I too, subscribe to Sing Out! and would do so even if I didn't read it just to support them. Sing Out! has a history that can't just be discarded and does a great job of collecting songs a reporting on artists and sources.

I was going to mention Art's great article in the current issue but I see Art beat me to it. That alone is worth the price of the magazine.

Sing Out! has pioneered the teaching of folk music and traditional playing styles. Thirty years ago they started binding sound sheets—flexible vinly records—into each issue. Now, as Bennet said, they make CDs available—a little more money but they last much longer.

Years ago in Chicago we had a group that today might be called a song circle. We called it The Friends of Sing Out! and, among other things, produced the occasional benefit concert to help out the magazine. I think Art performed at most of those and Pete Seeger came to perform for at least one of them.

Sing Out! also sponsors a free listserv through Yahoo. Lots of stupid ads but at least Sing Out! doesn't have to pay to have it. Some Mudcatters post there but I've met people through the Sing Out! listserv that I've never seen on Mudcat.

Please support Sing Out!, you won't be sorry.

      - Mark

NB: Now I'll have to go check but I seem to recall that Sing Out! does mention Mudcat.