I think all live music is a generally good thing. If people want to sing anything whatsoever, then they should - and I wish them the best of luck.

But if it's called a folk night and most of the songs have be written in the last 20 or even 50 years I will feel I have been misiled.

Yes I know people have written fantastic songs in the last 20 or 50 years and some of them have passed into the current oral tradition ie the folkies like em and sing em but I don't want to hear people sing pop songs - with odd exceptions.

We are not narrow minded or musical biggots we just know what we like and we can read. So when the flyer or weby says folk we have a reasonable expectation that ....................