I'm sorry if this bothers you, Captain, but it just happens to be the case. And I have read a number of pieces of "advice" here that are just bloody misleading.

I agree that style of singing is important. But if, by trying to imitate the style of traditional singers, the neophyte develops mannerisms and characteristics that are not natural to their own voices, they are running the danger of doing irreparable damage to their vocal mechanism.

Listen and understand, yes. But let the voice go its own way.

That's what real (traditional) folk singers do.

Don Firth