I'm in Sonoma County, an hour north of San Francisco. Here we have had quite a little American folk revival over the past few years, with young bands like Old Jawbone and The Whiskey Thieves playing both trad and original music in styles ranging from straight bluegrass to goth and gospel Americana, with a strong blues influence as well. There's even a festival called Hootenanny, now in its third year.

There are also numerous other groups playing swing jazz, cowboy swing, bluegrass, klezmer and French music (both trad and bal musette) in this area.

My band just came back from playing the Sonora Celtic Faire, where there were ten bands covering the spectrum of "Celtic" (yes, I know) music, from trad Irish and Scottish to Australian didgeridoo-trance to metal/rock. Plenty of youngsters in the audience, as well.

So no worries, eh?