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2019 Americana Honors & Awards Show to be Streamed Live from Nashville on September 11

Post published:September 8, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests News - U.S. National

The 2019 Americana Honors & Awards will be presented on Wednesday, September 11 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Hosted by The Milk Carton Kids and featuring an all-star band led by Buddy Miller, the awards ceremony is the highlight of the 20th annual AmericanaFest –- a six-day festival and conference celebrating American roots-inspired music that is put on by the Americana Music Association. A live video stream of the show will be webcast via NPRMusic.org starting at 6:30 p.m. CDT. [To continue reading this article -- which includes a listing of all of the nominated artists and Lifetime Achievement Awards honorees -- click on the headline.]

Official Showcase Artists Chosen for 2020 Folk Alliance International Conference, Jan. 22-26

Post published:September 5, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note News - U.S. National

180 artists /acts from 22 countries and a wide array of genres have been jury-selected to perform in Official Showcases during the 32nd annual Folk Alliance International Conference that is slated for Jan. 22-26, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. [To continue reading this article -- including a listing of all 180 Official Showcase artists and acts -- click on the headline.]

CT Folk Fest & Green Expo Set for Sept. 7, 2019

Post published:August 27, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

Donna the Buffalo, an Americana roots band, headlines CT Folk’s 14th annual Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo. The daylong event takes place Saturday, Sept. 7, in New Haven’s Edgerton Park. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

Folk DJ Radio Airplay Charts – July 2019

Post published:August 14, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Southern Indiana-based singer-songwriter Tim Grimm had the top album (Heart Land Again) and three of the ten most-played songs on folk radio during July 2019 and also topped the monthly top artists chart, while Guy Forsyth and Jeska Bailey Forsyth had the month's most-played song ("The Things That Matter"). 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. [The monthly top albums and songs charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission. To view them, click on the headline.]

Juried Official Showcase Artists Chosen for 2019 NERFA Conference in Stamford, CT, Nov. 7-10

Post published:August 12, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note News - Northeast U.S.News - U.S. National

More than 40 artists/acts have been selected for juried formal and semi-formal showcases during the 25th annual Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference, slated for Nov. 7-10, 2019 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stamford, CT. [To continue reading this article, click on he headline.]

Philadelphia Folk Festival Set for Aug. 15-18

Post published:August 11, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

Thousands of music lovers are expected to converge on Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township, near bucolic Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, Aug. 15-18, for the annual Philadelphia Folk Festival that will feature more than 100 artists and acts on eight stages. Now in its 58th year, the family-friendly event, produced and presented by the Philadelphia Folksong Society, is the longest continuously running outdoor music festival in North America. [To continue reading this article -- which includes audio and video links -- click on the headline.]

Folk DJ Jan Hall to Receive Estelle Klein Award

Post published:July 29, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves Awards & Contests Conferences of Note

Jan Hall, host and producer of the syndicated weekly radio show, Folk Roots Radio, has been named the winner of the Estelle Klein Award that is presented by Folk Music Ontario during its annual conference in September. Established in 2000, the award honors the work of an individual or group that has made significant contributions to the Canadian province’s folk music community. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

AcousticMusicScene.com Hosts Song Swaps During Huntington Folk Festival, July 27

Post published:July 19, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Featured Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III headlines the 14th Annual Huntington Folk Festival on Saturday, July 27, at Heckscher Park, located off Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, in Huntington, New York. Opening for Wainwright on the park’s [Harry] Chapin Rainbow Stage at 8 p.m. that evening will be his daughter, Lucy Wainwright Roche. Extending from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., with a dinner break from 6-8 p.m., the free event – co-presented by the Folk Music Society of Huntington and the Huntington Arts Council – is part of the 54th Huntington Summer Arts Festival. [To continue reading this article and see the complete festival schedule, click on the headline.]

New Bedford Folk Festival Set for July 6-7, 2019

Post published:June 22, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

The New Bedford Folk Festival is one of the Northeast’s most pleasant, refined and enjoyable music festivals. Slated for Saturday-Sunday, July 6-7, 2019 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the family-oriented festival, now in its 24th year, takes over the cobblestoned streets of this historic New England port city –- which is part of the Whaling National Historic Park. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

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Emerging Artist Showcase Performers Chosen for 2019 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

Post published:June 12, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

Twenty-four artists/acts have been selected to perform in The Grassy Hill Emerging Artist Showcase during the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival on Friday afternoon, August 2, 2019, from noon to 4:30 p.m. [To continue reading this article -- including information about the showcase and the festival itself -- click on the headline.]

Top Albums, Songs & Artists – May 2019 (FOLKDJ-L)

Post published:June 10, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Ordinary Elephant, the husband-and-wife duo of Crystal and Pete Damore, had the top album (Honest) and the two most-played songs (“The War” and “Scars We Keep”) on folk radio during May 2019. The duo was also #2 on the monthly top artists chart, following the late folk icon Pete Seeger, while Joel Rafael’s Rose Avenue was the month’s #2 album and featured its third most-played song (“Abraham, Martin and John"). 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. [The monthly top albums, songs and artists charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission. To view them, click on the headline.]

Winners Named in Kerrville New Folk and Songwriter Serenade Competitions

Post published:May 28, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests News - U.S. National

Six singer-songwriters have been named as winners in the 2019 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. They were chosen by a panel of judges from among 32 finalists who performed two songs each during the New Folk Concerts on May 25 and 26 as part of the Kerrville Folk Festival, an 18-day event at the Quiet Valley Ranch in the Texas Hill Country. Winners were also named in the Songwriter Serenade that took place elsewhere in Texas earlier this month. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]