I am British, but I spent 30-odd years living in the US. One of the things I miss most being back in the UK again is that almost all of the folk dance clubs (at least around here--South Beds) only use recorded music. In Massachussetts even very small dances would have live music, if only from a few local musicians just getting together for that purpose.

It is so sad that most peoples vision of live music these days is either gigantic professional concerts or karaoke!