Sorry if I came over a little heavy Mrs Duck. I don't really like to get involved in this English v Irish music stuff. I like to play it all. There are those who wish to play and promote English tunes and they feel that to do this they have to exclude Irish or any other styles from sessions to do this.

It is those, I feel who are responsible for "turning their noses up". They seem to think that in order to further this English music they must down others. I feel that you should have enough confidence in your music that it can hold its own anywhere.

The challenge is to make this English session music as exciting as others. As exciting as the "contemporary English folk artists", mentioned above by Greyeyes, manage to do.

Why not get out the fiddles and throw away some of those boxes? Get rid of the dusty collections of sheet music.... Make it more like a joyful marrige you must attend rather than a dull funeral you are obliged to......

Don't make people think they should like it, play it like they must like it.