I have enjoyed the singing of Elizabeth LaPrelle and admire her for taking an interest in historical ballads and continuing in that tradition. If the NPR piece had claimed to cover every living ballad singer or every young person who has continued in the tradition or even purported to cover the scope of balladry in North America then criticism of the piece for overlooking LaPrelle might be justified. But the absence of LaPrelle's name or presence takes nothing away from the NPR piece.