Tom: 'and I honestly don't think it's a youth thing, or a fashion thing, or a marketing thing,'

Of course it is, these are amongst the acts that get the 'hype' from the media, festival organisers etc etc. That is precisely why it was these acts, and not you, (or even me) in the show, or any other act that could have done an equally as good or if not better job.

That said, although my opinion (as stated earlier in this thread) is that the show was perhaps under rehearsed (read Jim Moray's post) and did not come up to the standard that we might have been entitled to expect from some excellent performers, I am delighted that there are folk acts attracting such media attention, that can only be a good thing for us all and long may it continue.

John