I'm now confused, guest beachcomber. . Your topic subject line was "New 'Revival' of Folk Music in England" but now it seems to be about country music/ Americana. This sounds more like the mid-80s "cowpunk" thing, the Boothill Foot-Tappers, Men They Couldn't Hang, Yip Yip Coyote and so on around the time of the launch of the Pogues. It was great fun but fizzled out as quickly as it came and was nothing to do with any so-called folk revivals. It looks like history is repeating itself right now then.