For traditional: Johnny Collins, Mary Humphries & Anahata, Jim Mageean(spelling?), Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman, Pete Coe, The Songwainers (as they once were), Moira Craig and our own HergaKitty Vernon. And you won't be disappointed by an evening with Graeme Knights.

Singer/songwriters: Harvey Andrews, Martyn Wyndham-Read singing Graham Miles, Mick Ryan & Pete Harris, Roy Bailey singing Len Rosselson, Robb Johnson, Jez Lowe, Vin Garbutt, Ben Campbell.

Bob Fox should also be somewhere, but I couldn't place him in the above categories, as he crosses them.

And I never heard Jimmy Nail, but anyone who wrote "The Big River" rates highly for me

And I do like what Bill Jones does, both trad and her own.

Heck, there are so many...They are the best kept secret of the UK music scene. Now, if you were asking about contemporary (pop/rock etc) acts, the ones that rake it in, I'd be hard-pressed to like half a dozen.