly, if only you'd get over your ridiculous predjudices.