folknacious they were good reviews,
You are missing my point, which is that sadly hardly any roots performers that get higlighted in Froots get into the mainstream media.
please name me the piles of roots performers who get in to the top ten?
in the case of of Kathryn Tickell some of us had heard of her before she was mentioned in froots, please dont tell me that an occasional appearance on Womans hour[YES iagree it is MAINSTREAM MEDIA] really constitutes, a HIGHLEVEL presence in the mainstreram media .
However in Ireland there is more presnce for traditional /roots coverage on television and national radio ,and I do not think it is because froots have covered those people in their magazine.
it is because the irish media realise the it is part of their heritage and promote ITM, on television on radio rte 1[ceili house] and other programmesraidio na gaeltachta and to a lesser extent Roots music[reels to ragas lyric fm]