English traditional music (and indeed English contemporary music) has a specific meaning.
To put out a sampler of music which is largely neither (however good some of the individual recordings may be) is scarcely of very much use in attempting to persuade the English that they have a recognisable and worthwhile cultural heritage.
The CD is meant, presumably, as an impulse buy along with all the other whimsy souvenir crap you get in these places.
I care that the public is being misled.
It is this sort of careless packaging that leads people to imagine that wifty-wafty, new-age Celtic drivel and angst-ridden teenage plinky-plonky whingeing is also f*lk music.
For a Key Stage 1 introduction to English trad, gift shops (or any other non-standard outlet could do a lot worse than stock Topic's two compilations Hidden English and Stepping Up.
And in view of the earlier remark about the ripping off activities of a similar venture at Past Times, an examination not just of presentation but of licensing arrangements might not go amiss.
Just how much (or little) are artists receiving for the dubious privilege of having their work so unsuitably showcased?