Boston's great, Washingto, DC, is too. Albany, NY, and environs are good, thanks to Andy Spence and to the Cafe Lena in Saratoga Springs. Lansing and Ann Arbor, MI, have regular venues for folk music, trad and contemporary, and San Francisco has the wonderful San Francisco Folk Music club with programs, festivals, etc., while Freight and Salvage is right across the Bay in Berkeley. Seattle has a very active folk community and also should be rated highly. Hell, anywhere you light could prove to be among the best. All you have to do is seek it out.

Sandy