As I have mentioned before, I did list in one of my literary guide entries (The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English, ed Ian Ousby 1988) certain singer-songwriters (MacColl, Tawney, Bellamy, Pegg, Coe) who have contributed "new songs convincingly in the traditional idiom". I am not sure whether Seth Lakeman has quite the same mainly traditional-singing background as these, as I am not as familiar with his background and antecedents; but I must say, having sought him on YouTube, that I do find some of his songs quite "convincingly in the idiom".

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