At the otherwise brilliant Broadstairs Folk Week there was a duo doing the rounds playing with backing tracks! At times the tracks were so loud and comprehensive that I couldn't hear the instruments they were actually playing (if they were actually playing and not miming)

One of the sad things about it was that the pub audience didn't seem to care and I was even more saddened to see that while I was there they actually sold two CDs on the strength of their karaoke performance

Surely this is the pits for any self respecting performer to turn up to a festival with recorded or synthesised backing. There must have been a quality act out there who could have given the real deal and would have been delighted to do so

any thoughts?