Dear Zed ~

Used to go every year. Used to be a pretty cool affair until rampant commercialism took over and drove the local artisans, craftsmen and vendors out ... until name acts replaced local acts ... until the money came to drive the program. I look back fondly on taking my kids to FolkLife when they were growing up, exposing them to the populist musicians and artists who gathered there. Even they have abandoned the festival as being too commercial ... which shows that their papa taught them more than just about music.