Why are we indulging this racist twaddle?

I have no problem with a degree in English traditional music but we know from other threads that WAV is not being honest about his motivation for raising and supporting this don't we?

I am pretty secure in my "English" identity (hell, I was brought up a morris dancer and check my surname) but I don't feel any need to promote "Englishness" via the music I sing and play.....the test for music surely is about it being any good not where it comes from......it is a universal language where traditions have always been borrowed and swapped......and long may this continue.

Music should be about breaking down barriers between people not creating artificial ones.

Paul Arrowsmith