I understood every word she said Steve, so it can't be a Newcastle accent. I believe her hubby is from York.

I'm not sure of the marketing strategy, but Frontiers did well with the "From The Inside" albums with Danny Vaughn singing lesser known covers. The main commercial markets would probably react better to a better known cover for a lead single and judging by the ease with which Issa sails through these songs, her technique could probably handle just about anything.