j0 77: Folk singing ISN'T "just" music, it's musical communication. The words can sound as "nice" and as "musical" as you like, if you're not singing it to communicate your message to your audience then you're not singing Folk song.

To my mind and ears (and I sure can't prove this) this quality is a large part of why folk song in a language you don't understand at all can still be a very powerfully moving experience . . you may not understand WHAT's being said, but you still get the emotional content.

Which all comes back to why I reckon that, above all, you must sing in a voice with which you feel comfortable.

G.