We'll be having Joe Thompson (with Bob Carlin) for the Folklore Society of Greter Washington (FSGW) on Saturday, February 18, 2006, and Sankofa Strings on Friday, Febrary 24, 2006. Sankofa Strings has two thirds of the Carolina Chocolate Drops (Rhiannon Giddens and Dom Flemons) plus Sule Greg Wilson. Details at www.fsgw.org.

--Charlie Baum (connected with the FSGW)