Never heard him live Sean, so that qualifies my opinion about as much as listening to the radio gives one a valid opinion on Sidmouth.

However, intrigued by yur comments and respecting your judgment I listened to some of WAV's tracks.

IMO and as available on his site: the voice quality is not in itself unpleasant, nor is his native accent.

His reciting is hypnotic and expressionless, it is however well articulated and easy to hear.

"When I survey": the voice is flat on at least half the notes, and this is more evident when accompanied with the keyboard.

At that I lost the will to live, however I believe that with some vocal coaching a massive improvement would be possible. Finding a good coach is the secret, but there must be competent tutors in the NE folk world who would give a couple of freebies.

Sadly in listening to WAV's tracks I have increased his listening figures hence upped his own approval rating...


Stu