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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Dirty Linen “Editor’s Choice” sampler CD #7

The next issue of Dirty Linen (#146 March/April 2010) mailed to subscribers on January 14th will include another in the series of “Editor’s Choice” sampler CDs. As always, we think it’s the best one yet!

1. Cheryl Wheeler “One Step at a Time” 3:22
2. Catherine MacLellan “Set This Heart On Fire” 2:55
3. Jeremy Kittel “The Rolling Waves/The Golden-Plover” 4:56
4. Al Stewart with Dave Nachmanoff “Coldest Winter” 5:56
5. Red Baraat “Tunak Tunak Tun” 6:03
6. Little Johnny England “Tournament of Shadows” 3:51
7. Milann & Laloy “Geisha” 5:23
8. Duck Baker “Whistling Rufus” 2:41
9. Atwater.Donnelly “Morning Song” 3:55
10. Harry Manx “True to Yourself” 4:16
11. Marta Topferova “Juligán” 4:01

The CD is not available in newsstand copies of the magazine, so SUBSCRIBE NOW to get one! A one-year subscription to Dirty Linen includes three free sampler CDs of new music.

Click HERE for more information about the sampler CD.

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Latest issue of Dirty Linen is now online

Excerpts from the new issue of Dirty Linen, #145 January/February 2010, have been posted on our website.

Red Molly, Tommy Sands, Houston Jones, Tracy Grammer, Maunalua, The Folk Brothers: Jack Hardy & David Massengill, Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers, John Denver: Around the World Live, concert reviews, recording reviews, book reviews, DVD reviews, Wee Folk, and news.

This issue was mailed to subscribers on November 13 and will be on newsstands December 8.

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Interview with Dirty Linen editor Paul Hartman

Pop culture interviewer Tim O’Shea asks Dirty Linen editor Paul Hartman questions on Talking With Tim.

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Dirty Linen #144 November/December has been mailed to subscribers

The new issue of Dirty Linen, the magazine of folk & world music, was mailed to subscribers on Friday, September 11th. Please allow 3 days to 3 weeks for it to arrive. It will be onsale on newsstands on Tuesday, October 6th.

Features include:

• Loudon Wainwright III & the Charlie Poole Project
• Sylvia Tyson
• Saffire – the Uppity Blues Women
• Fès Festival of World Sacred Music
• Annalivia
• Folk Uke
• Unearthed: Shirley Collins’ Copy of The Singing Englishman
• J.E. Mainer: The Early Years 1935-1939
• Dirty Linen “Editor’s Choice” Sampler CD #6
• holiday CD reviews
• concert reviews
• recording reviews
• book reviews
• DVD reviews
• Wee Folk
• news

Subscribers also received Dirty Linen “Editor’s Choice” Sampler CD #6. This collection of new music is not available in newsstand copies or back issues. It’s a free bonus to subscribers only.

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Dirty Linen “Editor’s Choice” Sampler CD #6 in the Nov/Dec issue

The next issue of Dirty Linen (#144 November/December 2009) mailed to subscribers on September 11th will include another in the series of “Editor’s Choice” sampler CDs. As always, we think it’s the best one yet!

The CD is not available in newsstand copies of the magazine, so SUBSCRIBE NOW to get one!

1. Putnam Smith “Full Moon, Baby” 3:17
2. Loudon Wainwright III “The Deal” 4:11
3. Saffire – the Uppity Blues Women “Going Down to the River” 3:13
4. Nathan Rogers “The Jewel of Paris” 4:35
5. Diana Jones “Soldier Girl” 3:04
6. BettySoo “Never Knew No Love” 3:39
7. Oumou Sangare “Sounsoumba” 4:22
8. Chris Smither “Surprise, Surprise” 4:08
9. James Keelaghan “House of Cards” 3:38
10. Pam Gadd “Just Love Me” 3:35
11. The Ukrainians “Vykhid” 4:24
12. Euphonia “Angeline the Baker’s Gone” 3:53
13. Maura O’Connell “The Bright Blue Rose” 3:29
14. Johnsmith “Safe Home” 3:18

Click HERE for more information about the sampler CD.

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Dirty Linen #143 September/October 2009 mailed to subscribers

The new issue of Dirty Linen, #143 September/October 2009, was mailed to subscribers on Monday, July 13th and will take anywhere from three days to three weeks to arrive. It will show up on newsstands on August 4th.

Features include Alison Brown, Moira Smiley & VOCO, The Freight & Salvage, Truckstop Honeymoon, Samite, Keith Murphy, Kris Delmhorst, Maria Dunn, Warren Fahey’s Australia Folk Songs and Bush Verse, Shaking Out the Sheets: Dirty Linen Classics – Richard Thompson Walking on a Wire 1968-2009, concert reviews, recording reviews, book reviews, DVD reviews, news, A Note From the Editor.

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Pogues Fall 2009 U.S. Tour Dates

September 10, 2009: See update HERE

The Pogues have confirmed these fall 2009 dates:

* October 10: Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo

* October 11: Portland, OR Roseland Theatre

* October 13: San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre

* October 14: San Francisco, CA Regency Center @ The Grand

* October 17: Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia LA

* October 19: San Diego, CA House of Blues

* October 21: Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre

* October 23: Denver, CO Ogden Theatre

* October 25: Kansas City, MO The Midland Theatre

* October 28: Austin, TX Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre

* October 29: Houston, TX House of Blues

* October 30: Dallas, TX House of Blues

Purchase The Pogues merchandise at Amazon.com

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Dirty Linen Gig Guide updated

The famous Dirty Linen Gig Guide has been updated for June.

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New Dirty Linen, #142 July/August 2009

The new issue of Dirty Linen was mailed to subscribers last week. It will show up on newsstands around June 9th.

Jackie Greene, Missy Raines, Genticorum, Susan Werner, Jonathan Edwards, Ian McLagan, Rose Polenzani, Frank Critelli, Unearthed: James “Iron Head” Baker, The All New Electric Muse, Wee Folk, Dirty Linen “Editor’s Choice” Sampler CD #5, concert review, recording reviews, book reviews, DVD reviews, news.

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