Observer - I still sing along to the choruses! So are you saying that folk music is the exclusive preserve of people who sing or play an instrument - surely that is far more 'elitist' than music that can be enjoyed by a wide range of people. To be honest the quality of singing at some singarounds I have attended has been appalling (it has also been very good at times). I don't have a problem with that but you cannot insist that to like folk music you have to be prepared to put up with often boring songs badly sung