Of course you also right that recording has never been easier. You can buy a twenty four track digital recorder and burn cds off for less that five hundred quid these days. Brilliant! and good quality musical instruments at entry level have never been cheaper.

That's more like it! The internet is also a major resource - type in nearly any song you can think of and someone's put their version on youtube.

You might not see it on the telly but it is out there.

Wouldn't it be great if some new music and musicians emerged, someone who'd attack folk music from another direction.

Well I reckon it is, some of whom are nominees for the Spiral Earth awards. It's one of the reasons why I'm bemused at your attacks Al. I think you've been firing at the wrong targets...

Pete.