4th Annual Bears Picnic, Laurelton, PA: Lincoln Park (Westend Fairgrounds), August 14-17
Info: A Bears Picnic is a family oriented festival in the mountains of central Pa. 3 days of music, art, crafts, workshops and camping. This year we are back at Lincoln Park, this 45 acre venue features running water, clean flush tiolets, late night [...]
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4th Annual Bears Picnic Laurelton, PA
Posted in Festivals/Tours/Events, tagged A Bears Picnic, Cabinet, Dakini, Erthan, music festival, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Splintered Sunlight, Steve Kimock Crazy Engine, Stir Fried, Swamp Daddies, The Backwoods Experiment, The Hickory Project, The Kind Buds, The Spikedrivers, Willie Jack & the Northern Light on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
¡Globalquerque! World Music Festival Celebrates Fifth Season in Albuquerque this September
Posted in Festivals/Tours/Events, tagged ¡Globalquerque!, Darol Anger, Indian Ocean, László Kollár, Little Cow, Mike Marshall, music festival, Väsen on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Annual gathering of global music with New Mexican flavor a Southwest destination
First artists announced; Early bird tickets on sale now
Albuquerque, NM (April 16, 2009) – Albuquerque will once again be dancing to the rhythms of world music’s brightest stars this September! ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s 5th Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture, will take place [...]
The 26th Beverley Festival Line-Up and More
Posted in Festivals/Tours/Events, tagged Beverley Festival, Billy Bragg, Circus Envy, Eleanor Harding, Emily Harding, Folk, Hall Brothers, Hurricane Geoff Watson, John Carey, Jon Brindley, Lonnie Donegan Band, Lynn and Anita Blakeston, Mean Eyed Cat, Nick and Helen Stubbs, Peter Donegan, Seth Lakeman, Skavolution, Stony, The Acoustic Project, The Durbervilles, The Neumes, The Peatbog Faeries, Tom Gorringe, Union Central, Will Richardson on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Beverley Festival (U.K.) will once again be supporting the charity the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT), when it takes place in June from 19 – 21st. The festival, which brings to the town of Beverley some of this country’s best known musicians and performers as well as a wealth of rising stars and top international [...]
Kerrville Folk Fest Annouces Schedule
Posted in Festivals/Tours/Events, tagged Berkley Hart, Butch Morgan, Cliff Eberhardt, David Llewellyn, David Massengill, Guy Forsyth, Jack Hardy, Jaime Michaels, Kerrville Folk Festival, Kevin Connolly, Michael Hearne & SXSW, music festival, Norton Buffalo, Rich DelGrosso, Ruthie Foster, Terri Hendrix, The Austin Lounge Lizards, The Folk Brothers, The Limeliters, Tish Hinojosa, Trout Fishing in America on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Kerrville, Tex.) – April 17, 2009 – The Kerrville Folk Festival at Quiet Valley Ranch, nine miles south of the Texas Hill Country resort community Kerrville, announces an exciting 2009 festival schedule for its 38th annual event. Once again this legendary songwriter’s festival will run for 18 straight days, from Thursday, May 21 through Sunday, [...]
Roy Orbison Birthday Bash April 23
Posted in People, Record Labels/New Releases, tagged Aruba Red, Billy Burnett, Ginger Redcliff, Katie Vogel, Mary N’Diyae, Reid & Stanners, Roy Orbison, the Smoke Fairies, Tone Damli Aaberge on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Big O Birthday Bash April 23, 2009
Roy Orbison Birthday Salute Concert — Artists From Around The World Celebrate the Life and Music of Roy Orbison at Gibson Studios in London
* iTunes worldwide release of new artists recordings of Orbison’s songs
* The Epiphone 12 String ‘Pretty Woman’ acoustic guitar
* Recent box set Roy Orbison: The Soul [...]
Bontaj Roulet: Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal Alone and Together
Posted in Festivals/Tours/Events, People, tagged Bonnie Raitt, BonTaj Roulet, Taj Mahal on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
US Tour set for August and September
(Los Angeles, CA) — This summer, Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal – two leading lights of modern blues – are joining forces for their first-ever tour together. The “BonTaj Roulet” tour will be a coast-to-coast, 30-date outing in August and September, including appearances at such celebrated venues as Wolf [...]
21st Annual Live Oak Music Festival, Santa Barbara CA
Posted in Festivals/Tours/Events, tagged music festival, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Live Oak Music Festival, Anonymous 4, Darol Anger, Scott Nygaard, Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women, Old Blind Dogs, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Amanda Shaw, Girlyman, Masanga Marimba Ensemble on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fundraiser to Support KCBX Public Radio
San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara – It’s the 21st Annual Live Oak Music Festival, a three day concert and camping event held every year on Father’s Day weekend in the beautiful and peaceful hills off Hwy 154, above Santa Barbara, California. This year’s festival will be held on June 19, 20, [...]
First Annual L.A. Acoustic Music Festival June 6-7
Posted in Festivals/Tours/Events, tagged Bruce Cockburn, California Acoustic Music Project, Cindy Bullens, David Bromberg & the Angel Band, David Lindley, Deborah Holland, Eliza Gilkyson, Jimmy LaFave, Joel Rafael, Nanci Griffith, Natalie MacMaster, Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway, Richard Thompson, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Slaid Cleaves, Stonehoney, the Refugees, Wendy Waldman on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SANTA MONICA, Calif. The L.A. Acoustic Music Festival, featuring a world-class lineup of artists, makes its debut over the weekend of June 6–7, 2009 on the beautiful Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif. The two-day celebration of acoustic music which takes place during the Pier’s 100th Anniversary year benefits the California Acoustic [...]
Levon Helm to Release Second Solo CD June 30th
Posted in Record Labels/New Releases, tagged Allen Toussaint, Happy Traum, Larry Campbell, Levon Helm, Randy Newman, The Grateful Dead, Traditional Folk Music on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Legendary musician and rock icon, Levon Helm will be releasing his second solo recording June 30th entitled, Electric Dirt on Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records. As with, Dirt Farmer, Multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell, took the reigns as producer, recorded at ‘The Barn’ – The Levon Helm Studios.
Electric Dirt again finds Levon steeped in tradition in his connection [...]
