Eric the Red, how dare you critise the great Colin Irwin. I remember when he was the chief folk reporter for the Melody Maker and he introduced me to lots of names who became favourites. He was a good journalist. He always allowed the artist to speak for himself, unlike other writers who think their own opinions of much more weight than the person whom they are interviewing. He wrote in a concise and clear style. Karl Dallas, on the other hand, was always forcing his opinions down people's throats...like we cared what he thought. He said the most stupid things as well. I remember once he slagged off people who didnt like electric folk by saying that they were quite happy to listen to acoustic folk on electronic record players. Tosser! I would love to have a collection of Colin Irwin's journalism to read: and one of Dallas' as well -to use as toilet paper.