Watching the Unthanks on Later still didn't make me enjoy what they do or want to buy their albums. However, watching Vintage Trouble on the previous week's edition of Later made me sit up and want to know more about that band. I'm grateful for the chance to see something brilliant I hadn't seen before and I guess Later did the same job for those people who enjoyed the Unthanks for the first time. The point is, regular folk fans will have heard countless people singing and playing better than the Unthanks, just as regular blues/soul fans will have heard better bands than Vintage Trouble. But at least we're all listening.
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