Well... New York is not what it used to be, Fionn old skin! I'd recomend the session at O'Niel's on Sat. night, about 8pm for Irish music, but the folk scene is rather dead here, generally. If I were you and looking for blues folk and jazz,... I go to Quebec! That's where I go for music these days, about 8 to 9 hours north east of New York... Cheers and I will keep looking, Larry