Folk Music Information
Laura Veirs
Just learned of Laura Veirs. She is a young recording artist that gets put into the Folk Genre, but hard to classify sounds these days. Very nice sound and her latest CD is the self released July Flame. Check out the Laura Veirs MySpace page to get a listen and you can get 2 free [...]
Folk Music in the News
 al.com | Kentuck Art Night celebrates folk music, opens Antzee Magruder gallery (photos) al.com By Ben Flanagan, al.com Enlarge Ben Flanagan, al.com Artist Antzee Magruder (far left) and Kentuck executive director Jan Pruitt welcome a patron in the main gallery, where Magruder's exhibit opened on Feb. 2, 2012. Kentuck Art Night gallery (16 ... Alabama artists interpret folk song traditions at Kentuck exhibit |
Folk music coming to the Linden Tree Coffeehouse Wicked Local A Night of Ballads Old and New, with internationally known folk musicians John Roberts and Deb Cowan, will take place Saturday, Feb. 11. By Staff reports The Linden Tree Coffeehouse will welcome to Wakefield internationally known folk musicians John ... |
 The Guardian | Free Streaming Of Massive American Folk Music Library Tells The Story Of The Genre PSFK Arguably the world's second most famous folklorist (after his father, John), Lomax spent much of the 20th century collecting and promoting folk music. He founded the association in 1983, aiming to “explore and preserve the world's expressive ... Alan Lomax's Music Archive to Hit the Web Lomax Jukebox Going Digital Is Great News... But Let's Not Forget That He ... Folklorist's Global Jukebox Goes Digital |
 Manchester Confidential | BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards live from The Lowry, 8 Feb Manchester Confidential "One night, as we were sitting round the dinner table I said it was a pity that we didn't have a Folk Music Hall of Fame similar to the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. We came to the conclusion that getting a building would be difficult ... Could it all be a fiddle? Folk stars tell the BBC to reveal who judges awards Mike Harding: 'It's almost as if we're ashamed of our own culture in this ... |
Music Review: The Unthanks - Diversions Vol 1: The Songs Of Robert Wyatt and ... Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Unlike folk music here in North America with its topical/political associations, in the United Kingdom the genre is far more literally representative of the "folk" of the country's various regions. In the case of The Unthanks, that's Northumberland, ... |
 UK Festival Guides | Bristol Folk Festival Relaunches Nationwide Music Award Contest UK Festival Guides The winner will get the chance to appear on Colston Hall's main stage during this year's festival (May 5-7) as well as Somerfest – a one-day folk music and arts festival to be held at the stunning Halsway Manor on the edge of Somerset's Quantock Hills ... |
Legendary folk band back from break with new line-up This is Gloucestershire NEXT Saturday night at Cheltenham Folk Festival will see the reinvention of one of folk music's most legendary groups, the Albion Band. With a completely new line-up, this will be the first ever performance by some of this generation's fine young ... |
Music jam benefits others Omaha World-Herald Terry Little's love of family, folk music and his adopted hometown will all be in the spotlight Saturday when he hosts his annual Coffee House. Little, a 60-year-old singer-songwriter, said the yearly celebration of folk music began in his basement in ... |
 The Hindu | Showcase: Space for music The Hindu For three days, more than 100 artists from genres as varied as rock, blues, jazz, Hindustani and Carnatic vocal and instrumental and folk music will meet in Pune. “The strength of the festival is the audience who believe in diversity and are willing to ... |
Vance Gilbert at Beal House Wicked Local 4, at the South Shore Folk Music Club, at the Beal House, at 222 Main St. Tickets are $18 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Doors open at 7:30 pm Call 781-871-1052 or visit www.ssfmc.org for more information. KINGSTON - Singer/songwriter Vance ... |