"do you approve of english singers singing american songs in attempted american accents?"
He didn't say that - he referred to "pseudo-Yanks" - ie - the strange mid-American accent adopted by folkies and pop singers alike.
I sing several American versions of traditional songs, (my particular favourite being, 'Fair Rosamund'), but only the ones that will transpose into my own accent.
Get it right (again) Dick. ]
"you also disapprove of people inadvertently allowing mobile phones to go off during concerts,"
Don't you? - you can get thrown out of a theatre or a cinema for allowing this to happen - surely folk songs are just as important - maybe not!
"do you approve of english singers singing american songs in attempted american accents?"
The said he didn't - I would agree with him aesthetically - they sound phoney.
The guest policy was to book good singers - phoney singing is not good.
Jim Carroll