Well, just caught up and once again, you have done the business - except, (sorry if you are lurking 'liza) Red Rice. The problem with amalgamating contemporary influences with trad is that the result could sound dated, tired or old hat pretty quickly. Does this break new ground? Well, I reckon Faiport managed it with a Sailor's Life and then Liege and Lief, Steeleye with Hark! The Village Wait, Morris On, with Morris On and Shirley Collins with the Albion Country Band with No Roses. There have been few quantum leaps since then, Martyn Bennett with Grit and Mr Moray with Sweet England being contenders, but Red sounded dated as soon as I heard it, whereas Rice, is an astounding album.

Ahem, got a bit carried away. The live recording of Kerr and Fagan just shows what an astounding (astounding count reaches 2) player Nancy Kerr is. She plays challenging fiddle pieces and sings (and so I'm told can dance too) simultaneously - I've promised my son the business at Fiddles at Witney, so don't let me down Nancy.

I lurve Julie Murphy, but maybe some attention should be placed elsewhere before she gets played to death like the aforementioned 'l and the Barnsley Lass.

Great to hear some old stuff (wrote stiff but then used the backspace!) even with a B****O. More please, yes more please. A balance between happening, classic and antecedent would make a really good programme into a must hear. Fortunately, I'm either reheasring or working Wednesday nights, so I don't often endure the torture of the smooth one.

Well done Fee and get well soon Chris. Absolutley marvellous. Which reminds me, get that Ian Giles on (preferably with his mates Metcalfe and Woods) TO DO A LIVE THING. There is a jolly good guitarist/singer who lives in Oxford who you could get to do a session too. His name is John Thompson.

And last (for now) get some links on your site to the folk clubs in the area and listings of sessions. The listeners are hungry for the dirty experience.