I have listened to many traditional singers ie. the great Jeannie Robertson, Belle Stewart, Jimmie McBeath, Davy Stewart, Lizzie Higgins, Sarah Makem and many more, they all have one thing in common...........
they don't howl like a banshee, how anyone on earth can call John Jacob Niles singing authentic is beyond me.

He is without doubt the worst ever voice in folk music, he seems to be a man who invented himself, if you like him, you really ought to listen to REAL traditional singers, and see what a joke he is.

eric