I find some of what Jim has to say interesting.
I do not like attacks on peoples personal appearance,or rudeness when someone holds a different opinion[response to Stallions post].
[wld]I have on aspirations to be a traditional singer,I enjoy singing both traditional and contemporary material.
I think that as there become fewer traditional singers to collect, this label will become less important,and its only importance will be for young singers to get an idea of style from the source, but[since the style of Bob Blake revivalist does not differ very much from George Spicer[traditional singer]]it seems a silliness for Blake not to be included[just because he doesnt have the right label].
it is also important [IMO]for people to listen to revivalists like Carthy and Nic Jones to show how skilled accompaniment can bring something different to traditional song,.
This music by its very nature keeps changing,.
I have played a small apart in this, using concertina and clarinet arrangements[way back in1980]when hardly any other people[apart from Bruce Turner Fleetingly with Maccoll]had experimented with this. see my recordings, Dunmow Flitch,Cheating the Tide.
Burl Ives may be meaningless to you Jim,but hes not to me,or to Roy Harris,HughieJones or the late Cyril Tawney,to me when he sings Barbara Allen he gets right inside the song .
you need to keep up to date with revival singers if you are going to criticise the revival in the 21century,otherwise your comments become ill informedhttp://www.DickMiles.com