What a load of pish!!

Fawning and scraping over the "young bloods".
Huge egos and very little talent, even the Waterson Carthy cabal have lost the plot. I'm beginning to think that the folk "entertainers" have a definite shelf life, some of the stuff actually made me cringe.

They dont hold a candle to Ewan Maccoll and his group, either in the manner of performance or in songwriting ability.

Maccoll wrote of the political issues that we can only argue about.
About the work songs, songs of the quest for real freedom...not the "freedom" we're offered by the politicians.
His love songs are still some of the best ever written...not just sexual love but also love for his family and his fellow man.

This programme tried to knock Maccoll, but his songs answered the pygmies who would besmirch him.
I've always believed folk music comes from the heart, fires the emotions, renews the spirit....The heart ,emotion and spirit have long gone from the music, times have changed, its now a business.

Don't listen to those who say the music is evolving, the folk music we loved is dead and in its place we have the mindless rubbish shown in the last part of this series....Ake