Hi all I was a folkbaby. All my early musical memories are of stuff like the Watersons and Brass Monkey. I got taken to the local folk club from an early age and used to demand my mum should sing grisly ballads at bedtime. Some of the best bits were the annual folk club barbecue, when everybody got together and sat on hay bales round a bonfire singing 40-part harmonies to shanties and stuff. Now I'm 23 and I still love it. I play small pipes, whistles, also a bit of fiddle, mandolin, cittern... I even sing when I think no-one's looking. What is it about folky kids and heavy metal by the way? Of my current session mates I'd say 80% are also into that or used to be.