I'm quite happy if people here don't like a particular artist that I happen to like - we all have different tastes, as the Cap'n and others have said above.

I would hazard a guess that hardly anyone else likes all the artists or music that I like (given that I have wide tastes in music, not just folk, but pop, rock, jazz, country, classical, opera, and other genres). I like all the artists listed by the Cap'n above, and a lot more (as I'm sure he does too). But I'm not going to waste my time persuading people that "X is good" if they don't like "X".

On the other hand, I feel entitled to 'support' an artist in a discussion like this one, where there are some people making negative comments - I feel it's only fair to put the positive side if I can.

What I would say regarding Seth Lakeman, is don't judge him on just the White Hare. Bob Dylan has made some bum tracks in his time - if you heard one of those, and only that track, and then said "Dylan is rubbish" on that basis, I expect many people would jump to Dylan's defence and point to some of his superb output.

I suppose what I'm saying is - it's not fair to judge an artist on the basis of hearing just one track. Listen to the whole album and then say he's rubbish if you still think that :-)