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Bluegrass Now! Airs on PBS Television Stations

Post published:February 29, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Bluegrass & Beyond News - U.S. National

Bluegrass Now!, a television special featuring a wide array of the musical genre’s leading performing artists, will begin airing on PBS stations across the U.S. on Saturday, February 29. Fittingly, it was filmed during a concert on December 19, 2019 at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum’s Woodward Theatre in Owensboro, Kentucky -- near the home of Bill Monroe, the "Father of Bluegrass Music." [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

Entries Sought in CT Folk’s 2020 Grassy Hill Songwriting Competition

Post published:February 27, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

March 27 is the deadline for singer-songwriters to enter the 2020 Grassy Hill Songwriting Competition that is held in conjunction with the Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo. Five finalists will be invited to perform two of their submitted songs during the annual free outdoor event that takes place in New Haven’s Edgerton Park on Saturday, September 12, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

Registration Opens for NERFA Conference

Post published:February 17, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note

Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) has opened registration for its 26th annual conference to be held in Stamford, Connecticut, November 12-15, 2020. Artists may also now apply online for juried official showcases. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

Annual Folk DJ Radio Airplay Charts – 2019

Post published:February 15, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

John McCutcheon was the most-played artist for a third consecutive year and had both the top album (To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger) and the top song (“Well May the World Go”) on folk radio during 2019. So say charts compiled by Folk Alliance International from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in folk-based music on the radio. [Click on the headline to continue reading this article and view the annual folk radio airplay charts that are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission.]

Folk DJ Radio Airplay Charts – January 2020

Post published:February 13, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Treat A Stranger Right by Frank & Allie Lee, a harmony-driven old time and folk music duo, was the top album and featured six of the 25 most-played songs on folk radio during January 2020. Topping the monthly songs chart was “Hello Stanger” by teenage bluegrass artist Eliza Meyer. The month’s most-played artist was David Olney, a revered folk and Americana singer-songwriter who died last month. So say charts compiled by Folk Alliance International based on radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in folk-based music on the radio. [The monthly charts are posted here with permission. To view them, click on the headline.]

Falcon Ridge ‘Most Wanted’ Artists Named

Post published:February 12, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

Scott Cook, Zoe Mulford and South for Winter have been invited to participate in the Most Wanted Song Swap at this summer’s Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. They were chosen in balloting by 2019 festival attendees from among 24 artists/bands who performed in last year’s Falcon Ridge/Grassy Hill Emerging Artist Showcase. [To continue reading this article -- that also includes several video links, as well as information on applying for this year's Emerging Artist Showcase -- click on the headline.]

Winners Named in South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition

Post published:February 9, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus

Pamela Machala (Boulder, CO), Aaron Nathans (Chester Heights, PA) and Karyn Oliver (Stokesdale, NC) have been named as winners in the 2020 South Florida Folk Festival’s Singer-Songwriter Competition. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

SPBGMA Presents its 2020 Bluegrass Music Awards

Post published:February 5, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Bluegrass & Beyond

Carolina Blue was the top winner in the 46th annual Bluegrass Music Awards presented by The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday, February 2, 2020. Winners in 19 categories were honored during an awards show that capped the nonprofit organization’s 37th national convention. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

Official Showcase Artists Sought for IBMA Bluegrass Ramble

Post published:February 4, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Bluegrass & Beyond Conferences of Note

February 29 is the deadline for artists to submit online applications for Official Showcases during the IBMA Bluegrass Ramble and IBMA Business Conference that are part of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual five-day World of Bluegrass, September 29 – October 3, 2020. Considered the genre’s annual industry gathering and family reunion, World of Bluegrass takes place in Raleigh, North Carolina for an eighth consecutive year. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

Winners Named in Fifth Annual UK Americana Awards

Post published:February 3, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests

The fifth annual UK Americana Awards were presented in London, England on January 30. The awards show, presented by the Americana Music Association UK, capped AmericanaFest UK 2020 –- a three-day conference with two evenings of showcases featuring more than 75 artists at various venues in the London borough of Hackney. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

Nominees Named for 2020 JUNO Awards

Post published:January 29, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) has revealed the nominees for the 2020 JUNO Awards – including those for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year and Traditional Roots Album of the Year. The coveted awards will be presented on Sunday night, March 15 at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. [To continue reading this article -- which also includes listings of nominees for Blues Album and Indigenous Artist/ Group of the Year -- click on the headline.]

Bob Shane, Co-Founder of The Kingston Trio, 1934-2020

Post published:January 29, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:News - U.S. National

Bob Shane, the last original member of The Kingston Trio, died on January 26 – just a few days shy of his 86h birthday. Along with his bandmates, Shane, a singer and guitarist, helped to spur the folk revival of the late 1950s -1960s. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]