Yeah - he's quite something. I'm a bit of a Savall completist and am in constant awe how he can run the world's most commercially & artistically successful Early Music Ensemble and record label (Alia Vox) without compromising one jot on musical or philosphical integrity. And the quality of product is seldom anything less than exquisite!

Otherwise...

Just looked up Bob Roberts on wiki which is worth a read in light of his other lives besides being a traditional folk singer. Maybe I even saw him on Jackanory back in 1966 - I would have been four or five, a period of my life I don't remember too clearly apart from getting lost one rainy day in Sunderland. Like Seamus Ennis he lived in various worlds, as do we all of course - hell, since when was life ever so simple as to be straightforward? Bob Roberts's various books are available from Seafarer boks Here.