Wide Awake, the new seven-song EP by Boston-based string band Joy Kills Sorrow topped the Roots Music Report folk radio chart last week, while Still Fighting the War, the latest release from Maine-raised and Texas-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves retained the #1 position on the Americana-roots country chart. [To view the charts, which are posted with permission on AcousticMusicScene.com, click on the headline.]
AcousticMusicScene.com will host a series of late-night song swaps, mini-showcases and open song circles during the 25th annual Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, August 1-4, in partnership with Pirate Camp, which was informally launched by Stuart Kabak and the late Jack Hardy a decade ago to provide a warm and welcoming haven for sharing music, food and camaraderie. [To read the full article, which includes a preview of one of the Northeast's most popular music festivals and a complete schedule for the AcousticMusicScene.com tent @ Pirate Camp, click on the headline.]
Fourteen artists have been selected to perform official showcases during the Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) 2013 Gathering, slated for for October 24-27 in St. Louis, Missouri. [To read a preview of the conference and see a listing of the official showcase artists and alternates, click on the headline.]
Grammy Award-winning Americana singer-songwriter Patty Griffin's American Kid tops the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week, while Maine-raised and Texas-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves' Still Fighting the War retains the #1 position on the roots country/ Americana chart. Both charts are posted, with permission, on AcousticMusicScene.com. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody's These Wilder Things continued to top the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart last week, while Maine-raised and Texas-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves' Still Fighting the War moves into the #1 position on the roots country/ Americana chart. Both charts are posted, with permission, on AcousticMusicScene.com. [To view the current Folk and Roots country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
Austin, Texas-based folk-rock singer-songwriter Reed Turner was selected as the winner of the 2013 Telluride Troubadour Competition and had the opportunity to perform a short set on the main stage during the 40th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival that took place in Colorado, June 20-23. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]
The eighth annual Huntington Folk Festival is slated for Saturday, July 20, 2013. The free event will extend from 12 noon into the late evening at Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, in Huntington, New York. Americana-roots ensemble Spuyten Duyvil headlines the festival in the evening, while AcousticMusicScene.com and Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond host unplugged showcases and song swaps during the afternoon featuring artists from several states. [To read the full article and see the day's schedule, click on the headline.]
Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody's These Wilder Things continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week, while Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)' The Low Highway retains the #1 position on the roots country/ Americana chart. Both charts are posted, with permission, on AcousticMusicScene.com. [To view the current Folk and Roots country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
Ring Them Bells, the debut release by The Copper Ponies (Annie Donahue and Erik Balkey), was the most-played album on folk radio during June 2013 and also features three of the four most-played songs, 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. Closely following The Copper Ponies' debut were new albums by the Celtic band Burning Bridget Cleary and singer-songwriter Buddy Mondlock. {To view the Top Albums and Songs charts, click on the headline.]
Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody's These Wilder Things moves up to the #1 position on the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week, while Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)' The Low Highway continues to top the roots country/Americana chart. Both charts are posted, with permission, on AcousticMusicScene.com. [To view the current Folk and Roots country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
Twenty-four artists/bands have been selected from among hundreds of applicants to perform in the Emerging Artists Showcase during the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival on Friday afternoon, August 2, 2013, from noon to 4:30 p.m. [To read the full article -- including a list of the Emerging Artists Showcase performers and a preview of the festival -- click on the headline.]
The New Bedford Folk Festival, formerly known as the Greater New Bedford Summerfest, is one of the Northeast’s most pleasant, refined and enjoyable music festivals. Slated for July 6-7, 2013 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the festival takes over the cobble stoned streets of this historic New England port city –which is part of the New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]
