rod stradling, nic jones, june tabor ,kate rusby are all revival performers.
I listen to both traditional and revival performers and appreciate both.
however there are mediocre traditonal singers as well as good ones,the same applies to revival singers.
I would rather listen to a good revival singer than a mediocre tradional singer,and a good traditional singer to a mediocre revival singer.
good traditional style or traditional singing does not have to be learned by actually learning the song from a traditional singer in the flesh,.
that has been where collectors with field recordings and videos,have played an important part,.
the advantage of learning a song directly from a traditional singer
is that you can hopefully locate the song in its environment, and possibly get background information first hand,although a THOROUGH collector like will undoubtedly supply that information in his notes.
it would undoubtedly be helpful to Cristian to meet both traditional and revival singers and musicians.Martin Carthy,Roy Harris are equally important as Kitty Hayes or Chris Droney.