Joan Baez is a good singer. Probably too good for my taste, considering what I've heard her sing, but I've only heard her earlier stuff, so I don't know much. I love her on some songs and can't stand her on others.

I wish I could have heard the Martin Carthy interview, but I couldn't find it.

FWIW, I think Dylan was an inspired genius during the 60s, but lost it later. I couldn't care less about his personality, ambitions, etc., but his songs were largely very good, and the way he used his folk background, or the way he would recombine things, has amazed me for as long as I've been familiar with any of his work.