" I'mean quite keen on the raw and sometimes ramshackle approach they have - give me that over smooth and polished any day."
well mr cringe, that depends on the music being played, just because smething is smooth and polished it does not follow that it is soulless, ditto just because something is unpolished it does not follow it is being performed with feeling.
I am objecting to your remark on a point of principle, I am not commenting on the concert because i was not there[unfortunately]. however i am delighted that Shirley sang.