Eliza Gilkyson's Roses At The End Of Time continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. It is followed by albums by Paul Simon, The Waifs, Abigail Washburn and The Civil Wars. [To view the current Folk Top 50, click on the headline.]
Six songwriters have been named as winners in the 2011 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. Mai Bloomfield (Venice, CA), Megan Burtt (Denver, CO), David Moss (Austin, TX), Cassie Peterson (Nashville, TN), Grace Pettis (Harrisonburg, VA) and AJ Roach (Brooklyn, NY) were selected by a panel of judges from among 32 finalists who performed two songs each during the New Folk Concerts on May 28 and 29 as part of the Kerrville Folk Festival. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]
Eliza Gilkyson's Roses At The End Of Time currently tops the Roots Music Report's Folk Top 50 chart, followed by albums by The Civil Wars, Paul Simon, The Waifs and Carrie Elkin. [To view the entire chart, click on the headline.] Editor's Note: Last week's chart is being posted late since I was traveling in the Carolinas and Virginia after attending the Southeast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) Conference. This week's chart will be posted on Friday or Saturday.
Nearly 200 people are expected to be at the Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Asheville, May 19-22, for the fourth annual Southeast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) Conference -- an extended weekend of contemporary and traditional folk music, networking, education and workshops. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]
Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What tops the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart for the second consecutive week, followed by albums by The Civil Wars, Abigail Washburn, Carrie Elkin and Bruce Cockburn. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Australian singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers was named the grand prize winner in the 2010 International Songwriting Competition (ISC). Chambers was recognized for her song “Beautiful Mess,” which was entered into the folk/singer-songwriter category. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]
Carolann Solebello is the winner of the 2011 Susquehanna Music & Arts Festival (SMAF) Songwriter Contest. She was selected after performing two original songs -- “Papa’s Mandolin” and “Wash Me Clean” -- during the finals held on Friday afternoon, May 6, as part of the 10th Annual SMAF in downtown Havre de Grace, Maryland. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]
Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What has climbed into the top spot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, followed by albums by The Civil Wars, Bruce Cockburn, Abigail Washburn and Carrie Elkin. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Bruce Cockburn's Small Source of Comfort continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. Following it are albums by The Civil Wars, The Wailin' Jennys, Paul Simon and Abigail Washburn. [To view the Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Hazel Dickens, a trailblazer for women in bluegrass music, who captivated audiences with her high, lonesome vocal style and was widely recognized for her contributions to music and for championing the cause of coal miners and working people, died on April 22 . She was 75. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]
Bruce Cockburn's Small Source of Comfort continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, wile albums by The Wailin' Jennys, Abigail Washburn, Carrie Elkin and Paul Simon round out the top five. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline]
Bruce Cockburn's Small Source of Comfort continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Following it are albums by Bobby Long, The Wailin' Jennys, The Civil Wars, and Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
