a) Good man, Breezy: I'd hoped you might pick up on Alaska Mike.

b) I agree with PoppaGator: try "Folksinger". I seem to recall that Pete Morton - mentioned above as a songwriter - thinks of himself as a folksinger.

c) There are plenty of examples of North American folksingers who sing mostly their own stuff who have built a successful bridgehead into UK/Europe. James Keelaghan, Dana Robinson, Eileen McGann... It can be done! Good luck, Mike!

Hamish