would like to say that you do an amazing job organising with your weekends, your stage at Beverley and the summer festival! You obviously have some great contacts, a reputation to book some great acts and bring them to East Yorkshire for a modest price. No one can judge you on this!

I'm afraid what is up for debate is what is considered as "folk" at your events. You do have some artists that respect and appreciate the British folk tradition. Although they may not be simply regurgitating songs and tunes of the past, they are heavily influenced by them, and/or rework traditional material for modern audiences. Some acts that you have supported do this superbly, although quite different, are The Young Uns, Blackbeard's Teaparty, Lau, The Mighty Doonans, Duncan McFarlane Band and Show Of Hands.

However, something that has been observed in your artist line ups is the contemporary singer-songwriter which is what the comment above highlights. Although there is nothing wrong with this, they do feature regularly and quite prominently at Moonbeams. They are not particularly folk influenced and some acts that have performed have been country, blues and occasionally jazz which therefore makes the "folk weekend/festival" somewhat deceiving.