I've written about more artists than you've had hot dinners,

As for you writing about artists why not ask for a job as a reviewer for some of the folk magazines?

It gets you a record for nothing from some of them and gets your opinion of the artist out there often to a wider audience than you would get here. You can rave about them as much as you like and if you don't like them you can say so. People will come up to you and say thank you for that nice review.

So there you are Lizzie a really helpful suggestion from me. Look up a few folk magazines and ask the editors of you can write reviews of records for them. Trust me on this Lizzie most of them could use people who want to write about the music. So you are pushing at an open door.