I just got off the phone with a fellow who has received some grant money to do some research in the field of ethnomusicology. Songs and stories of the Pacific Northwest are his fancy. He told me about his grandfather who played musical saw and fiddle and told stories as a logger in the Northwest. Now he carries on his grandfather's traditions by doing likewise, using his grandfather's fiddle, saw and stories in his recordings and performances. I told him about this site as he was interested in old songs and history about this area here where we both reside, Washington State. He's familiar with Utah as a previous Spokane resident but would like to know of others who may have contributions previously unrecorded or otherwise unknown. He's also interested in researching Russian songs that may be lurking undisturbed in the crevices the Alaskan backwoods. It seems to me there must be plenty of stuff out there about Washington but I couldn't guess where he'd look to uncover 300 year old russian songs from Alaska. Perhaps there are those of you here who could lend your expert knowledge to this work.