News Capsules for the Acoustic Community
Among the winners of the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, announced during ceremonies at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 11, were:
Best Bluegrass Album: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Instrumentals (Skaggs Family Records)
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: Bob Dylan, Modern Times (Columbia)
Best Traditional Folk Album: Bruce Springsteen, We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)
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Winners of the 49th annual Grammy Awards will be announced in
Best
The Grascals, Long List of Heartaches
Jim Lauderdale,
Ricky Skaggs &
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Live at the Ryman
Rhonda Vincent, All-American
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album:
Jackson Browne, Solo Acoustic Vol. 1
Rosanne Cash, Black Cadillac
Guy Clark, Workbench Songs
Bob Dylan, Modern Times
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, All the Roadrunning
Best Traditional Folk Album:
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, I Stand Alone
Odetta, Gonna Let It Shine
Linda Ronstadt & Anne Savoy, Adieu False Heart
Bruce Springsteen, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Ralph Stanley, A Distant Land to Roam [For complete listing, click on title in red]
Eric von Schmidt, an influential figure on the Boston-Cambridge,
The 2007 Americana Music Conference is slated for Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, in Nashville, Tennessee. The festivities get under way with a night of music showcases around the city. Panel discussions, a trade show, lunches and other daytime activities are being planned at the Nashville Convention Center for Thursday through Saturday, while the evenings will be filled with artist showcases and parties. The 6th Annual Americana Honors & Awards will be held at the Ryman Auditorium on Thursday evening, Nov. 1.
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"Won't Let Go," a beautiful song that Baltimore-based singer-songwriter Sonia Rutstein penned for her father has been named Song of the Year for 2006 by earBUZZ.com, an e-commerce site for indy artists. [To read the short article in its entirety, click on the headline.]
Winners in The 6th Annual Independent Music Awards were announced Jan. 30. Among the album category winners are: Americana - Kristy Kruger Folk/Singer-Songwriter - Dan Bern World Traditional - The McDades Among the song category winners are: Americana…
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters, which bills itself as “the nexus for the performing arts community,” holds its 50th Annual Member Conference Jan. 19-23. More than 4,000 performing arts professionals are expected to converge on New York…
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) will present a 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award to singer-songwriter and social activist Joan Baez at an invitation-only ceremony during GRAMMY week in February. During a career spanning more than…
U.S. Congressman-elect John Hall (D-Dover Plains, NY) and Native American activist and songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie will keynote the 19th Annual International Conference of the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance (Folk Alliance) in Memphis, Tennessee. More than…
