WLD said, "This awful situation where an 'informed minority' has hi-jacked the style in which folksong must be sang and in doing that has deprived the English of their folksongs - I can't believe it would be tolerated in any other country."

I really don't understand this statement. English traditional songs are sung in any number of styles, from people inspired by the likes of Joseph Taylor or other 'source' singers, to Devil's Interval, to Nic Jones, to Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention, and lots of others in between.

*Please* explain what you mean. I'd really like to know.

Barbara