We're just back from a weekend folk gathering. I came back on a real high, having had a wonderful weekend singing and listening to others performing. I'm looking forward to coming to the UK next week as I'll try and get to at least one new session and, I hope, a few that I've been to before during the three weeks I'm there.

I would say that folk music is a joy for me - it goes further than fun. The satisfaction of putting across a favourite song and knowing that it has hit home, be it something serious or the new parody I've found, can't really be described. When with Kendall I also have the joy of performing together, who could have a better accompanist?

I'm still in the early learning stage as far as folk music is concerned and so there is also the joy of hearing new songs or finding out more about familiar songs from those with a greater knowledge than myself. There are always new discoveries around the next corner and new voices to hear.