ALex Petridis talks round spherical objects.

This is the genre that absorbed the diverse sounds of the Watersons, Louis Killen, Anne Briggs, Peter Bellamy, Dave Burland, Copper Family, Sam Larner, Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention, Seth Lakeman, Steeleye Span, Bert Jansch, Davey Graham, Gordon Hall, Shirley Collins, Christy Moore, Kate Rusby, Duncan McFarlane and Craig Morgan Robson, Boys of the Lough, Dick Miles, Bella HArdy, Mawkin, Altan, Mike McGoldrick, Last Night's Fun, Bellevue Rendezvous, Simon Mayor and Hillary James, Salsa Celtica, Lau, Bellowhead, Chumbawamba, Tim Edey, Mike Harding, Eddie and Finbar Fury, Vin Garbutt, etc. etc. etc.

Clearly a load of closed minds and only liking the same thing.

What a shame people can't get rid of the stereotypes they have, and get out more.