So if they can pull a crowd like that playing bagpipes what is the folk world doing wrong?

Personally I love it but then I also have a soft spot for Skyclad and Schandmaul and many others. Prog folk is alive and well.

Interestingly oggie junior (who hasn't been to a folk festival or session for many years, he had a couple of bad experiences and opted out) is off to a metal festival in Slovakia this summer where about half the bands are prog-folk.

Steve