"Sorry Jim but you are just too far out of touch."
Another mantra Dave and please do not try to patronise me
I am the leading expert on nothing
You are digging your own graves by telling me what's going on in the revival
Seperatuing the Folk club scene from "source singers" as you have just done is further evidence that today's folk scene has s.f.a. to do with folk music and is yet another self-driven nail in the coffin that is your arguments
I'll never forgive the lot of you for driving Walter Pardon onto another thread, which has been closed, making a major source singer a no-go area   
I don't even have to search the web any more

"I didn't think it would be up your street Jim"
I didn't say it wasn't ad I'be been a fan of Benjamin Zephaniah's poetry since he first appeared on the scene - even have some of it in collection-I saw him live once in East London
I find that particular take on Tam Linn no relation to the real thing (no harm in that, but we are talking about folk renditions, I thought) and the following dtagged out incomprehensible nonsense which extends the pice to over eight minutes I find mind-numbing
The best phrase I have ever heard is "the clean, clear sound of the tradition" - nothing of that there

Hope you enkjoy your walk - wish I could go on one now but the roads here are too narrow and have no paements, making them as dangerous as trying to discuss folk song with people who don't seem to like it very much :-)
Jim