Wow, WLD. O.K. so the whole folk world is not sweetness and light. No collection of individuals is going to be perfect.

But I think that the general feeling amongst the foot soldiers is that the folk world is a nice place to be.

Politics, petty squabbles and power struggles will always occupy a few people, but the essential camaraderie and friendliness of the majority is something that I think is worth valuing.

I think you'll find that the majority love the tradition but, at the same time admire the greatness of artists such as the one's that you mention.

It's a sad bad world when the 10% that's wrong pulls down the 90% that's good.