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.]
Thirty-two songwriters have been named as finalists in the 2011 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. Chosen from among 800 submissions from around the world, the finalists will perform their two submitted songs during the New Folk Concerts slated for Saturday and Sunday afternoons, May 28 and 29, as part of the Kerrville Folk Festival. [To read the article and see who the finalists are, click on the headline.]
The Foundation for Bluegrass Music will distribute $20,000 in funds to charitable public programs in 2011. These include youth-focused educational efforts, a film project and celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bill Monroe -- the “father of bluegrass music.” The six grant recipients were selected from among more than two-dozen applicants. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]
Bob Blackman, who has been a “folk tradition” on WKAR-FM 90.5 in East Lansing, Michigan for some 30 years, signs off later this month. [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. It is followed by albums by Bobby Long, The Civil Wars, Don Gallardo and The Wailin' Jennys. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
The number of categories in the American Roots Music field for the 54th Grammy Awards next year have been reduced as part of a restructuring announced today by The Recording Academy. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.}
