PSEUDONYMOUS.I have survived by trying to take a pride in my work much as Walter might have done in his carpentry, by continung to try and improve,revival singers can go in and out of fashion, that was psartly the reason i moved to ireland, because the uk folk revival has become more involved with hype over the last 40 years. however i think it is unfair to say that source singers are hyped in the same way as some of todays revival singers.
I honestly do not think there was a Walter Pardon industry, he has not been hyped, but more presented as how he was, there are always grey areas when does promotion stop and hype or an industry start.
is letting the folk revival know of the existence of Walter and his repertoire an industry, no, i do not think so whereas the promotion of people like billy bragg or ed sheeran probably is an industry , because more commercialism is involved ,what commercialism was involved with WalterPardon, very little imo