I watched the whole thing again in fact. A lot of hidden treats the secodnd time around. I found the concert better as a repeat, but even less suitable for its function in the "Folk Britannia" series.
    The anonymous pro-voice(so fa unique) a couple of posts berates anybody with reservations about it as having a fat arse and being elderly. Are to be believe that young people tend to go for thaat sort of thing, and will flock to the folk banner when they see it? I somehow doubt it. I suppose I am getting a touch on the elderly side, though my arse is fairly skinny. I must say I dont go complaining about everything, in fact I saw the best performance I've ever seen on the English folk scene only last summer. And the occasional audience shots at the Barbican showed the sort of demographic you get used to at folk events: not exactly fresh from the kindergarten. And actaully it is observable there is a greater youth market opening at the moment fro folk music of the old definition, as well as for the acoustic singer-songwriter type. So I think any attempt to describe any adverse reaction to "Daughter of Albion" in youth terms is pretty much doomed to failure.
    Some other criticism has been voiced because a lot of Topic artists were in the concert, and it was apparently organised(a lt least in part)by someone to do with Topic. I've no knowlege of this, but if it's true, so what? Why shoudn't a record company promote its artists? That's what they are for. And in any case, as Topic is pretty much synonymous with folk in Britain, it would be a bit difficult to set up a high-flying event that wasn't stuffed with Topic types. We can quibble about the use of the "Daughters of Albion" concept to finish the "Folk Britannia" series. But surely Tabor, Carthy and Waterson choose themselves inthis context? That is quality, fame and importance, not record label.