I sing all sorts of stuff and play all sorts of stuff , from Jazz and Blues to unaccompanied harmony ! I get well paid for playing whistle and mandolin in an Irish band and spent yesterday evening at an Irish session . However , Irish music is NOT as enjoyable as English tunes to MY ear , and a whole weekend of Unaccompanied Singing would leave me cold . Its all a matter of personal taste , and bad mouthing someone who doesnt have the same taste as yourself seems to me to be totally unproductive ! We used to have a serious dichotomy in UK between SOME traditional people and SOME contemporary people , which seems to have evened out in the last few years . For Pete's sake , its ALL music , so just enjoy it all !