This thread was not intended as a discussion about folk music nor how badly certain performers were treated nor the rights and wrongs of the folk music world.

nor was it intended to become a slanging match between people with a particular axe to grind.

I KNOW THAT THERE IS A FOLK COMMUNITY

I KNOW IT EXISTS - if others don't then that is their problem.

I KNOW that folkies such as Col K who are not great performers or singers ... work very hard for the community and have an impact upon it.
Festivals and folk clubs wouldn't survive without them. They are the backbone of todays folk scene.

So please stop all this griping and address the subject of the thread.

Which was - Is this a phenomena exclusive to the folk world??