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Thread #96615   Message #1891798
Posted By: Scrump
23-Nov-06 - 11:54 AM
Thread Name: Review: Folk Awards - Mike Harding
Subject: RE: Review: Folk Awards - Mike Harding
I wasn't talking particularly about the White Hare issue (I fully agree it's not right for a new song to be called traditional, and I would certainly question the BBC, if I was one of the other nominees for this particular award), but I've noticed a lot of slagging off of successful artists generally in this forum (Kate Rusby, Seth Lakeman, Show of Hands, etc.)

The comments in my last posting above really applied more to SOH, who as I said, have been around for the best part of 20 years now, have written some great songs and put on a cracking live show. It just seems that if someone works hard to get where they are, they get slagged off for their success instead of congratulated. Maybe there is a suspicion of sour grapes from some quarters (not you Greg, I hasten to add).