Thank you Anne - whoops; I'm not supposed to know who you are!!
I'm delighted that you seem to be having the success you are - if ballads don't work in Scotland, they won't work anywhere.
I have no doubt whatever that, apart from physical defects, which are very rare, anybody can sing as long as they are prepared to put the work in. In my opinion, a reluctance to put that work in shows a contempt for the songs - 'they aren't worth the effort' in other words.
Good luck with your workshops.
I have no intention of leaving this thread; but I will not be part of turning it into a slanging match.
Jim Carroll