Well I've got to admit that I see Sunjay Brayne as the last best hope of the kind of folk music that I admire. namely the music inspired by a deep love of the steel strung acoustic guitar. No way of getting away from it - its an instrument with an American origin

It has been an incredibly fruitful field of endeavour for nusic in English folk clubs - producing McTell, Jansch, Renbourn, Carthy, Simpson and of course Nic Jones and Tony Rose.


None of whom confined themselves to American material or sang in an American accent.

I'm not saying Sunjay Brayne's nomination is a problem - I'm not familiar with his work and I don't care about the awards anyway. But if you think about the greats of English folk music you won't find many who don't sing English material and don't use their own accent.