(yawn) yet another hands-down criticism of something the critic obviously knows very little about. You can't criticize something you've obviously spent close-to-zero time listening to.

National Public Radio, in most communities, is their primary radio source for exactly the types of music we discuss and share on the Mudcat!   Folk, blues, traditional, etc. It is also an informed and in-depth course for INTERNATIONAL news coverage; I regularly listen to the BBC broadcast on it; and our NPR affiliate is the only station that carries it.