My main interest is folk music, rather than song, although I do really enjoy a good shanty chorus after a few pints of cider !! I am not averse to a bit of "pop" music ; I always liked Rick Nelson, and I thought the Hollies were very accomplished, too !! ( showing my age ).For me, it"s the SOUND made by "traditional" acoustic instruments that is the "buzz", not the subject matter.I never really liked the Beatles , for example ( sorry !! ), but I LOVE their music when played by The Charles River Valley Boys, a la mode Bluegrass !! I also love church music, and the sound of voices singing in harmony--in that respect, Steeleye Span singing Gaude Te will always "do it " for me, whereas when I first heard The BeeGees, I thought it was some kind of wind-up !!!( grown men singing in high,squeaky,tremulous voices were never more disparaged than in Her Majesty"s Navy !!! )