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Celtic Music Fills Harvard Square During BCMFest, Jan. 6-7, 2012

Post published:January 2, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Celtic Corner Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

A wide array of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton, Appalachian and other Celtic and Celtic-inspired music and dance is on tap during Boston’s annual Celtic Music Fest (BCMFest), Jan. 6-7, 2012. The grassroots, musician-run, family-friendly winter Celtic music festival takes place at three venues in Harvard Square that are all within easy walking distance of one another – a change from previous years when not all the events took place in Cambridge. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 12-30-11

Post published:December 31, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Albums by Pieta Brown, Abigail Washburn, Madison Violet, June Tabor and Gene & Gayla Mills retain the top five spots on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while albums by Robert Earl Keen, Joe Ely, Gillian Welch, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings and Greg Brown (Pieta's dad) continue in the top five spots on the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 charts, click on the headline.]

Acoustic Artists to Showcase Talents During APAP Conference

Post published:December 27, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note News - Northeast U.S.

More than 3,400 people are expected to converge on New York City, Jan. 6-10, 2012, for the annual conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP). Now in its 55th year, the global performing arts marketplace and conference will feature daily plenary sessions and a wide array of professional development workshops and forums. As in years past, exhibition halls will be teeming with booking agents and presenters eager to speak with them, and there’ll be a whole lot of networking opportunities. More than 1,200 artist showcases also are slated -- including dozens by performers from the folk, roots and singer-songwriter communities in the U.S., Canada and several other countries. [To read the article, click on the headline.]

Mary Katherine Aldin Ends Long-Running Radio Show in LA

Post published:December 26, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Seeking more personal time for herself and to spend with her family and friends, Mary Katherine Aldin will discontinue hosting “Alive & Picking,” her longtime weekly radio show that airs Saturday mornings on Pacifica Radio’s KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, after the Dec. 31 broadcast. The show -- which also is simulcast on stations in Santa Barbara, China Lake and North San Diego -- has featured vintage and current recordings of traditional and contemporary bluegrass, folk and old-time roots music, as well as a community calendar of live music events in Southern California. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Folk/Acoustic Winners Named in 2011 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest

Post published:December 24, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests

Category winners have been named in the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, sponsored by the Songwriters Association of Washington, while overall grand, second and third prize winners will be announced during the 28th Mid-Atlantic Awards Night Gala on Jan. 15, 2012 at Jammin’ Java in Vienna, Virginia. [To read a short article with a list of winners, finalists and those receiving honorable mention for songs entered in the contest’s folk/acoustic category, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 12-23-11

Post published:December 23, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Pieta Brown's Mercury continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Robert Earl Keen's Ready for Confetti retains the #1 spot on the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

People’s Music Network Winter Gathering Set for Jan. 27-29, 2012

Post published:December 21, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note News - Northeast U.S.

There’ll be lots of planned and spontaneous jamming and singing of socially relevant songs when the People’s Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle holds its annual winter gathering, January 27-29, 2012, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. [Click on the headline to read a short preview of the event.]

Warren Hellman, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Founder, 1934-2011

Post published:December 19, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Bluegrass & Beyond Festival Focus News - U.S. National

Warren Hellman, a San Francisco-based financier and philanthropist who founded and funded the city’s nationally renowned Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival and toured earlier this year with his band, The Wronglers, died Dec. 18 from complications of leukemia. He was 77. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Hayes Carll Has #1 Album on Americana Airplay Chart for 2011

Post published:December 18, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves News - U.S. National

Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter Hayes Carll’s Lost Highway release KMAG YOYO is the #1 album of 2011 on the Americana Airplay Chart. The album-based chart prepared for the Americana Music Association represents reported play on broadcast, satellite and Internet radio stations as well as nationally syndicated shows that submit weekly spin counts. [ To view the article in its entirety, including mention of the year-end Top 10 on the Americana Airplay Chart, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 12-16-11

Post published:December 16, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Pieta Brown's Mercury continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week,followed by albums by Red Molly, Abigail Washburn, Madison Violet and June Tabor. Robert Earl Keen's Ready for Confetti retains the #1 spot on the roots country chart for the seventh consecutive week and is followed by albums by Joe Ely, Gillian Welch, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, and Greg Brown (Pieta's father). [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 12-09-11

Post published:December 10, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Pieta Brown's Mercury continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Robert Earl Keen's Ready for Confetti retains the #1 spot on the roots country chart for the sixth consecutive week. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Online Voting Runs Through Jan. 12 for 2011 Irish Music Awards

Post published:December 6, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Celtic Corner

Online voting began December 1 and extends until January 12, 2012 on nominees in 18 categories for the fourth annual Irish Music Awards presented by the Independence, Missouri-based Irish Music Association. [To read the article and see the list of nominees, click on the headline.]