Methinks some posters should just preface with "what is Folk? this is what I call Folk" rather than nitpick on the minutia of what Folk surrounds them and will, in all inevitably, be considered & be discussed as authentic Folk when we are all vituperating in the great Mudcat in the sky.

Jimmy Shand is not here to expand on his take on Scottish Folk. His was dance music n'cest pas? I would have included dance in a programme, but on radio? Imagine the carping thereafter! The programme has to speak to a broad spectrum including, heaven forefend, armchair pundits. Still it has provided fodder for the angry mob.