Exactly Marje,for example Roy Harris[ Considered to be arevival singer]but approximately the same age as Bob Lewis considered to be a traditional singer,yet both of them sing in unaccompanied english traditional material, where does it all begin or end, or take myself I sing in an unaccompanied tradional style, some of the time, but Iam considered to be a singer of tradional songs rather than a traditional singer[though ive listened to and absorbed ]harry cox phil tanner sarah makem etc].
    to jim carroll you said the tradition is dead[you didnt specify where]what difference does it make if theyre revival, traditional, if theyre singing in sean nos or traditional unaccompanied style.oF COURSE IKNOW THAT JIM MCFARLANE AND KEVIN MITCHELL ARE IRISH, all these categories just get in the way of music.what is more important is that people are singing in a certain style[ and that too evolves]nothing especially music remains    static it only remains static to folksong collectors and academics ,to musicians and singers everything is changing, I dont sing a song exactly the way I sang it twenty years ago. AND I KNOW HARRY COX AND FRED JORDAN SANG SONGS DIFFERENTLY EVERY TIME THEY PERFORMED THEM.