no jim it would make them become a singer of traditional songs, even if in peter pears case where he did it sounding like a classical singer he is still singing a traditional song he is not a traditional singer because he has not learned the songs orally from his family ,he is a singer of traditional songs who is singing them in a light classical style[andmurdering them],but he is still singing traditional songs, even if i dont like the way he performs them.
Howard, FRED singing fields of athenry becmes a revival singer singing songs in a traditional style ,that is not the same as being a traditional singer, Fred singing a traditional song[which he didnot learn from his family]becomes a singer of traditional songs, he is still singning in a traditional style, but he is not a traditional singer when he perfoms anything other than those songs he learned orally from his family, even though there may not be any difference in style.
raymond, yes because he has stopped singing, but it would be absolutely accurate to describe any of his recordings made previously as being the songs of a traditional singer [providing all those songs were learned orally from his family]