English traditional folk music IS world music - its just from that part of the world called England. They only consider funding applications that are actually sent to them. What they fund has a direct correlation with what we apply for.


I think that you are truly barking if you really believe that professionals like Chris Wood, Martin Carthy (& family,), Tim Van Eyken, John Kirkpatrick, Hugh Lupton, Nancy and Sandra Kerr, Martin Simpson, Coope Boyes and Simpson, and 100's of others have done more harm than good. Either in the direct experience they offer or in bringing more people in to sing, play and dance for themselves. This is the kind of lunacy that makes the rest of the music and arts world scratch their heads at some of the attitudes prevalent in the folk world.