"they can get come consultancy from Eliza, from Martin, from others..."

The concert was actually put together by Harriet Simm (amongst others) - Harriet is Topic records PR person and is responsible for all of the coverage of Martin, Norma and Eliza Carthy, June Tabor, John Tams and everyone else that you might read. I'm sure she can't be accused of knowing nothing about folk music. You can't blame the BBC, or ignorance of the subject, for this one I'm afraid...