To go back to the original discussion about the music....

I enjoyed The Bairns and interpreted it as an album with largely traditional music done in a pop music style. Yes, so it's not got the strongest vocals in the world and it probably won't appeal to a lot of hardcore folkies, but it's a strong crossover album that might just bring traditional song to a wider audience (note "traditional", rather than the acousic singer songwriter-y stuff that any Kate Rusby track that makes radio airplay seems to be...)

And just for the record, I have long despised the girly folk sound. Sometimes, just sometimes, the arrangements matter more.