Malcolm, with respect, I know some of musicians concerned -talented musicians and composers. He has labelled them losers and moneygrabbers at the expense of his culture - which part of this is not defamatory? we may not know if this is true or not, and that may not be for us to say whether it is right or not, but neither is it for him. If we were having the same argument about the Copper family
or Eliza Carthy being proper exponents of English Traditional music, then we would all have different opinions as to the true nature of English Folk music -who is to say which of us will be right. It is different strokes for different folk dependent on where you are coming from-I wouldnt dream of saying Eliza is not English and the Coppers are---why music from Kurdistan should be different I fail to understand.