I found it all slightly unexciting

I hated folk when I was younger. I was well into Steeleye Span, I got the point of Pentangle, I liked June Tabor and I had time for Shirley Collins, but I hated folk. To me it meant nice songs, well-meaning songs, songs that told you what they were going to say before they said it and then said it anyway, songs that preached to the converted and tried not to upset even them. I liked songs that turned your head around and made you laugh or cry or just left you stunned, wondering what had just happened.

Funny thing is, it turns out the English tradition's absolutely full of 'em.