Frankie Gavin. I did once see a documentary on UK tv once where Gavin ripped off some mind-blasting reel and this was immediately followed by a stunned Yehudi Menuhin discussing Gavins technique and performance in glowing but bewildered terms. But... ART of folk violin ? Desipte the stratospheric levels of skill and insight that some folk fiddlers bring to their work is it not precisely because folk fiddling is not of the art world and conservatoire playing that makes it what it is? Folk music can BE art on occasion, but I'am suspicious of any high falutin' notions and imposition of academic rules.