Very glad to hear you are swapping singers in Newcasle. Trouble is I could not get there and back in one evening from Dorset.

As for a university degree in subject of folk and the tradition, I would love to do it as (quote) 'a boring old fart' Why should the young ones get all the fun (and knowledge)
Ewan MacCall invented nothing. Just the right man in the right place at the right time. The real heros are people like the Copper family and Sam Larner et al