"Play some music" is *right*! And fewer (try none) long sets of dreary Irish dirges as several of my musically inclined friends who don't listen for that very reason have opined.

Sadly, this is the only show in town, literally, when it comes to folk music due to a)the very rude cancellation of the Lee Michael Dempsey show with nary a faint explanation from WAMU severel years ago; and b)a bonheaded decision by another local station that was bought out and decided that the very loyal (and $$ well-off!) folk audience was less interesting than the very fickle and unpredictable "commercial market" whatever *that* is.

It is good to have Traditions and Mary Cliff. I do listen often. But it could be better.