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Sean McConnell Saints, Thieves, & Liars
Glide Magazine
Fans of Americana, alternative country, and folk music and artists such as Ryan Adams Ray LaMontagne and Martin Sexton will love Saints, Thieves, & Liars.

Press Herald
Dissimilar musical duo reaches for American roots
Press Herald
American roots music is not considered folk music, though it does incorporate similar styles like old-time gospel, bluegrass and traditional country and ...

World Music Artists Converge on Telegraph Ave, Sat., JUNE 5th for Berkeley ...
BigNews.biz (press release)
... Michael Masley (Cymbolam Bowhammer); and for the Grand Finale Quijeremá presenting a stunning mix of original Latin American Folk music and jazz. ...

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Super-Duper Summer Guide
Whidbey Examiner
Island Strings Music Camp, June 28-July 2, Whidbey Island Unitarian Church, Freeland. Campers learn about the rich heritage of Eastern European folk music, ...

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Ian Tyson inspired by students' 'powerful song'
Calgary Herald
Sure, the 76-year-old country-folk music icon broke into the business with his former wife Sylvia Tyson in the '60s, and Ian & Sylvia became giants of that ...

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Metro Santa Cruz
News, music, movies, events & restaurants in Santa Cruz, California from Metro ...
Metro Santa Cruz
... the VWC recruited live musicians the following year and changed its name to the "Redwood Mountains Faire and Folk Music Festival. ...

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Bill Hinkley, 1942-2010
Minneapolis City Pages
Songwriter Paul Metsa rightfully calls him the patriarch of the folk music world in the Twin Cities. It's a fitting title and there are no heirs to it. ...

Ex-Ramones drummer takes different path
Danbury News Times
"My father was a big country music fan and my older brother would bring records home from the library of string-band music and folk music and all kinds of ...

Ex-Ramones drummer takes different path
Ct Post
"My father was a big country music fan and my older brother would bring records home from the library of string-band music and folk music and all kinds of ...

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Edmonton Folk Fest tickets almost sold out
Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON — The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is on the verge of one its quickest sellouts in its 31-year history. Eighty-five per cent of weekend passes ...

Radio - General Entertainment.
Identity Loop
It also serves classical music, christian, gospel and traditional folk music to the listeners. Comedy include short verbal situational encounters. ...

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The Guthrie Family On Mountain Stage
NPR
The first family of American folk music performed some of patriarch Woody Guthrie's well-known songs, as well as some of its own. Arlo begins with Woody's ...

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Still strumming after 25 years
Fairfaxtimes.com
The folk music spirit of the 1960s is alive and well in Herndon. On May 25, The Folk Club of Reston & Herndon celebrated its 25th anniversary at the ...

The night Stampore buzzed with Jazz
Mmegi Online
Stampore first recorded the song many years ago for Radio Botswana's folk music programme, Dipina Le Maboko.Stampore's captivating opening set made up for ...

Black Pearl's Drama Takes a Back Seat to Some Exceptional Singing
D Magazine
Susannah Mullally, played with determined clarity by Diana Sheehan, collects folk music for the Library of Congress — the earlier the better. ...
Theater review: 'Black Pearl Sings!' finds power in music at WaterTower TheatreDallas Morning News
Theater review: Black Pearl Sings! at Addison Theatre CenterPegasus News

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Boise Weekly
Destroyer of the Void
Aversion
Keeping its allegiance to period-free, if undoubtedly American, folk music, Blitzen Trapper stitches together a patchwork of elements handpicked to please ...
Blitzen Trapper – “Dragon's Song”Stereogum (blog)
Song of the Day: "Heaven and Earth" by Blitzen TrapperGraffiti
Blitzen Trapper Release New AlbumBoise Weekly

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Secret Garden spellbinds Beijing
Xinhua
"Our music is very much inspired by the nature, by the folk music that we've grown up with and by all the different songs." "The fact that we have toured ...

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Country, Folk and Americana from the Mind of Egnew
PR-USA.net (press release)
Personal. Heartfelt. Country. Folk. Music. Chronicle. Every one of those words describes the hair-raising feeling of listening to Danielle Egnew on "Red Lodge."

Herald Scotland
Coming to the Ade of the folk music scene
Herald Scotland
“I hate that so much folk music is just appallingly unconnected to me, about blacksmiths and sailors, ” he grumbles. “A song like Sound of the Suburbs is ...

Sydney Morning Herald
The (unsung) voice of the people
Sydney Morning Herald
... blues, jazz, experimental classical music like John Cage and Terry Reilly, bluegrass, old timey, Celtic and folk music from all over the world. ...

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