I know I'll regret asking this, but . . .

. . . this thread is about the horrors of new-agey, wifty-wafty, plastic-packaged, celticky garbage.
So you pile in more to add to the heap.

What is it, exactly, that you are accusing the "English traditional world" of "holding back"? You are not, surely, seriously suggesting that our English heritage of song, dance and tunes be dumped in favour of that tripe? Are you? You are, aren't you?

[btw Lord Franklin is a tale of ill-advised, imperialistic adventurism set to an Irish melody].