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• JAMES TAYLOR and CAROLE KING Announce Their “TROUBADOUR REUNION” World Tour

  
  Sell Off Music — Authority: 162
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  7 hours ago

• 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 ...
  10 hours ago

• 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 ...
  18 hours 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 ...
  1 day ago

• John Spillane live at St Mary’s Collegiate Church Youghal

  
  YoughalOnline.com — Authority: 134
  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 ...
  1 day ago

• Full weekend of events at Benderloch

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 145
  [ 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 ...
  2 days ago

• Video: This is Indias most magical festival

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Sarah Phillips travels to the city of Jodhpur for the Rajasthan International Folk festival, which celebrates Indias musical heritage Sarah Phillips Laurence Topham
  2 days ago

• 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 ...
  2 days ago

• Rob Sherman’s Balcony TV Session

  
  RouteNote Blog — Authority: 441
  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 ...
  2 days ago

• Simon Reynoldss Notes on the noughties: Beard here now

  
  Music: Music blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 133
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• #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
  3 days ago

• Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers | Folk review

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• James Yorkston | Folk review

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• Mary Travers Is Praised for Her Voice and Words

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  Mary Traverss band mates Noel Paul Stookey, left, and Peter Yarrow at her memorial service on Monday at Riverside Church.
  3 days ago

• Contemporary Klezmer - A Solo Clarinet

  
  A Diary Left Open — Authority: 122
  I now have a "series" of cool contemporary Klezmer pieces, so this is the second one that I wanted to share with you. Klezmer seems perfect to enjoy during the onset of the holiday season. I also found some funny little archival clips that seemed to work well in three of the pieces because Klezmer celebrates laughter. ...
  3 days ago

• tunesday

  
  Free People Clothing Boutique Blog — Authority: 483
  i saw the monsters of folk last night at the academy of music in philly, and i was so impressed that i felt compelled to write about them today. MOF is a “supergroup” consisting of jim james (frontman of my morning jacket), m. ward, conor oberst and mike mogis (brighteyes), all of whom have had great success ...
  3 days ago

• Fiddlefolk international concert at Strachur

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 145
  [ November 15, 2009; 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ] You get two great international trios for the price of one – musicians from Scotland, USA, Sweden and Denmark join forces for a great afternoon out.at FiddleFolk’s last international concert of the year at Strachur,Mairi Campbell (left) on fiddle & vocals has picked ...
  4 days ago

• CD Review: Gabriel Sullivan – By the Dirt

  
  Lucid Culture — Authority: 471
  Gabriel Sullivan knows a lot of styles and he’s adept at them. More specifically, his new cd By the Dirt runs through a whole bunch of stylized genres, pretty successfully – the playing is generally good, he’s got a good sense of melody and a feel for vintage Americana styles. Mixed by Craig Schumacher of ...
  4 days ago

• Guster

  
  indi.E.geste — Authority: 106
  Guster é uma banda norte-americana de rock alternativo, conhecida por suas ótimas performances ao vivo. Ela foi formada por Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller e Rosenworcel Brian, em 1991, enquanto cursavam Universidade. A banda ficou no cenário "Underground" apenas nos seus dois primeiros álbuns, "Parachute" (1994) ...
  4 days ago

• Music Review | Monsters of Folk: As Existential as Jaunty Old Pals Can Be

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  Monsters of Folk: Members of theroots-rock band performing at theUnited Palace on Friday.
  5 days ago

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