this stupidity of having to seperate traditional singers from singers of traditional songs is crap,what is important is that the songs are sung and that singers listen to good source singers[not any old source singer] to get to the roots of the music .

Not true at all, GSW. The only thing that is important is that the songs were sung by traditional singers - anything else is a conceit revivalist recreation. As I've said, I wouldn't care if no one sang these songs again. That they have been sang by the masters is enough; that they are sang again by folk enthusiasts both amateur and professional is of no importance whatsoever to the legacy of Traditional Song and the culture in which it occurred. The further we drive this divide, the better it will be for the status of Traditional Song because it won't be suffering from association with a largely disparaged cliché ridden folk scene.

Listen to the source singers and marvel; their like will not be heard again.

more old bollocks:

Despite what I said above there it is my belief that people should be free do anything anywhere in the name of anything they choose. That Folk Clubs provide an open platform for enthusiastic amateurs & professionals alike is a reality that I have no problem with, just as long as they don't confuse what they're doing with the real thing from which it derives at whatever sort of remove.

I have often made the analogy between Folkies and Model Railway Enthusiasts - the difference being you would never hear a model railway enthusiast saying, as you have here, this stupidity of having to separate real trains from OO-scale models is crap. Know your place that's what I say; this is the road to true happiness.