Sorry Bernard ....I read the bit about duty....Why is it "our duty"...I am a singer/musician. If I am being paid to sing , then I will sing any kind of material that the piper asks.....But dont tell me it's my duty...It's may be my choice to prostitute my talemts (such as they are) but it's not my bloody duty , it's my choice! (right or wrong).

If I am singing for ME and bugger the audience (eg they haven't paid to see me) then I will sing and play what the F I want too. I am happy to take the consequences of my personal taste and face any critics on or off the car park.

If however you believe accoustic / folk etc etc clubs should provide a platform only for people who sing out of a misplaced "duty to make the audience feel comfortable" then count me out of such clubs....and try telling that to countless singers/ musicians who write and sing what they feel rather than pander to such censorship....

Spot.