Now I know this is probably heretical but while I know who he was, I have never actually heard Peter Bellamy sing. Something I intend to remedy.

Over a fair few years I have listened to and learned from the Scots traveller singers like The Stewarts, Stanley Robertson and Lizzie Higgans. All of whom sang in their own voice and style.

My influences in traditional singing and singing styles are mainly Scots and Irish hardly surprising given my background and not many English. I only heard Will Noble forhe very first time last year at Whitby.