You would expect country and folk artists to sing in their native accents, but it can be surprising when rock/pop stars do it.
Of course sometimes the accent could be spurious or even downright fake, but off the top of my head I can think of a few:
The Proclaimers - Edinburgh
Blur/Madness/Chas and Dave - Cockernee
Duke Special - Ulster
The Whisky Priests - Geordie
Midnight Oil - Australian
Catatonia - Welsh
REM - Georgia
The Pogues - Oirish
I don't like saying simply 'Australian' for Midnight Oil, simply because the differences in regional accents in such a vast country must be huge. But I don't know enough about Australian dialects to know if Peter Garrett's singing voice is genuine.
There must be loads of other examples out there- whether genuine or hammed up. Can you suggest any?
Of course sometimes the accent could be spurious or even downright fake, but off the top of my head I can think of a few:
The Proclaimers - Edinburgh
Blur/Madness/Chas and Dave - Cockernee
Duke Special - Ulster
The Whisky Priests - Geordie
Midnight Oil - Australian
Catatonia - Welsh
REM - Georgia
The Pogues - Oirish
I don't like saying simply 'Australian' for Midnight Oil, simply because the differences in regional accents in such a vast country must be huge. But I don't know enough about Australian dialects to know if Peter Garrett's singing voice is genuine.
There must be loads of other examples out there- whether genuine or hammed up. Can you suggest any?
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