In my umble opinion BBC Folk and the Folk Awards badly needs to move with the times, with the exception of Ian Campbell and the dubliners who thoroughly earned last years awards. The whole thing was like looking at a living graveyard, I honestly thought half that audience had long ago passed on! There are loads of good new talents around the Folk clubs who never get featured on the beed. As someone else on this thread points out THE Beebs output seems to largely consist of transatlantic sessions and endless repeats of James Taylor. The old stuff dserves it's place in the grand scheme of things, but the Beeb needs to come out of the dark Folk aqes and recognise we're 12 years into a new century!