Having had some ongoing contact with both commercial and public radio, I am familiar with all the albums that most people never get to hear, and I know perfectly well that most reviewers and program directors, for that matter, don't listen to them either, so that whole line of justification falls flat--


I also know that few, if any reviewers can reach into that large pile of recordings and pick out the small number that have lasting creative and artistic merit, and that practically none of you can figure out which recordings the record buying and listening audience will ultimately embrace.
So you're dead in the water on both of those counts.

The idea that there should be discourse, discussion, and commentary on folk music does have some validity to it. The problem is that that sort of discussion requires the musical understanding of an ethnomusicologist, the analytical skills of a professor of literature, and the brevity and directness of a tabloid journalist--skills that converge as infrequently as the ability to create popular recordings of folk music--

As to YouTube, in point of fact, I get better results from it than from any of your reviews, simply because I can hear the music directly, and don't have to rely on the opinion of someone who likely has no idea what I like--some one mentions something they like, and I'm there. Simple as that.