Glad to see that there are others in the world who haven't been taken in by what I see as a stunning example of the Emperor's New Clothes.

I was in the third row for their set at Bromyard FF 06 that someone above mentioned, and have seen them at various other points as well.

The problem with live performance in the folk world is that, when all the image, marketing, CD production etc is stripped away, you are left with musicians who stand or fall on their ability to perform. The Winterset fall, for me, because the Unthank sisters cannot sing. The world has been blinded by the (previous) involvement of some great accompanying musicians and some stunning, vicious, manipulative and pushy marketing by Adrian McNally, but it can last only so long...