New Artists and Dates Added to The 2010 Lilith Tour

Teen sensation Selena Gomez and Mexican singer/songwriter Jenni Rivera are the latest artists added to The 2010 Lilith Tour line-up. Additionally, Lilith organizers have revealed details (artists, dates, venues) for six more cities of the Live Nation produced summer festival, including the Sunday, June 27 tour launch at Calgary’s McMahon Stadium. Tickets for the newly revealed dates­which also include Edmonton, Vancouver, San Diego, Los Angeles and Denver­go on-sale Saturday, April 3 via LilithFair.com and LiveNation.com.

As details about Lilith ’10 continue to be unveiled, the first musical pairing of the summer is set for tonight (March 25) when Lilith founder Sarah McLachlan teams with Emmylou Harris (another Lilith ’10 artist) for a special performance of McLachlan’s hit song “Angel” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC 12:05/11:05 CT).

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Telluride Bluegrass Festival Announces Winners

Selected from over 500 applicants Mitch Barrett took 1^st place in the Telluride Troubadour Competition during a 2 day elimination process.  As part of the Telluride Bluegrass Competition the Telluride Troubadour Competition is a nationally recognized songwriter competition open to anyone who writes and performs original music and who is not currently signed to a major recording or publishing deal. Contestants are judged on the quality of the song’s composition, vocal delivery, and the overall performance. Finalists are awarded cash and prizes, as well as critical acclaim, well-deserved recognition and a chance to perform on the festival main stage. With the winning of the competition Mitch wins a custom made Shanti Guitar, a main stage performance and the national recognition that comes with the title. Mitch is also a Kerrville “New Folk” winner, has won The Folks Festival Songwriting Competition in Lyons, CO out of over 900 applicants and is the only songwriter to date to win Wilkesboro, North Carolina’s Merlefest “Chris Austin Songwriting Competition” twice.

The 36th Telluride Bluegrass (June 18-21) featured David Byrne, Emmylou Harris, and Sam Bush, Elvis Costello and an all-star bluegrass band; Yonder Mountain String Band and Railroad Earth, Bela Fleck and Tim O’Brien. Performers say there is a unique thrill to performing in front of the smartest, most attentive audience in the country. Artists are encouraged to take risks in Telluride, and the audience is regularly rewarded with unique blends of voices sharing the stage for the first time – as a new musical friendship cultivated backstage makes its debut on the Telluride stage.

Submitted by Mitch Barrett BMB Artist Mgt.

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Elvis Costello’s ‘Secret, Profane & Sugarcane’ Out June 2

photo by James O'Mara

Elvis Costello‘s New Album Secret, Profane and Sugarcane Out June 2nd on Hear Music

The record was produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded by Mike Piersante during a three-day session at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studio.

Joining Costello were Jerry Douglas (dobro), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Mike Compton (mandolin), Jeff Taylor (accordion) and Dennis Crouch (double bass), some of the most highly regarded recording artists and musicians in traditional American country music, Bluegrass and beyond.

Several of these songs, including “Down Among The Wines and Spirits”, were given their first public performances during Costello’s acclaimed solo appearances as part of “The Bob Dylan Show” in late 2007.

The album includes ten previously unrecorded songs. “Sulphur to Sugarcane” and “The Crooked Line”, were co-written with T Bone Burnett while, “I Felt The Chill” marks Costello’s second recorded songwriting collaboration with Loretta Lynn.

Costello revisits two songs from his catalogue in string band style. Both songs were originally written for Johnny Cash. “Hidden Shame” was indeed included on Cash’s album, Boom Chicka Boom.

The album title makes reference to “The Secret Songs”, Costello’s unfinished commission for the Royal Danish Opera about the life of Hans Christian Andersen.

Seeking a new connection from the author to the Anglophone world, Costello wrote about the Andersen’s relationship with the world famous singer, Jenny Lind in “She Handed Me A Mirror” and “How Deep Is The Red”.

