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• Peter Paul and Mary: Paul Stookey, The Wedding Song

  
  Totally Weddings — Authority: 451
  Peter Paul and Mary: Paul Stookey, The Wedding Song Tags: folk music , peter paul and mary , The Wedding Song , paul stookey the wedding song
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• An Evening with Don McLean

  
  Occam's Razor — Authority: 117
  Popular musicians often fade into undeserved obscurity. Don McLean , who wrote American Pie , is one of these musicians. Most Americans know him only for American Pie , a brilliant 1971 song interweaving an irresistible tune with delicious metaphorical lyrics. American Pie is arguably the definitive coming of ...
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• Disc of the day: 15-11-09

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
  Rickie Lee Jones: Balm In Gilead (Fantasy 0888072317604) A little break from jazz proper for some compatible folk-rock-country with swing overtones, and guest slots from Bill Frisell as well as Nashville types like Vic Chesnutt and Alison Kraus, and Ben Harper. This is perhaps a more conventional album ...
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• Bitter Tears : The Untold Story of Johnny Cash

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 506
  Below, the flag raisers at Iwo Jima. Ira Hayes is at far left.The bitter tears of Johnny Cash:Protest singer and Native American activist, And his feud with the music industryBy Antonino DAmbrosio / November 15, 2009In July 1972, musician Johnny Cash sat opposite President Richard Nixon in the White Houses Blue Room. ...
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• Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers | Folk review

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Royal Festival Hall, London SE1 "This is so exciting!" exclaims Steve Martin at the close of tonights first number, "Hoedown at Alices", a brief, bright bluegrass tune. "And just think," he quips, hoisting his banjo, "only another 37 songs to go!" One-liners and asides abound throughout the performance and while ...
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• JAMES TAYLOR and CAROLE KING Announce Their “TROUBADOUR REUNION” World Tour

  
  Sell Off Music — Authority: 163
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• 3 Chords & the Truth: Six to the three

  
  Revolution 21's Blog for the People — Authority: 428
  This week on 3 Chords & the Truth (among other aural goodness). . . . Well, hang on. Let me quote the Four Seasons here: Oh, what a night! Late December back in 63, What a very special time for me, As I remember what a night, Oh what a night! You know, I didnt even know her name. . . . ...
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• More sounds from the New Folk

  
  Another Lost Shark — Authority: 128
  Well, morning has passed me by but as always the day has been soundtracked by some new folk sounds… Here’s a snapshot of what has been entering my ears of late. Plenty here to get those Saturday morning feet a stomping! Enjoy and don’t forget to drop your LitRock suggestions into my previous post… I plan to ...
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• Do the Shuffle #42

  
  Mostly Movies — Authority: 133
  The Jam - Thats Entertainment Drive By Truckers - Feb 14 Elvis Costello - Jack of All Parades New Pornographers - Mystery Hours Spinanes - Sunday Husker Du - How To Skin A Cat Silver Jews - San Francisco BC ( I accidentally hit the back button on this one halfway through and then decided to go on to the ...
  3 days ago

• Joan Baez in Salisbury

  
  Conor's Commentary — Authority: 468
  There is something slightly surreal in seeing a giant of the 60s folk revival playing to a crowd of 800 in the city hall in Salisbury. But it proved a great venue in which to see a still feisty and inspiring Joan Baez on Wednesday night. She says she has never been happier doing concerts than now, and it shows. Ive ...
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• John Spillane live at St Mary’s Collegiate Church Youghal

  
  YoughalOnline.com — Authority: 135
  JOHN SPILLANE, Cork’s finest songwriter and charismatic performer, played to a capacity audience of music lovers at St Mary’s Collegiate Church in Youghal. Sacred Root Productions promoted the event to raise funds for their excellent work with youth and community groups. Australian singer/songwriter Grayson played ...
  3 days ago

• Full weekend of events at Benderloch

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 443
  [ November 13, 2009; 12:00 am; November 14, 2009; 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. November 15, 2009; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The weekend of 13th-15th November in Benderloch will see a wide range of events crammed into three days, hosted in the Victory Hall. Friday 13th is a Folk Music Session from 8.00pm until whenever, with a ...
  4 days ago

• Video: This is Indias most magical festival

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Sarah Phillips travels to the city of Jodhpur for the Rajasthan International Folk festival, which celebrates Indias musical heritage Sarah Phillips Laurence Topham
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• David Wiffen - Sydenham-Canadian singer

  
  Transpontine — Authority: 499
  Thanks to Bob from Brockley for providing me with a rare opportunity to weave The Cowboy Junkies into the Transpontine Mythos, albeit via a rather indirect link with South East London. For, as Bob notes, Canadian singer-songwriter David Wiffen was actually born in Sydenham in 1942 and spent his childhood in ...
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• Rob Sherman’s Balcony TV Session

  
  RouteNote Blog — Authority: 144
  Rob Sherman is a very tall young man who owns a lot of musical instruments, including a ukulele, mandolin, thumb piano and full size glockenspiel. He uses them (along with his trusty Takamine acoustic guitar) to write beautiful, intriguing contemporary folk music, influenced by the likes of Mumford and Sons, Johnny ...
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• Simon Reynoldss Notes on the noughties: Beard here now

  
  Music: Music blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 132
  A series of oblique angles on the past musical decade, beginning with how an entire generation of hipsters wore their musical preferences on their faces Standing on a subway platform waiting for the L train, I saw a group of young men with that slightly scruffy, indeterminately hip look that screams "Williamsburg". I ...
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• #3: Hundreds of Lions

  
  SuperSave Price.com — Authority: 164
  Hundreds of Lions by Erin McKeown 5 days in the top 100 (3) Download: $6.99 (Ranking is updated hourly. Continued here: #3: Hundreds of Lions
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• Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers | Folk review

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Royal Festival Hall, London Music and comedy can make a fine combination, as Ronnie Scott would have agreed, but when the musician in question is Steve Martin – far better known as an actor and comedian – matters get more complex. Martin first began playing the banjo as a standup comedian, but he has also been a ...
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• James Yorkston | Folk review

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Hanbury Ballroom, Brighton Their most famous scion, singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, once protested that the problem with Fife-based folky amalgam the Fence Collective was their lack of commercial ambition. Their de facto leader, Kenny "King Creosote" Anderson, once said that Fence was "a label encouraged to lose ...
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• Mary Travers Is Praised for Her Voice and Words

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  Mary Traverss band mates Noel Paul Stookey, left, and Peter Yarrow at her memorial service on Monday at Riverside Church.
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