Driftwood Magazine nominated for Mobbie!

OK, what’s a Mobbie? It’s the Baltimore Sun‘s annual awards for best Maryland blogs. Driftwood Magazine has been nominated in the “Best Entertainment Blog” category. Please vote! Often!

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New blog by former editors of Dirty Linen

The former editors of Dirty Linen magazine have a blog:

formerlydirtylinen.wordpress.com

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The Johnny Cash Project

Image by Durss

The Johnny Cash Project, an online global collective art project and visual testament to the life and career of Johnny Cash, “The Man In Black,” celebrates its official launch today, with over 5,000 frames submitted to the dynamic website in the three weeks since the site’s soft launch.

The highly interactive website celebrates American VI: Ain’t No Grave, Johnny Cash’s final studio recording, produced by Rick Rubin. The Johnny Cash Project sets out to engage fans of the beloved musical icon from around the world in an unprecedented collaborative project: the creation of an ever-evolving music video for the title track of the album.

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A Special Invitation

What:  Cultural Heroes -  A historic American civil rights museum exhibit honoring Bessie Smith, Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson,  Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Josh White and Billie Holiday, with a related thematic music and stories program by Josh White, Jr.

Where:  Fisk University, 1000  17^th Avenue, Nashville, TN

Concert & Lecture:  Little Theatre of Fisk University

Museum Exhibit:  Aaron Douglas Gallery at the John Hope Franklin Library

Date: Concert Program – Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 4:00 pm.  Exhibit runs through June 30th

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Rhythm & Roots Festival Line-Up Announced

The 13th annual Rhythm & Roots Festival announces its spectacular all-star lineup for 2010.  Held at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, Rhode Island every Labor Day weekend, the festival has become a destination event drawing roots music and dance fans from all over the country.  This year the festival is held Sept 3-5, 2010. Ninigret Park is located at 4890A Old Post Rd, (just off Route 1), Charlestown, RI  02813.  For tickets and info:  www.rhythmandroots.com, 1-888-855-6940.  Hours:  Friday, 5:00 pm to midnight and noon to midnight on Saturday and Sunday.

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Finalized Line-Up for the 2010 Great Hudson River Revival

Inspired by Pete Seeger’s desire to clean up the river over forty years ago, the Great Hudson River Revival initially helped raise the funds to build the sloop Clearwater, which has since become a world-renowned floating classroom and a symbol of effective grassroots action. Today, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater is a non-profit organization that sails at the forefront of the nation’s environmental challenges. The revenue raised by the Revival goes to support Clearwater’s numerous educational programs and its work toward environmental and social justice—as well as keeping the sloop Clearwater afloat.

Pete Seeger & the Power of Song gets us underway on Saturday, June 19 on the Rainbow Stage. Also featured on this stage throughout the weekend are famed singer-songwriters Steve Earle and Shawn Colvin, contemporary music star Joan Osborne; Westchester County native David Bromberg and his quartet, Keller Williams, “newgrass” sensation Railroad Earth, Donna the Buffalo, Toshi Reagon, The Felice Brothers, sacred steel guitar family band The Lee Boys, and Hazmat Modine, a global blues band based in NYC.

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Dirty Linen news: May/June issue; Editors

Check our website for Dirty Linen news:

• May/June issue: The May/June 2010 issue has been canceled. Information will be posted on our website when news about a resumption in publishing Dirty Linen is known.
  A new customer service phone number in California has been set up. All subscription and back issue orders, address changes, and questions about your subscription or other order should be directed here. 1-866-702-7778. Press “2” for Dirty Linen, then “1” for Customer Service. The office is open from 9am to 5pm Pacific Time. (Noon to 8pm Eastern Time.)
• Change in editors: Longtime Dirty Linen editors Sue and Paul Hartman have left the Visionation family of publications.

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Indie Acoustic Project Announces “Best CDs of 2009″ Finalists

The Indie Acoustic Project is proud to announce the finalists for the IAP’s “Best CDs of 2009″ Awards.  The 3 finalists in each of 12 categories were selected from the multitudes of CDs that were considered for the awards.  The quality of the CDs submitted was terrific, and this has lead to the only major problem we faced: because there were far more than 36 excellent CDs (and only 36 finalist slots), many deserving recordings could not be included.

It is our hope that these awards will help all indie artists by generating increased awareness of independently produced music from around the world.

FINALISTS: The artist’s name is first (listed alphabetically within each category), followed by the CD title in italics, followed by the name of the record label.

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Fourth Edition of the Montreal Guitar Show

It’s now a tradition for 6-string aficionados: summer arrives, and the Montreal Guitar Show follows soon after! For its 4th edition, the MGS will really be painting the town red with nearly 150 exhibitors all dedicated to our favorite instrument. From July 2 to 4, the MGS will be welcoming over 130 acoustic and electric luthiers, ranked among the world’s best, not to mention manufacturers of high-end accessories (amplifiers, effects, pedals, etc.). What all this means is that in three short days, fans can feast their eyes on more guitars than some will have seen in their whole lifetime! And if that’s not enough to blow you away, the MGS will also be staging concerts-several of them free-featuring knock-out artists who have all taken their art to new heights, not to mention the famous workshops and activities where the guitar is front and centre. And this year, the MGS is back at the Hyatt Regency Montréal, in the newly renovated Grand Salon Ballroom right in the middle of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal site!

In addition to the exhibition itself and the dialogue with luthiers and manufacturers-remembering, of course, that you can even buy your dream instrument right at the Show-the Guitarissimo series will also be back, from now on a must in the eyes of all 6-string junkies. And this year again, make way for an intense program of three concerts each evening for three evenings in a row at the Cinquième Salle in Place des Arts. Lastly, a super closing concert featuring five first-rate guitarists from the CandyRat Records label will top off this year’s enriched edition in the Théâtre Jean Duceppe at PdA!

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Dirty Linen news: March/April issue; Customer Service; Back Issues

Important Notice to our Readers

March/April, 2010 issue
The March/April, 2010 issue has been cancelled. We plan to return to our publishing schedule with an expanded May/June, 2010 issue. The March/April “Editor’s Choice” sampler CD for subscribers will be included in the May/June issue. Subscribers will still receive the same number of issues.

Customer Service
A new customer service phone number in California has been set up. All subscription and back issue orders, address changes, and questions about your subscription or other order should be directed here. 1-866-702-7778. Press “2” for Dirty Linen, then “1” for Customer Service. The office is open from 9am to 5pm Pacific Time. (Noon to 8pm Eastern Time.)

Back Issues
Sales of back issues and single copies have temporarily been suspended while our business office relocates. Sales will resume once the relocation is complete.

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