Anahata, I actually do quite a lot of traditional folk music as well as the pagan material from Three Weird Sisters (my band, who also do a variety of styles), so much of my solo material is completely applicable to folk clubs. I mentioned my US band experience so y'all knew I am actually a fairly experienced gig musician with a lot of different kinds of venues in my background.

Most US pagan festivals and the like want "ritual" acts (people who do the same old chants to drumbeats) or rock and roll / heavy metal acts. There is not very much room for folky acts there; TWS just happened to end up in just the right niche. I find the same thing in looking around at pagan festivals to play in the UK: they seem to be geared toward louder acts, or maybe I'm just reading things wrong.

I could go more places, but it would have to be carefully scheduled, as I have a day job and a family who like to see me from time to time. I should be at Sidmouth (working for EFDSS) and the English Heritage Festival, so maybe something will happen there.

As for taking CDs around-- I did that for *months*. The only time anybody ever took one home was when I donated them to raffles, except for one guest spot the nice people at Folkmob gave me, when I sold six or seven, I think. It got to where taking CDs *and* a harp on public transit was just a wee bit too much trouble for the expected return (zero). I don't take CDs around anymore.