The good point about FR for me is that it is the only publication apart from songlines that places english music on a level playing field with all other world music. It is our heritage and our music and as such should justly be veiwed in this context. One could rattle on forever about some of its inexplicable choices about which singer songwriters are 'rooted' and which aren't and perhaps other editorial aspects but by and large I'm glad it exists and does what it does. By the way. there are a plethora of regional 'folk'mags around the UK which are gradually improving in quality as time goes on. Living Tradition/Taplas/Folk on tap. These are all worth while checking out.