First saw Tom a couple of years ago and at that time he had not been singing long. He did a lovely interview about his family and background for my radio show.

IMHO it is very much "old style" singing which has been passed down through his family and which he excels. Made a splendid and spellbinding appearance in the "Traveller's Special" at Sidmouth last year with Sheila Stewart, Jim Eldon, the Leggs and the Orchards. When he sang in the Royal Hotel at Dungworth in 2009 a young and well-known singer who happened to be there, had tears running down her cheeks.

And I was close too.

But it is hard listening as indeed Joe Heaney was. I can see why people connect them. In fairness there was only one Joe Heaney.