Anahata & Alanabit (& anyone else) - feel free to use "singer-songwhiner". I wouldn't copyright it, I prefer to have it part of the folk tradition!!!   :)   (Just remember where you heard it!!)

I too echo what Blackwalnut said - I love singer songwriters (as opposed to singer-songwhiners!)   I also love traditional music and source singers.   The fact is, I don't have to make a choice of "one or the other".   Festivals should be the same way.

Mark Ross quoted Utah Phillips. I remember hearing Utah say something to the effect that once a song is written and sung for an audience, it belongs to all of us. Of course an artist should be recognized and compensated for their work, but his point is well taken.

I will go back to work now!   Thanks Debra!! :)