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Top Albums and Songs of May 2013 (FOLKDJ-L)

Post published:June 4, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

David Francey, one of Canada's most revered singer-songwriters, had both the most-played album (So Say We All) and song ("Rain") on folk radio during May 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 Boxcar Lilies, a western Massachusetts-based Americana harmony trio, had both the #2 album (Sugar Shack) and song ("Lightnin'"). To view the Top Albums and Songs charts, click on the headline.

Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 05-31-13

Post published:May 31, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin's American Kid and Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)' The Low Highway, both New West releases, have continued to top the Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country/Americana radio airplay charts for the past several weeks. Moving up several notches to the #2 position on each of the charts are Ruth Moody's These Wilder Things and Billy Bragg's Tooth & Nail, respectively. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

NERFA Hosts Two One-Day Mini-Conferences

Post published:May 11, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note News - Northeast U.S.

The Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) is partnering with the Rhode Island Songwriters Association (RISA) and Focus Music -- which presents and supports folk and acoustic music in the Washington, D.C. area -- to present one-day mini-conferences on June 1 and 9, respectively, in Kingston, Rhode Island and Rockville, Maryland. [To read the full article, including information on workshops and artist showcases, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 05-10-13

Post published:May 10, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin's American Kid tops the the Roots Music Report folk radio chart for a second week, while Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses)' The Low Highway, also a New West release, retains the #1 spot on the roots country chart. [To view the current folk and roots country radio charts, click on the headline.]

People’s Music Network Hosts Summer Gathering, June 7-9

Post published:May 7, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note News - Northeast U.S.

Immigration is the theme of the annual Summer Gathering of the People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle (PMN), an inclusive three-day weekend of music, fun and friendship. Slated for June 7-9, 2013 at the Epworth Camp and Retreat Center in High Falls, New York -- located on 160 acres of woods and meadows, situated between the Catskill and Shawagunk Mountains – the Summer Gathering will include lots of planned and spontaneous jamming and singing of socially relevant songs, along with workshops on music for social change and musical skills. Communal meals also afford plenty of opportunities for networking [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Joshua Hanson (Photo:Claire Marie Vogel)

Winners Named in International Songwriting Competition

Post published:May 7, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests

Singer-songwriter Joshua Hanson of Irvine, California has been named the grand prize winner in the 2012 International Songwriting Competition (ISC). The lead singer and songwriter for indie folk-rock trio Yellow Red Sparks was recognized for his song "Monsters with Misdemeanors," which was entered in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category. A total of 68 winners were selected from among more than 20,000 entries in the songwriting competition. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Sid Selvidge

Sid Selvidge,1943-2013

Post published:May 4, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Featured News - U.S. National

Sid Selvidge, a Memphis-based singer, guitarist and cultural treasure, and an ardent champion of blues and roots music, who helped launch and served as executive producer of the internationally syndicated Beale Street Caravan radio program, died May 2 at Methodist University Hospital. He was 69 and had been battling cancer. [To read the full article, including reflections from singer-songwriter Amy Speace, who toured with Selvidge in 2010, click on the headline.]

Top Albums and Songs of April 2013 (FOLKDJ-L)

Post published:May 4, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Folk harmony trio Brother Sun's sophomore release, Some Part of the Truth, was the the most-played album on folk radio during April 2013, as it was in March. The Steel Wheels' "Go Up To That Mountain," from the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountain's-based string band's album No More Rain, was the most-played song, 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. [To view the Top Albums and Songs charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 05-03-13

Post published:May 3, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin's American Kid moves into the #1 position on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses)' The Low Highway, also a New West release, tops the roots country chart. [To view the current folk and roots country radio charts, click on the headline.]

Jon Shain

Quick Q & A with Jon Shain

Post published:May 2, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Featured

Jon Shain has developed and refined his own contemporary version of the Piedmont blues, a bouncy energetic style that developed in and around his adopted hometown of Durham, North Carolina and to which he was introduced while a history major at Duke University. After graduating in 1989, Jon decided to pursue a career in music and has been writing songs and honing his fingerstyle guitar playing skills ever since. A 2009 International Blues Challenge finalist, he tours regularly and will help close out the AcousticMusicScene.com showcase at this month’s Southeast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) Conference in Montreat, NC. [To read Kathy Sands-Boehmer's Quck Q & A with Jon, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 04-26-13

Post published:April 26, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Child Ballads, the new album by Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer, tops the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week. Son Volt's Honky Tonk remains #1 on the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Remembering Richie Havens, 1941-2013

Post published:April 23, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Featured News - Northeast U.S.News - U.S. National

I wasn’t at Max Yasgur’s Farm in 1969 when Richie Havens impressed throngs of people at the Woodstock festival. I was just a youngster then. But I did get to hear him up close and personal in the late 1970s at my alma mater, Huntington High School, in Huntington, New York. He was performing in the auditorium, along with Harry Chapin, at one of the late singer-songwriter’s many benefit concerts. Richie joined his fellow Brooklyn NY-born folksinger in heaven or wherever kindhearted gentle souls go, on April 22, after suffering a heart attack at home in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was 72. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]