I think that Philadelphia has an incredible folk scene, fueled by the Philadelphia Folksong Society's extensive calander of events. Membership in the society (just $30 for a year) includes nine concerts, monthly house concerts and workshops and discounts for their two folk weekends (The Spring Thing and The Fall Fling) and the Philadelphia Folk Festival, one of the oldest, and biggest. Philly, also boasts regular folk curcuit venues and a buffet of concerts. We have dozens of bars and restaurants with acoustic music, several with open mikes (for the more adventurous). I have been a full-time folksinger for forty years and I rarely have to travel more than an hour to a job. Even Sandy Paton has to go on the road, occasionally. That's because he doesn't live in Philly.

Mike Miller