Or half a dozen living living exponents of the contemporary form.

Are you saying Gerry Lockran, was an exponent of contemporary form? Funny, I could have sworn he played the blues.

And there is nothing at all to stop those exponents of contemporary form hiring C. Sharp House and putting their own gig on - the building is there for hire.

And who are they? This thread will give you an excellent chance to put the half-a-dozen forward. There is at least one festival organiser and one folk club organiser and one folk dj contributing to this thread.

Speaking as the folk dj I have a myspace (or "down with the kids" as Banjiman somewhat perversely calls it!!) here

Tell them to take a look - previous playlists are there on the blog - if they feel their music might fit in ask them to send me a link to their myspace if they have one - or ask for an address to post a CD to.

I will listen.