I'll probably have the Green Mafia after me for this, but I see the same sort of instrumental thing happening in the Celtic sessions hearabout. And I still remember how disapointed I was on seeing both the Chieftans and the Boys of the Lough in concert and finding out they perform about 80% tunes and 20% vocals -- of course the tunes were marvelous, but I still wanted to hear the human instrument - the voice !