I'm both a player and a singer, but I prefer song sessions to be just that. Somehow an instrumental item (or even a song that relies heavily on instrumental breaks) seems to break the flow and the concentration. It's different at a club where you get your five minutes to do tunes, songs or whatever, but a purely song session has a character all its own.

On the other hand, I quite like the occasional song in a music session, and there's no doubt that, if you're in a public bar, the punters enjoy a song or two rather than wall-to-wall tunes.

Marje