I watched it and recognised most of what the last two posters have said but don't agree with everything - the intros and chats were pretty boring - I guess giving the technicians time to get the sound sets ready for the next band.

As for C celebs - some were A for me - but who cares.

The central strategy - as many have pointed out, is to get people who know Joan Armatrading and others from the acoustic end of popular music to see what is going on in a similar end of folk. Lots of the folkies seemed to like Rufus singing WKW the TG. We saw him at The Appolo in Manchester and he couldn't have been much further away from Folk as brilliant as he is.

Given the breadth and depth of the current folk seen it's hard to know what a balance might be.

Answers on an email to Smooth Opps?