The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #111691   Message #2393931
Posted By: Linda Kelly
21-Jul-08 - 04:49 AM
Thread Name: Folk Proms
Subject: RE: Folk Proms
I enjoyed it but thought the transmission did not do Bellowhead justice, I missed Bella Hardy but caught Martin Simspon whose guitar work was amazing. The most irritating thing was the commentary and discussion which was facile-if all the very best the BBC can come up with is someone continually asking the question What is folk? then we will no be progressing very far-No one sits down with placido domingo and continually asks the question -what is classical music? Charles Hazlewood realy irritated me. When they switched to the park, then the usual tactic of 'spend all the camera time on the commentator rather than the activity' kicked in. Sorry I hate the BBC and what it has done to dumb down everything in this country.