... aren't we examining extremes, to try to find the sweet spot that appeals to both the heart and the mind ???

Like the slurred worn out, world weary, matured bitter-sweet tones of the great elderly blues and jazz singers.

Is there no place for that in British trad folk...???

An emotive evocative voice of aging clapped out life-long exploited manual labourers and factory workers...??

A voice of bitter experience in Brit trad folk music.

Or do we just accept the anodyne warblings of the latest generation of middle class schooled for fame
folk wannabes...???

just 'academic' questions.... that's all.. no need for knickers in twists about it...


Btw.. I also can't stand vocal ornamentation just for the sake and vanity of it..