i always think that there is a sense of the lineage of the English folk club movement by some of the audience in a folk club - something that is missing in open mic nights. And that awareness is to me what makes it folk music - rather than an adjunct of the music business.

The movement was a lot broader than some allow. for me the ghosts are there - Jansch, MacColl, Capstick, Ian Campbell, Derek Brimstone....