it is indeed a strange one, the cornish "choir" that were recently signed could have been anyone of dozens equally talented shanty/singing groups..... they had marketability in the sense of the romantacism of the "Singing Cornish Fishermen" The music was part of it but it was the image they portrayed that was required as much as the music. Was that luck? Banjiman, the missus is a brilliant performer (no disrespect to the banjo player but she is special), you both must be exasperated as to how many hoops one has to jump through to get the recognition, ahhhh if only life were fair. And yet there is a (successful) folk musician whom I, and another famous folk legend confided to me, think is an Asshole, isn't life a bitch. The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. So keeeeeeeeep on working!