Well, Jim here is the question I posed.

You say "what people here sing seems to have no distinct identity". That is the only statement I am referring to. My question is about what makes you think that. I have posted links to me performing in this thread and you confirm that it is folk music. So it does have a distinct identity. I have not noticed any links to other contributors performing and I am not aware of ever having seen them live so I do not know if they sing folk songs or not. How do you know that what they sing does not have a distinct identity?

Your response

Not if it's buried in evenings full of songs that have no identity to what you have sung

Followed by a diatribe about folk clubs you used to go to. You may be answering a question but it certainly is not the one I asked! So I repeat. How do you know that the people on here sing songs with no identity?