Unless it's a big international star (and maybe even then), I find it so annoying and unnecessarily unpleasant when people on here (or anywhere) berate/sneer at someone for not having heard of a certain celebrity. This happened to me on one of the Odetta threads. (Odetta isn't big in the UK, and that isn't really my kind of music. Not sure I'd call it folk either...)

We all move in different circles with different interests, so it's not so surprising that for all of us, there are many musicians/singers we don't know.

One of the things I love about this forum is how many people share so generously their knowledge/info on musicians/singers via links etc. Nic Jones is one of those people on my list to check out, and I've learnt a lot just from reading this thread, so thanks.