It seems to me, only from what I've read here, that Avril is perfectly cut out to be a pop singer and not to be a folk singer. If it goes down well at the karaoke nights - well, surely that's the place to do it - what's the problem?

I wouldn't dream of taking my melodeons and concertina along to a karaoke bar or a jazz club, and wouldn't call them the mafia if I played a few morris tunes and jigs there and it didn't go down well.

There are different sorts of folk clubs of course, and I've certainly been to some where Celine Dion covers would probably go down well. As far as I'm concerned, that sort of material accompanied by nothing but a bodhran would have be be done incredibly well to impress me, but that's only because it's not my sort of music.

Anahata