I heard the Today item. Nothing but a plug for a new Lee album. Not the sort of thing I expect to hear on the Today Programme. It sounded as if Lee was the first guy to record the music of travelers and that he was rescuing it from oblivion. No mention of the work of serious collectors such as Mike Yates or Jim Carroll to mention just two. Mike recorded travelers in England and Scotland over a number of years and much of his material was issued by Topic. I know Jim did some recording in England but carries on the work in Ireland which I would assume includes the traveling community.
I use the word "serious" as these two men were not collecting with the intention of commercial success.