When I started reading I thought this was going to be a re-hash of her campaign to expose the Folk Awards judges. It turned out to be a well-argued piece about the neglect of the folk arts by the establishment. I didn't agree with some of it, but overall I found it a good article.

Are the Mumfords "despised" by the folk world? More disregarded, I should have thought, on the grounds that their music doesn't have a great deal to do with the folk scene other than their use of "folky" instruments. And perhaps a bit of jealousy that they're doing so well.