Of course they listen to folk music. It's cost me and Chris a soddin' fortune in CDRs giving the students access to bits of our now deleted vinyl collection.

And quite a few record collections have gone their way - the late Sid Long's stuff went up there for one.

Some of the students have a real curiosity about sources and source singers. Some of them try specialise in and research their own regional music.

Others end up being derivative and lacking in sparkle. It takes all sorts. It's a degree. Some will get 1st class honours and some might scrape a third or even fail.

J