You're reading selectively Wayne. The artists you mention have a lot of fans on this forum who defend them. And as for shafting, haven't you seen some of the stuff that gets said about them in other forums?

>There are some very popular and successful folk performers that I wouldn't go and see even if they played a free show in my garden. (Doesn't mean they're crap, though. Just not to my taste).

Well that's all that a lot of people are saying here.

>You may not enjoy the Unthanks' music. Good for you, but negativity gets us nowhere.

Why is it that you're not being negative when you don't like 'some very popular and successful folk performers' but people who don't rave over the Unthanks are?