I suspect that WAV was attempting to refer to Ewan McColl's policy of allowing people to sing only songs from their own culture - he has referred to this on other occasions in support of his case. However, as has been pointed out to him, the reasons for that policy were quite different (to encourage people to investigate their own traditions at a time when most were attempting to reproduce American material), was limited to only a few clubs, and was fairly soon abandoned.

These days most of us are fully aware of our own tradition, rather more than WAV appears to be in fact, but do not agree that we should exclude other material. A good song is worth singing, wherever it is from.

"I've probably watched just about every BBC TV folk-music broadcast since 2004, I've read quite a lot (including forum posts), and listened to a lot of folk radio, as well as attending many singarounds, and a few festivals and instrumental sessions - so I standby the idea of an "intense" 4 and a half years into folk"

ROFPML!