Chanteyranger - actually our group plays what we call Americana - everything from Civil War era songs to Hank Williams and newer. Our instrumentation tends toward bluegrass - banjo, guitars, mandolin, bass, and sometimes fiddle. We are working on adding autoharp and dobro.

Just as the above discussions indicate, our group has differing tastes and outlooks on music - I hold down the old time end and our female lead singer brings in the modern songs. We get along well and are just starting to get "tight" in terms of playing and singing. (But we've still got a lo-o-ong way to go !!)

Because all four of us sing in various configurations, we feel we have a fair amount of variety (with varying quality) and that the voices and song choices overcome fairly middle-of-the-road instrumental skills. We've been told we look like we have a good time playing, and we do. We're still working on getting "a bit O better banter" for those awkward pauses when someone changes instruments. All the above responses have given me food for thought.