Lyn probably could find what she's looking for if she went back to where she came from, or pretty much anywhere in the UK. It isn't something I'd want to look for. I want to be in places where the music is still alive, being passed on and adapting to new conditions. Which often means fitting in with people a lot younger than me. This doesn't always work but I'm finding enough to be satisfied with. Venues for it are very different from those of a generation ago.

Both singarounds and sessions on the old model are often cohort-based, where everybody got into it at the same time and keep doing exactly the same thing with ever-decreasing skill. (There is one trad music organization in Edinburgh with an absolutely catastrophic track record of promoting this trend). If Lyn or Akenaton want the musical world of 40 years ago, no problem, it's still there - personally I run a mile.