From 'Catherine'

"..Those lucky enough to be able to headline a folk festival are still only at the top of a rather sad and undernourished tree. It's all relative. They would not cut it in any other genre (in my opinion)..."


Considering you're supposedly working in the music industry, you sure do talk out of a lacking-in-fabulous-musical-knowledge-arse.

Some...no...MANY of the BEST musicians in this country,(UK) and in other countries too, lie within the Folk World.   It makes me hugely angry that so many of them are ignored or almost completely unheard of *outside* the Folk World...and that they have to put up with such vitriolic nastiness from ignorant prats.

May I politely suggest you go and find out about some of the most wonderful musicians, singers and songwriters in this country (and others), before you make any more insulting and ludicrously stupid comments.

And, hey, you don't 'cut it' in my opinion either.

Thank you.