Would just like to agree with Surreysinger.
David. This thread is not about the Folk Awards, or a plave for you to repeat again your views on Folk music in general (which we have heard a million times before) I started it to highlight the protest to re-instate one of the best loved radio programmes that was axed just before christmas. There are other threads where you can pontificate about your views on what folk music should be. Why not start one of your own, and you can talk to yourself.
The rest of us have heard your views.