I really like singing songs of a particular style which I suppose would be called traditional. As those are the songs which I tend to sing, then they obviously influence the songs I write (and I can't much help what I write as they tend to emerge when I'm driving or cycling). I don't think that's unreasonable - we write songs for the love of singing them rather than for a target category surely. If you write songs then you are pretty much bound to write songs you will like. I expect there are good & bad, but I don't think there should be an ought and ought-not about it. I think that for a lot of people, the provenance of a song or tune is not as important as the performance you are listening to. If you like it then its a good thing - I don't really believe in absolute values for music, surely its a matter of the moment & the individuals.

Kris