I didn't ask where the source singers got their songs - good grief, I know that! What on earth do you take me for? lol!

I asked Janice what her term for those people was. Her descriptive, generic name, as in 'Source Singer,' 'Revival Singer,' 'Traditional Singer' etc. - a term which would differentiate pre-source singers (out of the US oral-only tradition) from her 'Folksingers' who, by her definition, came much later. ("none could be considered a true source singer. They were collectors, arrangers, popularizers, adapters, censors, and even singer-songwriters")

Do try to keep up!


(Both Doc Watson and Frank Sinatra are from the meass-media/non niche era - .i.e outwith this discussion).