Maintaining the performance of traditional songs can be difficult for performers ~ the problem is that audiences need to be receptive and knowledgeable

Venues such as the more controllable folk clubs in pubs are diminishing, however mixed sessions of songs and music (such as melodeons, concertinas etc) also provide an opportunity to sing unaccompanied songs

The used of pas and the ever increasing move with the times also tends to make the singing and appreciation of traditional songs a problem ~ and of course the need for folk singers to make a living