Yes, I know that there are many male singers in different musical genres but am I alone in thinking that women now seem to predominate as singers in folk and traditional music circles? Everything from TMSA(and other) traditional singarounds, community choirs, singer songwriters, and young professional performers. The majority of these now seem to be women. For instance, Scotland is blessed with some fine young female voices, e.g. Fiona Hunter, Siobhan Miller, Robyn Stapleton, Emily Smith, Iona Fyffe to name but a very few. Similar in Ireland. From the top of my head, I can only think of one stand out young male singer from Scotland....Jack Badcock of Dallahan. There are others, of course, who are very good e.g. Scott Gardiner but he's not so young these days and has chosen himself not to focus on music full time. Of course,women have predominated in other areas too. e.g. harp, cello, and increasingly so with the fiddle these days but it seems even more apparent in singing circles. I'm not complaining, of course, and I'm delighted that there are so many talented women coming to the fore these days. I just wonder what has happened to the men.
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