IANS said Surely agents promote commercial acts.
they promote their own commercial acts, true, they also through promotion, create commercial acts.
now if they promote and create STARS in the same way that pops stars are created then logically they have an influence on the uk folk revival.
I am not going to comment on whether this is good or bad,but just remark that this is happening, and if it is happening then agents are not just getting work for artists but are shaping and influencing the uk folk revival to some extent., to what extent that is happening compared to thirty years ago is debatable