I found most of it just embarrassing. The orchestrated bits were fussy and overblown, Sam Lee himself across as self-indulgent yet uncomfortable (and what's with the bare feet?), and the Unthanks were out of their depth, they were just dire. I actually turned the sound off at one point, I couldn't bear their half-baked vocals with all that pretentious instrumental fuss going on. Julie Fowlis, by contrast, at least sings with conviction and clarity and knows how to project and breathe, but overall there was nothing there to make me feel proud of our traditional music.

And to think I missed Gardeners' World for this!

Marje