Observer says: Ah but Joe do they sing them in phony British accents? Over here in the UK when singing American songs phoney American accents seem de rigueur. The result is absolutely hilarious.


Well, US folk musicians don't usually sing in fake British accents, although they'll try Scottish and Irish. For a while, it seemed that US pop/rock musicians were trying to sound British, while UK musicians were trying to sound American - my son went through a phase like that.

And don't ask me about Americans on the Internet who try to affect British spellings....