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Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Concert

May 3, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

American Express Pre-Sale Monday, March 23 at 9:00 a.m. EDT at http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1D004273B57B4BE0
Tickets On Sale Monday, March 30 at 9:00 a.m. EDT at http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1D004273B57B4BE0

Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp, Juanes, Ani DiFranco, Arlo Guthrie, Bela Fleck, Ben Bridwell, Ben Harper, Billy Bragg, Billy Nershi, Bruce Cockburn, Emmylou Harris, Joan Baez, Keller Williams, Kris Kristofferson, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Michael Franti, Patterson Hood, Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Del McCoury, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Richie Havens, Steve Earle, Taj Mahal, Tom Morello, Warren Haynes, Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Dar Williams, Guy Davis, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Larry Long, Mike & Ruthy, Native American Indian Cultural Alliance, NYC Labor Chorus, Scarlet Moore, Silvio Rodriguez, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Tom Chapin, Tom Paxton, Tommy Sands, Tony Trischka, and Toshi Reagon. Details HERE.

All proceeds to benefit Hudson River Sloop Clearwater a non-profit organization created to defend and restore the Hudson River.

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Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album Grammy Poll: Results

Here are the results to our Grammy poll for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. Voting took place from January 12th through January 18th.

Field 14 — Folk, Category 69
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)

Who should win the Grammy?

• 75% “Day After Tomorrow” Joan Baez [Bobolink/Razor & Tie]
• 21% “Raising Sand” Robert Plant & Alison Krauss [Rounder Records]
• 3% “Sex & Gasoline” Rodney Crowell [Work Song/Yep Roc Records]
• 1% “All I Intended to Be” Emmylou Harris [Nonesuch Records]
• 0% “I, Flathead” Ry Cooder [Nonesuch Records]

Who WILL win the Grammy?

• 69% “Day After Tomorrow” Joan Baez [Bobolink/Razor & Tie]
• 19% “Raising Sand” Robert Plant & Alison Krauss [Rounder Records]
• 12% “All I Intended to Be” Emmylou Harris [Nonesuch Records]
• 0% “I, Flathead” Ry Cooder [Nonesuch Records]
• 0% “Sex & Gasoline” Rodney Crowell [Work Song/Yep Roc Records

Thanks for voting. Try our next poll: Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album.

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36th Telluride Bluegrass Festival Lineup, June 18-21, Telluride CO

36th TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS TO INCLUDE ELVIS COSTELLO, EMMYLOU HARRIS, MARTIE MAGUIRE

Sam Bush Band * Elvis Costello * Emmylou Harris * Telluride House Band * Yonder Mountain String Band * Railroad Earth * Tim O’Brien * Béla Fleck * Jerry Douglas Band * Martie Maguire * Punch Brothers Play & Sing Bluegrass * Kasey Chambers * Peter Rowan * Edgar Meyer * Todd Snider * John Cowan * The Greencards * Zac Brown Band * The Steeldrivers * Mike Farris * Blue Canyon Boys * many more…

LYONS, COLORADO – January 15, 2009 – Planet Bluegrass today announces the initial lineup for the 36th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, held the weekend of the summer solstice, June 18-21, in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. This year’s incarnation of the legendary festival features Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Sam Bush, Dixie Chick Martie Maguire, and many, many more. Tickets and camping are on sale now at www.bluegrass.com or 800-624-2422, including a limited number of discounted four-day passes.

2009 marks the 25th consecutive Telluride Bluegrass for twelve-time Grammy winning dobro player Jerry Douglas. Douglas shares this honor with an elite group of loyal Telluride musicians – Sam Bush, John Cowan, Peter Rowan, Tim O’Brien, and Béla Fleck – all of whom return in June. To celebrate Douglas’s 25th festival, he will join the adventurous singer-songwriter Elvis Costello for an all-star acoustic set of bluegrass-influenced music. A frequent collaborator of Costello, Emmylou Harris returns as well, a year after her induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Thirteen-time Grammy winning fiddler, Martie Maguire, takes the Telluride stage where her band, country superstars the Dixie Chicks, won the band contest in 1990.

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Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album Grammy Poll

Field 14 — Folk, Category 69
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)

• “Day After Tomorrow” Joan Baez [Bobolink/Razor & Tie]
• “I, Flathead” Ry Cooder [Nonesuch Records]
• “Sex & Gasoline” Rodney Crowell [Work Song/Yep Roc Records]
• “All I Intended to Be” Emmylou Harris [Nonesuch Records]
• “Raising Sand” Robert Plant & Alison Krauss [Rounder Records]

Vote for your Grammy favorite…

And make a prediction…

January 19: Voting has closed for this poll. See the results.

We’ll run this poll for a week, then do other Grammy categories. Results will be posted each Monday when the next poll starts.

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