Before this thread degenerates into a "Jim Causley defence-fest", I'd re-iterate what Guest JM posted a few posts above : was the original poster prompted to make the post by U.S. coverage of the "Looking for a New England" tour to SXSW Festival in Texas, and New York?

Catch that, if you're in the vicinity and you'll know where U.K. folk /traditional music has been going for the last 10 years and see a representative sample.

And there are lots more of these young exponents at home here in the UK