Here here leveller.

I found a couple of local places (not far from you either..) that are nice places to go, but let's face it, the "young" people love folk more than ever before. Only thing is. the eternal "what is folk?"

I sang a Seth Lakeman song recently and was asked afterwards if, as I seem to know the folk scene, whether I sang any folk songs........

Yeah, go to Cambridge, Cropedy, pop along to a Kate Rusby concert or Bellowhead. If Carthy & co are doing an Imagined Village concert, buy a ticket.

You will find how folk is a young person's game nowadays.

It's just that sitting in a crummy back room of a pub whilst old Fred gets a folder out and sings about Norfolk reed cutting in a pub near Doncaster isn't the same thing. Fred & co are enjoying themselves and good luck to them. But to expect anybody to buy into it? Perhaps a polite once in a lifetime visit for the novelty, but sadly, folk clubs are missing the point these days, the point of abstract entertainment.