Can we assume that you don't sing traditional songs - or do you pay for all the traditional songs that you use (maybe a donation to the National Sound Archive or C# House)?

To the Post-Revivalist Traditional Songs are seen in terms of both their contemporary currency & immediate cultural relevance which has long out-grown the structures of The (so-called) Revival. The songs are now part and parcel of a Neo-Tradition which is just as vibrant & diverse & idiosyncratic as the old one and owes nothing to The (so-called) Revival*, the National Sound Archive or else anything done at C# House with the possible exception of the recording of Bright Phoebus.      

"Thou shall not rip off revival singers - though it doesn't matter too much with source singers".

To the Post-Revivalist the term source singer is anathema; Traditional Singer does just fine & accords respect where respect is due, without the wretched implication that the mastery of the Traditional Singers serves merely as a source for the songs sung properly by the folk enthusiasts & professionals of The (so-called) Revival.

* There will always be exceptions; the great voices and passionate souls of (say) Ewan MacColl and Peter Bellamy will ring forever in iconic resplendence however so flawed their ultimate scheme, or else tragically under-valued by the very scene they created in the first place. Such strident idiosyncratic genius will always be acknowledged & welcomed by the Post-Revival. Seamus Ennis and Jim Eldon are, likewise, Post-Revival Icons.