Ah, the begrudgers are here. And we are to believe that no traditional folk musicians are capable of producing crap? That the majority of them aren't putting out mediocre pablum? Give me a break.

I saw Mary Black give a concert in Dublin two years ago that absolutely blew me away. At least she can sing, fer chrissake, which is more than you can say about so many of the finger in the ear "singers and interpreters" of folk songs.

And she hasn't "lost touch with her roots" BTW. She still appears occasionally with the Black Family, with other trad musicians, etc.

Load of bollix, this thread is.