Thanks guys. I wasn't fishing for complements, and I certainly didn't mean "throwback" in the fishing sense! And I'm not complaining; these are nice reviews. What I am interested in is opening a conversation on this music that straddles the traditional and the contemporary - not so much through fusion of genres (as in the Horseflues, Steeleye Span, etc) but through influence.

I know several musicians who bridge these worlds, but most are a generation, or half generation, older than me. Most folks my age or younger seem to be all the way contemporary singer-songwriters or all the way traditional singers. It seems to be relatively rare to find new voices doing a mix of traditional, original and other contemporary material. And of course "contemporary" for me is much more traditionally rooted than much of what receives that term. Perhaps it's different in the UK?

It is true that this sometimes makes it tough to find a niche - many venues seem to want one or another, and there's a risk of being neither fish nor fowl. Recent noteriety has helped me overcome this obstacle somewhat. But still, there's the comparison that raises the question - is this a new version of a kind if music that is mostly in the past, a 60s throwback, or is there a space in the folk music world for new voices that seek to bring together new and old?

I'm sure there are lots of folks who do this kind of thing. I sure hope there are in any case.

Please pardon any typos; I'm writing from a phone!

Dan