Hello all - I'm recognizing some Mudcat names here from last year's Old Songs thread. I'm already looking forward to seeing Bruce Molsky (I was actually wondering why he hadn't previously been at Old Songs, as he seemed such a natural for this festival) and John Doyle and John Williams, among others. And curious about the Breton group which I'm not familiar with. And now from reading some of the comments above, I'm curious about some other performers I'm not as familiar with as well. And of course, the Scottish singing, and old time tunes, etc. etc....I can already see it will be the usual problem of how to catch as much of I want of each performer when there's so much good music all weekend!

Not only do I love this festival for the music, overall quality, and ambience, but I always find it's one of the most peaceful weekends of the year for me. Allison, here's good wishes that it will be the same for you - and that the effects will linger for long afterward.

Zhenya