of course you're right Mike. you were a fine journalist - top end though.
i was thinking of Karl and Colin Irwin who wrote for the very influential melody maker folk pages. the phenomenon of those guys making large claims for artists who were inaccessible to general listeners - i have heard one or two of the old stagers remark on. i suppose they thought thet were doing the artists a favour.

like i say, i made my entrance as folk singer, after many years listening to find myself in the middle of this civil war. anywsy the traddies won, but time has proved that they couldn't hold the ground.

sooner or later - the real folk take possession of folk music.