"As I stated before the only people calling SOH folk are the anti SOH crowd, nowhere in any interview have Steve Knightley or Phil Beer ever said they are folk".

Here's one where they do. They have called themselves folk at most gigs of theirs I have been at too.

Living Tradition

Sod MBEs. Where are their EFDSS Gold Medals is what I want to know? They have both done just as much for folk as some of its recipients. I think it might surprise some EFDSS Council Members just how many traditional songs there are in the Show of Hands repertoire, but then they might actually need to listen to Show of Hands play or more than one CD to find out.