I thought you meant singers that didn't sit easily under a genre label, like Randy Newman, or Michael Marra.
Hadn't looked at it from Harvey's viewpoint. Sorry to hear you sound a bit disillusioned Harvey, myself I think it's cyclical. I was at Glenfarg Folk Feast this weekend just gone, and Artisan [soon to be no more sadly] were there and the audience loved them, strangely enough the biggest response of the night was not to one of their own songs, but to Stan Rogers's Mary Ellen Carter.
Anyway Harvey you yourself don't fit into a niche, you are unique and we like you that way, so keep on keeping on.
Giok ¦¬]