One should certainly mention the Vancouver (B.C.) Folksong Society. John Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat are experts on the old ballads and have founded The Vancouver Ballad Group in 2000 to "sing and study the great ballads, in the main from England and Scotland." Perhaps someone from Vancouver can provide more information on that group. Included in the Vancouver Folk Song Society is my good friend Paddy Graber who sings many of the old ballads and had his first CD released earlier this year. He is an 80-year old traditional singer who learned most of his songs from his family in Ireland.

Cheers, S. in Seattle