rThings do not remain the same. 50 years ago I seldom saw a mandola, mandolin, banjo, accordian or Nicaraguan Nose Flute. Today all manner of instruments abound and I believe have benefited folk music. quote
no. i dont disagree, and may i remind people that we[ myself and my ex wife sue ]were one of the first people to introduce the clarinet and the first to use concertina and clarinet together.
,   i have no problem with acompaniment for songs, I prefer the way MWR and Nic Dow use it to others[ nic jones carthy] who stick a long instrumental in the middle of a narrative ballad, that is my prefernce and it has been one of the bits of advice i have given,like you i think Jon has potential and i have wished him success with his music. A MISTAKE THAT A LOT OF PERFOMERS MADE IN THE SEVENTIES WAS TO IMITATE MARTIN CARTH ,MORE LATTERLY THERE HAVE BEEN NIC JONES IMITATORS. TO SUCCEED YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR OWN IDENTITY.by all means ccpy as a stepping stone but eventually you have to make your own style.
in the concertina world you could not confuse steve turner dick miles or lou killen peter bellamy brian peters damien barber for anyone else