Can't agree with you re Lakeman. He may have been hijacked slightly by the radio 2 crowd but he is, imo, a fine performer whose songs reflect his background and surroundings, that's folk, innit?
as for rusby, she is just the more popular edge of folk, too safe for a lot of people but again, her songs are fairly well routed in her surroundings and tradition. the main problem she has is that everything sounds the same after a while, including her stage patter.
Folk is astrange thing, there is so much variety there, a lot of which divides opinions sharply.
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