so Jim,says folk is not blues and not irish jigs and reels, and not shanties ,and not scottish strathspeys.
are you saying Jim that these are not folk, have I understood you correctly,if you are saying that ,I have to say youare talking Codswallop.
string singer says[3. Singing style is not classical or trained.]interesting that THEN excludesPeggy Seeger/maccoll.and all the Comhaltas singers.Seeger/Maccoll did vocal exercises that is training,Comhaltas singers train their voices in a different way,they train to sing in a particular style to win competitions.,but they call themselves singers of traditional songs,traditional songs are considerted by most people to be part of folk music,and neither of the above sing in a classical style.