Folk Alliance Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Bob Dylan, Elizabeth Cotten, and The National Council for Traditional Arts

Folk Alliance Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Bob Dylan, Elizabeth Cotten, and The National Council for Traditional Arts (NCTA) on the opening night of the 2010 International Folk Alliance Conference, February 17, 2010 in Memphis.
Early Bird Registration and Official Showcase Entry Deadline Nears for 22nd Annual International Folk Alliance Conference
(Memphis, Tenn.) Folk [...]

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Free Melody-Writing Software, Songwriting Course from SongDoor

The SongDoor 2009 International Songwriting Competition, in partnership with SongU.com, 16 Ton Studios, Hard Twist Music-BMI, MasterWriter, Spring Hill Studio Productions, Broadjam and Tanager Audioworks, will be giving every person who enters free melody-writing software and a free online songwriting course from SongU.Com. Entries are accepted online or by mail through November 15, 2009.

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Steep Canyon Rangers Plan Busy October with Steve Martin

Award-winning bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers are preparing to embark on a fall tour with Grammy® and Emmy® winning actor, comedian and musician Steve Martin, which will include performances on Late Show with David Letterman on October 5 and The View on October 6.
Martin, who is touring in support of his album The Crow: New [...]

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IBMA Fan Fest, October 2-4, Celebrates Bluegrass Music

NASHVILLE, TENN.–Bluegrass music’s premier indoor festival is just around the corner!  Bluegrass fans will want to reserve their tickets as soon as possible for IBMA’s Bluegrass Fan Fest, scheduled for October 2-4, 2009, at the Nashville Convention Center. The star-studded grand finale of World of Bluegrass Week (Sept. 28 – Oct. 4) will present the [...]

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Madeleine Peyroux to Release First DVD “Somethin’ Grand” on November 24

“Bare Bones is Peyroux’s most revealing, personal statement to date”– Associated Press
“Madeleine Peyroux’s sound is seductive and entrancing…her 11 originals sparkle on her fourth album, Bare Bones.” – The Washington Post
Burlington, MA – Rounder Records is pleased to announce the release of Madeleine Peyroux’s first DVD Somethin’ Grand on November 24. The DVD running time is [...]

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Legendary Cuban Singer and Latin Grammy Nominee Omara Portuondo Receives Visa to Promote Concerts in USA

Cultural Breakthrough Achieved
Six Year Restriction On Musical Performances Lifted
San Francisco Jazz Festival October 20 and UCLA October 23
Omara Portuondo, the world renowned vocalist who began her career in the music scene of her native Cuba in the 1940s, has been granted a travel visa to perform in the United States for two very special dates [...]

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Bloomington’s “Team Väsen” Succeeds in Naming Street after Swedish String Trio

On their 20th anniversary as a band, Väsen has a lot to celebrate: a new album, a long career of doing what they love, and now, they even have a street named after them.
It started as a joke for some music lovers in Bloomington, Indiana — “We love Väsen so much, we should name a [...]

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Debashish Bhattacharya USA & Canada Tour

Debashish Bhattacharya will be touring the USA & Canada during September and October.
TOUR DATES
26 September Capilano College, Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada
27 September Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
29 – 30 September Jazz Alley, Seattle WA
1 October Yoshi’s, San Francisco, CA
3 October Jain Temple Auditorium, Milpitas, CA
4 October Schulman Auditorium, Carlsbad, CA
9 – 11 [...]

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Luther Dickinson/Sons of Mudboy “Onward and Upward” out Nov. 10 from Memphis International

LUTHER DICKINSON/SONS OF MUDBOY
ONWARD AND UPWARD
Surely there is light beyond the darkness as there is dawn after the night.
I will not be gone as long as the music lingers.
I have gladly given my life to Memphis music and it has given me back a hundredfold.
from “The Last Words of James Luther Dickinson”
Just three days after [...]

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The Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase

October 23, 24 & 25, 2009, Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY
THE WOODSTOCK INVITATIONAL LUTHIERS SHOWCASE Announces Exhibitor Roster, Performers, Concert and Clinic Schedule, October 23, 24 & 25, 2009
(September 15, 2009, Woodstock, NY)  The Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase is an alternative guitar show, featuring fine, handmade acoustic guitars and stringed musical instruments exhibited by their makers. [...]

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