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Southwest Regional Folk Alliance (SWRFA) Hosts One-Day Mini-Conference in Colorado, June 23, 2012

Post published:June 8, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note

The Southwest Regional Folk Alliance (SWRFA) hosts a one-day mini-conference in Longmont, Colorado on Saturday, June 23, 2012. Designed to provide folks with a sampling of what takes place at the organization’s annual weekend-long conference in Austin, Texas (Sept. 27-30), the day-long event is slated for 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Longmont is located in Boulder County, 37 miles north of Denver. The application deadline for artists interested in showcasing their talents has been extended until Monday, June 11. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Jason Isbell performs during the Americana Music Festival in 2009

Americana Honors & Awards Nominees Named

Post published:June 6, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests

Nominees for the Americana Music Association’s 2012 Americana Honors & Awards were announced on May 31 during a celebratory event at The Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Theatre in Los Angeles, California. With nods for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Duo/Group of the Year,Jason Isbell snagged the most nominations, along with his group, the 400 Unit. [To read the full article and see the list of nominees in six categories, as voted by members of the Americana Music Association, click on the headline.]

Top Albums and Songs of May 2012 (FOLKDJ-L)

Post published:June 4, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

AcousticMusicScene.com is pleased to publish the monthly Top Albums and Songs 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. Topping the albums chart for May 2012 was Bill Evans' In Good Company, on which 26 musicians join the noted banjo player, while self-proclaimed Floridian "leftneck" style folk and Americana singer-songwriter Grant Peeples' "Things Have Changed" was reportedly the most-played song on folk radio during the month. [To view the Top Albums and Songs charts for May 2012, click on the headline.]

A Musical Tribute to Woody Guthrie, Artist Showcases Set for June 2 at UMass-Boston

Post published:May 30, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note News - Northeast U.S.

The Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) invites the public to attend a 75-minute, hootenanny-style Musical Tribute to Woody Guthrie and a series of 15-minute artist showcases that will take place on Saturday, June 2, from 3-7 p.m., at the Lipke Auditorium on the University of Massachusetts Boston campus. These special events, for which $10 tickets will be available at the door, are part of a day-long mini-conference featuring workshops and panel discussions that the nonprofit organization is hosting to give artists, presenters, DJs, agents and others engaged in the folk music scene a small taste of what takes place during its annual conference in The Catskills each fall. Proceeds from the events will be shared with WUMB, Boston’s NPR Music Station, with which NERFA is collaborating to open them to the public. [To read the article in its entirety, click on the headline.]

Six Winners Named in 2012 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition

Post published:May 30, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus News - U.S. National

Five songwriters and a songwriting duo have been named as winners in the 2012 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. Edie Carey (Chicago, IL), Nicolette Good (San Antonio, TX), Whit Hill (Nashville, TN), Korby Lenker (Nashville, TN), Alicia McGovern (Salt Lake City, Utah), and The Sea The Sea (a contemporary duo featuring Connecticut Sate Troubadour Chuck E. Costa and West Virginia's Mira Stanley) were selected from among 32 finalists who performed two songs each during the New Folk Concerts on May 26 and 27 as part of the Kerrville Folk Festival, an 18-day event that continues through Sunday, June 10, at the Quiet Valley Ranch in the Texas Hill Country. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 05-25-12

Post published:May 30, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Carolina Chocolate Drops' third full-length album, Leaving Eden, a collection of original compositions, covers and traditional tunes, moved into the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart last week. Justin Townes Earle's Nothing's Going to Change the Way You Feel About Me Now continues to top the roots country chart. [To view the Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Richard Meyer (Photo by Teddy Lee)

Richard Meyer, Singer-Songwriter and Fast Folk Editor, 1952-2012

Post published:May 15, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Featured News - Northeast U.S.News - U.S. National

Richard Meyer, a singer-songwriter who also was an integral part of the folk music scene in New York’s Greenwich Village during the 1980s and 1990s as a booker for the Speakeasy and longtime editor of Fast Folk Musical Magazine (1986-1997), died May 14, 2012 at age 59. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 05-11-12

Post published:May 12, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Canadian singer-songwriter Rose Cousins' new CD We Have Made A Spark moves into the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Justin Townes Earle's Nothing's Going to Change the Way You Feel About Me Now continues to top the roots country chart. [To view the Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Bluegrass Pioneer Everett Lilly, 1924-2012

Post published:May 11, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Bluegrass & Beyond News - U.S. National

Funeral services will be held on Sunday for Everett Lilly, one of the forefathers of bluegrass music, who died May 8 at his home in southern West Virginia. He was 87. [To read the article in its entirety, click on the headline.]

Top Albums and Songs of April 2012 (FOLKDJ-L)

Post published:May 5, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

AcousticMusicScene.com is pleased to publish the monthly Top Albums and Songs 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. In April 2012, 1000 Pound Machine, a new release by Nashville-based singer-songwriter Kate Campbell topped the albums chart, while the classic instrumental tune "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" by Earl Scruggs, the pioneering banjo player and bluegrass legend who died on March 28 at age 88, was reportedly the most-played song on folk radio during the month. [To view the charts, click on the headline.}

Remembering Pete Fornatale: A Pioneering New York Radio DJ

Post published:May 2, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves News - Northeast U.S.

The folk, folk-rock and singer-songwriter communities lost one of their most ardent champions and promoters last week with the passing of Pete Fornatale, a pioneering New York radio DJ, who introduced me and many others to some wonderful artists whose music has become the soundtrack of our lives. [To read the full article -- including reflections from artists who knew Pete and excerpts from an interview I did with him in 1989 -- click on the headline.]

Southeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference Set for May 17-20

Post published:May 1, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note

Nearly 200 people are expected to converge on the Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Asheville, May 17-20, for the fifth annual Southeast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) Conference -- an extended weekend of contemporary and traditional folk music, networking, education and workshops. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]