Conrad,when are you going to stop with the B.S. opinions and start giving us some facts - show us a single artist who lives up to your expectations of delivering a fair and balanced performance?

You keep repeating yourself over and over and over again, and you are certainly entitled to an opinion - but move the discussion forward. We understand what you would love to see in YOUR ideal world, and we all know what the REAL world is about. If you cannot give us anything concrete, perhaps your arguments have run their course?

Art and politics have always been mixed, and they always will be. Folk music is certainly influenced by a number of forces, it always has been and always will be. YOU CANNOT MANUFACTURE SOMETHING UNLESS THERE IS A NEED. Say what you will about the media and politics, the output has always been that they meet a need. There is no right or wrong, there just "is". As observers and participants, we watch what is