I heard Rosalie Sorrels perform at a small coffee house in Spokane on Sunday. The newspaper article announcing the performance quoted her saying "The current state of folk music is exactly like it always was. Folk music is music that people need. Sometimes it becomes a viable, commercial thing for a while and everybody thinks it's successful....It's always there and it always will be."

It was a wonderful show, like being in her living room at home in her cabin in southern Idaho for nearly three hours. As many stories as songs and much reminiscing about a life of touring. She said she's retiring from the road and there will be a farewell concert at Harvard University in about a month.

BTW, the venue in Spokane is called the "Mother Goose Progressive Coffee House" ( honest!) and they have a performance of mostly local folk folks about once a week in a storefront at 1011 W. First. Rosalie had about 200 or so people show up, and they were a warm and appreciative audience.