Bit of a side issue, but extremely relevant I think. Sleepy Roasie says:
"No-one I know beneath retirement age, is interested in trad songs"

Rosie, you must live in a world that has no contact with the folk scene: the place is infested with youngsters singing trad songs at the moment, and playng trad tunes too.Listen to the Folk Awards, listen to the radio, look at the Tv, go to a folk festival. Yoof are everywhere. Every other month fRoots has the latest Brit traddie on the front cover. Where are you hiding?