Richard - I certainly did not set out intentionally to denigrate and I hope that that was not how my post was read by the majority

I presume that on this occasion you allude to the two consecutive notes in tune phrase ? There have been occasions when I have sat through excruciating performances in folk clubs and at the end of it there is applause - I would be surprised if you have not encountered this yourself. The point of mentioning it on this occasion was to draw the comparison with the unforgiving nature of the alternative

My apologies if it came out otherwise - and yes there are people out there so good it makes you weep and if they are playing in a non-folk environment I very much hope they will post in the Feral Folk What's On thread