Sandbell says that This is not a personal attack on any individual performer but it does seem a bit personal to me "Kate Rusby on Myspace? Now there's a waste of space! Good riddance!"

Until about 5 years ago I hadn't heard much folk music. I heard a KR track on Radio 2, bought the album liked it and bought some more. Started looking for other folk music, using forums like this to point me in many directions. Now folk is practically all I listen to, I buy more CD's than I have ever done before, go and see live music from pubs to concert hall, usually buy at least 1 cd from the artist playing. Who knows I might even see Sandbell soon and buy a CD from him.

I get a bit fed up with people knocking anyone who becomes popular. I know that major artists in the folk world (KR, Seth Lakeman, Eliza Carthy etc) with their high profile bring people into searching for more.

As I write this KR is palying on Radio 2!