...not just about American accents, but the whole American song persona here.....I remember so well to have been with the lovely (late) Barry Finn, a fantastic shanty singer from USA at a Festival in North Wales. Barry was just so, so frustrated at hearing American style songs sung in 'American accent' here in Wales he stood up and said he'd travelled 2,000 miles or more to hear and learn British songs but was just hearing a ***** take on some of the 'popular' songs from USA.