MtheGM - I know he was a playwright and actor, and of course his first life with Joan Littlewood. I put on a production of Landscape with Chimneys many years ago...

My comments were purely about singing with your own voice and his stance of authenticity bound to heritage. If I had to be nasty, and I am not starting a Ewan McColl slagging contest here... it is as if he has the right to pretend on stage but others don't. That certainly is the view of the many who were put down by him. And all we ever did was try to entertain?

In our own voice, of course!