I think, on reflection, that's the the problem I was trying to express on the Folk Britannia thread. Surely the folk music of this country should at least impinge on its citizens.

Watching the line up of usual suspects, who get all the tv that's going, all the major league reviews, all the festival mainstage appearances, all the Mercry prizes, all the radio time, all the folk radio, all the recording contracts - its bloody hard to imagine any of them being in demand for singing in an old folk's home.