It has to be pretty strict remit to be classed as an English traditional by you Richard.

i think nearly everybody has had a go at a tradtional song at some time or another.

I think the thread originator meant someone like martin carthy or brian peters - people for whom traditional songs are the main focus of their endeavours.

there are quite a lot - some of them make the trek out to The Tiger at Long Eaton, or pay six quid a time at derby gaol - but most sort of co-exist with the rest of us, and go to clubs that aren't exclusively trad. Far too many to mention. Must run into a couple of hundred at least, more.... that's not counting the Irish, who have their own scene as well as coming to the other clubs, but some who don't.

then you have the pubescents....avid sessioneers, that's another scene.

or do you mean professional singers?