Like many leading folk festivals, Blitherscrum has had to take a more cross-cultural approach to pull in the punters these days.
This is strongly reflected in the names that have just been announced to headline the 2014 line-up:-

THE MUDDY WATERSONS
(Chicago Electric Blues with a strong Yorkshire leaning )

DICK GAUGAIN
(Polynesian/Scottish post-impressionist painter ballads)

PUFFING BILLY BRAGG
(Left-wing political songs for early steam railway enthusiasts)

HORATIO NELSON MANDELA
(An anti-apartheid look at the Battle of Trafalgar)

STRICTLY COME MORRIS DANCING
(English ritual dancing re-packaged for Saturday evening peak-hour television)

CHEL-SEA SHANTIES
(Authentic football shanties collected at Stamford Bridge)

CECIL SHARP PRACTICES
(A seminar for businessmen on the dodgy and tax-avoiding deals found in English folk song)