I don't know why, but jazz is one of the styles of music that leaves me stone cold. It doesn't get my heart beating or my feet tapping just nothing. It's hard enough finding traditional English folk** without being (in my case) inflicted with something akin to watching paint dry whilst waiting for it to come on.

Traditional English folk music, not withstanding its current mini boom, is a rare and fragile flower that needs looking after, not to be swamped by foriegn imports. It's so frustrating, for example, living in the middle of England how few English sessions there are compared to Irish (sessions totally populated by English players and singers).

Folk musicians and audiences seem to be an inclusive lot (which is generally a good thing) but unless this inclusiveness is reciprocated by other genres I think it can be detrimental to folk music. It seems to me that this inclusivity, by for example bringing in trad jazz, is in fact the poorer relation (folk) subsidising the slightly better off relation (trad jazz) - Cambridge "Folk" Festival anyone? If and when Courtney Pine shares the bill with The Dartmoor Pixie Band or Metalica share the bill with Rachel Unthank and the Winterset, I will change my mind. Until then - No.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not some sort of fanatic who only listens to traditional English folk music. Apart from jazz, rap, drum and bass, and barber shop singing I've got quite a wide taste in music: folk music from southern Africa to Finland to North and South America; classical from Byrd to Beethoven, Purcell to Prokofiev; rock and blues from the 50s to the present day.

**Throughout this reply I am using my own definition of this word. Please note it may vary greatly from your own definition.