'WLD, as to the idea of gig collecting, that shouldn't be the province of the folk "workshops".'

a rather patrician view, we are talking about professional folksingers - people who have dedicated their lives to acquiring this craft - and half the idiots on Mudcat (who could couldn't string three chords together if their life depended on it) won't even agree what they do is folk music - so they are scuttling round trying to SURVIVE!