Don Firth

I've never been to an English folk club, but the impression of them that I get from reading various threads here on Mudcat is that I probably wouldn't like them all that much.

Actually, Don, I think you would like the ones that I know very much indeed. They are populated by people who value and love the traditional music of the British Isles while recognising the quality of music from other parts of the world; Judy and Dennis Cook did a floorspot at The Lewes Arms Folk Club last night.

The campaign about how awful UK folk clubs are seems to be lead by people who remember how bad it was thirty years ago and have rarely been in a folk club since. The scene they describe bears no resemblance to the scene I know in the 21st century.