To be honest, I don't think you've got a clue about folk music until you give the day job up.

What makes people sing. what makes them dance, what makes them listen..how CAN you understand, if they sing, dance, listen - just out of good manners? Or because someone in Froots or the Observer says they're 'worth listening to'.

If you're a pro, someone comes up and says, oi mate - can you play?

You listen. Unless he's a card carrying twat.