I used to like Tom's music in the 70's. 2 great albums and 2468 Motorway and Martin, and glad to be gay, and warbaby - with the live verse about greenham Common. Not too many folksingers were talking about contmporary issues at the time. I also liked his musicianly qualities -the way he moved easily onstage from keyboards to guitar and then bass. Must have seen him 3 or four times. And there was the Gay Cabaret album from Edinburgh. As a dj - he's okay but nothing special.

I like Roy Harris very much. he must have been round here while i was in Brum - listening to Malc.

to be honest folk djs have it tough - there is such diversity in our music - you can't please everyone. I just feel that locally we have produced two world class contemporary artists (Jack Hudson and Roger Brooks) and that their neglect (clubs, festivals and radio) has been total and utterly shameful. Roger is dead now - too late for him.

I can't see why we are still having this debate. the BBC has made its position very clear. if anyone gets on tv; they're going to have a major record contract. if they get on the radio, they once played kazoo with the third line up of Steeleye /fairport in 1968 or leant Roy Harper a packet of Rizlas backstage in the Troubadour the night that Martin Carthy showed Bob Dylan how to play Blowin in the wind.

Its like the Adrian Henri poem about the man who sold human ears fried in batter - he believed ther is room for innovation in the trade. There isn't.