Dom Flemons, a founding member of Carolina Chocolate Drops, has announced that he is leaving the Grammy Award-winning African-American string band following a final round of shows with the group in December. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]
Two Ontario-based groups -- Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything and the Good Lovelies -- led the winners at the 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards that were presented in Calgary, Alberta on Sunday evening, Nov. 10. [To continue reading the article and see the complete list of winners, click on the headline.]
More than 800 performing artists, presenters, promoters, agents and managers, folk DJs and others actively engaged in traditional and contemporary folk music will converge on the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, NY, Nov. 7-10, 2013, for the 19th Annual Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference. AcousticMusicScene.com will again have a major presence as it hosts afternoon and late-night song swaps, in addition to its popular Midnight Hoot at the close of the conference’s first day. [ To read the full article and see the AcousticMusicScene.com showcase schedule, click on the headline.]
Memories and Moments by Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott retained the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart last week, while Still Fighting the War by Slaid Cleaves continued to top the Americana/roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Americana-Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, which are posted with permission on AcousticMusicScene.com, please click on the headline.]
Memories and Moments, a new album from Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott, continued to top the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart last week, while David Bromberg's Only Slightly Mad was reportedly the second most played album. Still Fighting the War by Slaid Cleaves retains the #1 spot on the Americana/roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Americana-Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, which are posted with permission on AcousticMusicScene.com, please click on the headline.]
Cardinal Sons, a New Orleans-based band of brothers, was named the grand prize winner in the 2013 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest at the live finals that took place Oct. 19 at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium in New York City. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]
How might proposed changes to federal copyright law impact musicians and songwriters? How can artists make sense of new digital platforms for generating revenue from their music? How are musicians advancing social change? These are among the many questions to be addressed during the 2013 Future of Music Summit at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 28-29. [To continue reading a short preview of the summit, click on the headline.]
Memories and Moments, a new album from Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott, continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week week, while Still Fighting the War by singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves moves back into the #1 spot on the Americana/roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Americana-Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, which are posted with permission on AcousticMusicScene.com, please click on the headline.]
Memories and Moments, a new album from Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott, topped the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart last week. Blind, Crippled and Crazy , a duo recording by Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark continues to top the Americana/roots country chart. [To view the Folk and Americana-Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, which are posted with permission on AcousticMusicScene.com, click on the headline.]
These Wilder Things, the latest album by Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody, returned to the #1 position on the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart last week. Blind, Crippled and Crazy , the first duo release by singer-songwriters Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark in 40 years, continues to top the Americana/roots country chart. [To view the Folk and Americana-Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, which are posted with permission on AcousticMusicScene.com, click on the headline.]
Folk Alliance Region - West (FAR—West) hosts its 10th annual conference on October10-13, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Irvine, California. The event – which draws primarily performing artists, presenters, managers, agents and others engaged more than peripherally in the world of folk and acoustic music – will feature lots of acoustic music showcases, Best of the West Awards, educational panel discussions and workshops, one-to-one mentoring sessions, and networking opportunities. [To continue to read this article previewing the conference, click on the headline.]
Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions by Si Kahn and the Looping Brothers was the most-played album on folk radio during September 2013, according to charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio. The top albums and songs charts are posted with permission on AcousticMusicScene.com. To view them and a video of Si Kahn and the Looping Brothers performing "Aragon Mill," click on the headline.
