Why do you want to know Charlotte? Why so much interest in a band you can't stand? Why the comparison to older or more established folk legends?

Barry Dransfield scraped away on almost every conceivable violin shaped instrument, and wonderful he was/is. Dave Swarbrick is my favourite musician on earth, I love him to bits, ever since I swapped my copy of White Light White Heat for Babbacombe Lee in '71.

I am the Unthank's number one fan (hehe) or very close, but I don't for one minute want to compare them to anyone; I want them to sit side by side my favourites in my little collection of goodies and be just what they are.

I have written many pieces on the band (for my own amusement) and some have been published all over the place. Each time I openly admit what makes them 'different' to me, and sometimes at the risk of causing offence. I love them because they are not polished. I love them because when they sing a lyric, emotion pours out. I don't want another Sandy Denny, we already have one.

There's a famous line in a famous song by The Flying Burrito Brothers where Gram Parsons sings 'I'm your toy, I'm your old boy' and in it, his voice breaks momentarily. That is what is so great about Hot Burrito #1, it has soul. If it had been sung perfectly, it would have lost it's meaning. Rachel Unthank and the Winterset have soul in buckets. I like the imperfection. That's what's different.