APPRECIATE OTHER CULTURES BUT PRACTISE/PERFORM YOUR OWN.

I'd missed that one before...

Sorry mate, I'm English but I'll continue to participate in Irish sessions.

As far as I'm concerned, where we go with our music is a personal choice. Our own feelings of Englishness or whatever are personal too. Personally (perhaps in part as I lived twice in Wales), I have no such feelings and I do not feel "rooted" anywhere.

Musically, I go where I find I find the music most appealing to me, I get the most enjoyment and I feel most comfortable, it's as simple as that.