Would you be asking that question if their name was Carthy??

I said a long time back in this thread that the girls have undergone a long probation/apprenticeship.

Particularly Rachel, whose involvement with childrens activities at Cambridge festival (mainly clog dancing workshops) has had her moving in a different dimension from most floor singers.

But don't knock or mock them. They are the future. They will help to draw another generation into the genre, something that is sorely needed when most folk clubs I know rarely see an under 40 year old.