Breezy, I adore Kate Rusby (and play all of her CDs and her DVD incessantly) but that doesn't mean I can't and don't adore David Francey as well. He's a treasure. And there are many of us here who believe it. It's too bad that you think that this is the place and thread to poke holes in our 'knowledge' of folk music. We have an awful lot to proud of here in Canada, and I'm sorry to hear you being sore about it.

Yes, Burl, Finest Kind is top of the ladder. So is Grit Laskin, but he is one of the founders/organizers of the CFMA's. So he can hardly be nominated, can he? :) Perhaps they should start a category for makers of folk instruments...Grit would win upside~down and sideways.

~b.w.