I’m in the airport on my way home from the Far West Folk Alliance (www.far-west.org) in Santa Clare/San Jose. I had a great time playing several showcases and meeting a lot of people with the same addiction (music) as I have. I was blown away by several artists there. I caught Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald (www.kammmac.com) whose songs and harmonies held me in a trance for the thirty odd minutes they were performing. I also saw a songwriter, Jude Johnstone (www.bojakrecords.com), who’s had cuts with Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris and a host of others. Listening to her I can see why. She is one of the best songwriters I’ve ever seen at one of these conventions. I also caught up with my friends the Koles (www.arlenekole.com) who I met twenty plus years ago when I was working on my first album. They are now living in California and playing with their daughter Skye who has a world-class voice (which of course she inherited from her mother and father who are also world class vocalists). The weather was not characteristic of California but there was so much to do and hear inside the hotel there wasn’t much reason to venture any further. Hats off to Steve Dulson and volunteers who organized a very well run event.