al has a point, I guess, although it's difficult to figue out what it is because he so quietly understates it.

"he High Command of of the British Expeditionary force, whom I feel are leading English folk music into no mans land"

Fantastic! But what on earth does it mean?

Hers's another:

"
Look at the bill of fare at ANY folk festival. "

Yes - try Shrewsbury, Whitby or Sidmouth although the Welsh, Scots & Irish do sneak in there - as they have been doing for a couple of thousand years or so.

Better still go to the this website
Here

and you can check loads of festivals and do what the rest of us do - pick the ones you like

Best wishes

L in C#