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I think that is all very well in theory. In fact of course many journalists will use what they are given and if it is presented as new and innovative then they tend to bite.

If they know little about (for example) folk music do they go out and find out if what the publicity machine says is true? Err........I sincerely doubt it.

As for the judgement of music journalists.......don't believe everything you read in the newspapers.

"He's just twenty-one but he's single-handedly turning the English folk music world on its head".

"I think what I do is just folk music from the point of view of someone that has heard hip-hop and The Smiths and Ligetti and Joseph Taylor and Radiohead and S-Club, and doesn't differentiate past whether its good or not".

"The finished album 'Sweet England' is unlike anything else from the folk world". ( All taken verbatim from his website).

Well Jim and his publicity machine may believe those are truthful recommendations. I am afraid I don't.

Let me repeat what he does is great, he is a good singer. I do not have any objection to any of this, just that I like to see what the publicity says about Jim tested for truth. I remain to be convinced.

Dave
www.collectorsfolk.co.uk