"Folk is going through one of its periodic upswings, festivals do well, there's lots of talented young performers, lots of publicity in the newspapers and music mags, in fact it's almost hip." (GUEST,JeremyRS - PM Date: 20 Feb 07 - 09:39 AM)

And one indication of the truth of that - today's Guardian carries this piece "Get your motor running Planning a long trip? Ian Clayton nominates the 40 essential driving LPs."   And just have a look at the 40 essential driving LPs he picks - people like Margaret Barry, Norma Waterson, Chumbawamba, Fairport Convention, A Century of Song (English Folk Dance & Song Society)...

Extracted from a book by Ian Clayton called Bringing It All Back Home, which I've clearly got to get hold of.