"My two big worries about folk21 are that dreaded word "relevance" and the rule (about which I did not at first know) that you have to have 6 paid gigs under your belt to be eligible."

Richard, I don't understand your first worry (might be my lack of a university education)..... and your second fear is wrong. Where does it state that an applicant has to have completed "paid" gigs?

I think you'll find it's just 6 gigs, paid or not.


"hunting for the acclaim and gravy train".

Yeah, I'm thinking about giving up work based on my other half's folk club earnings. There's a huge living to be made, millions in fact, never mind gravy, there's caviar... or maybe not.