Spot on McGrath..."round like a circle in a spiral....etc! The Singing rooms, the music hall are the roots of the folk clubs which were most successful when they carried out the same function and had Jasper Carrot etc on one week and The Watersons on the next.
Variety was the spice. Now it's very much a muchness and only the die hards are left singing and playing to each other. That's life!