At the risk of a little thread drift (and a Maz O'Connor Fan too) first of all let me congratulate the finalists, it looks like being a close run thing again this year.

To comment on WLD here I think that's right - Jon Boden has an article in the last issue of our local folk magazine, Stirrings saying much the same thing. Jon's argument is that the "natural way into singing is through imitation".

Takes a while for many to find there own way.