I can only speak from my own personal experience, as I had no financial dealings with him , I found him charming ,knowledgeable and very enthusiatic about traditional music.
   as regards nic dow.its irrelevant that these remarks were made 5months, 5 years or twenty years ago , it shows to me that he [ rod] has an axe to grind.
what i can say thats positive about peter kennedy is that he has collected and left us with a rich legacy of traditional music, isnt that more important than anything else.