Great young singers like Elizabeth LaPrelle give me hope. Indeed I consider that the light has been passed and is shining brighly.

Now, whether LaPrelle's rock-bottom traditional singing style and songs can be considered traditional in terms of passing from one generation to another, I wouldn't presume to say. Obviously she is learned in the real stuff, but she has studied it academically and benefited from electronic recording as well. Does that make her non-traditional? Does it matter, as long as she does what she does so well?

But in my opinion, at least in a few places, the real songs, sung the real way, are in good young hands. And I'm hard to please.

Bob