I heard the BBC programme last night where Ian Anderson talked of the awards and played the winners in three categories. One appeared to be an old fashioned punk group and two were amazingly monotonous.
It bears out what I have often thought of Anderson in the past that he doesn't inhabit the same planet as myself and many others that have been listening for many years to the very broad range of music that comes under the folk umbrella. I suggest a new category for his (and three hundred "judges")choice. How about Other World Music.

The programme started out promisingly with a group from the Appalachians in south west Virginia and later in complete contrast played something by a maniac banjo non-player from California who wouldn't even qualify to be a busker.

I had to give up the programme and miss Aly Bain and Bruce Molsky.

Whatever happened to folk music on the BBC.

Hoot