There was a time back in the 1970's & 1980's when most of the singers you heard in folk clubs had a peculiar nasal affectation and sang in an imaginary accent of a non-existent county which must have been located on the shared border between Devon and Durham. It was a very odd and unpleasant noise, but it seemed to mostly vanish. Recently, however, I have noticed it making a bit of a comeback. I was having my monthly look at the Folk Roots site today and see that they have an editorial about it, so I wasn't imagining it then. They also have an old 1980 June Tabor interview which talks about clarity of singing too, and an old 1979 Nic Jones one where he talks about people copying traditional singers for all the wrong reasons. Let me see if I can do the blue linky things, apologies if it goes wrong!!

"Folk Voice" editorial

Old interviews

Do others think it would be a sad thing if that misguided style of singing made a comeback?