I think there is a new school. A sort of post armageddon ethic. I think maybe its the finger picking of the guitar - none of 'em do that much. Sunjay Brain sticks ouy like a sore thumb.

Perhaps a cavalier approach to political correctness - although I could never condone racism.

Also presentation perhaps. I always respected minstrelsy - like Pete seeger an attempt to give songs their context. Whereas there seems to be an insistence that folk should be respecred as serious music with youngsters.

One kid recently started her set saying - this is a Steve Knightley song, if you haven't heard of him - you should have....

I dunno where the attitude comes from.