"I do not consider you are in a position to judge folk clubs if your judgement is based on watching an occasional you tube clip."
Now you are deliberately distorting some of what I have said and deliberately ignoring
You have my arguments here
Date: 12 Dec 18 - 10:57 AM
I don't give a shit how the Nottingham Club behaved - I know from knowing some of those involved that THEY DID NOT "LOOK DOWN" ON THEIR AUDIENCE AS YOU INTERPRET IT - THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD AN AUDIENCE, HAD THEY DONE SO

They are to be complemented for choosing not to occupy seats reserved for paying guests, as far as I'm concerned, having had to stand up all night in crowded clubs enough times.

Don' you fdare tell me I am not in a position to judge what is happening when this forum stands as living proof, in its arguments supporting crib sheets, low standards and using folk clubs as 'anything goes' cultural dustbins, of exactly what is happening on the club scene
I'm very grateful for Kenny's contribution - his views represent many of us who walked away when we'de had enough of being let down

What is happening in Ireland on the music scene stands as a shining example of what could be done if the will was there
Kids have flocked to the music without it having to be mixed in with other forms, or watered down
Hey have been taiught by the older generation of masters and mistresses of traditional music at summer schools like The Willie Clancy one here in Miltown, or the Frankie Kennedy one... hopefully The Tommy Peoples planned School will add to that
They don't have to take what they learn as gospel - they are most certainly making the music their own; but they are doing what they do on the raw, unadulterated material and it's paying off in spades - Irish traditional music has now bee guaranteed at least a two generation future thanks to the efforts of a handful of dedicated "purists"
I suggest you come back when you can say the same for the British scene
Jim Carroll