I've always believed that musicians are really selling emotion. They say that music triggers the same tiny part of the human brain as a baby's cry, and that's why we love to make and hear it. To an extent, the more emotion a musician can trigger, the more successful they are likely to be - whatever syle or genre they work in. I'd happily put Seth in the folk box, while choosing my words carefully when connecting him with the word traditional (which I easily could), but the bottom line is that his music and his performances are deeply emotional, and that's a prime reason for his success - along with all that Anahata says. I know the first time I heard that punk fuddle on Kitty Jay I experienced a rush of adrenaline the likes of which I'd not felt for many years. And the way he's dug one foot into the folk furrow and cocked the other up onto the pop deck is very clever. I like him a lot - but I wouldn't expect people who are mainly turned on by music that's close to the tradition to agree - and I'm sure that's not a problem for Seth either. Tom