Entries are currently being sought for the 2007 USA Songwriting Competition. Now in its 12th year, this competition provides winners not only with cash and music gear, but also helps expose their music to a wider audience via airplay on the nationally syndicated radio program “Acoustic Café,†as well as on XM Satellite Radio. [To see the entire article, click on the title in red].
Fertitta and McClintock won the overall grand prize in the third annual International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA). The Orange County, California-based duo -- whose songs have been recorded by such artists as Sammy Kershaw, Lorrie Morgan, Juice Newton and Andy Williams -- also was named best group/duo. [For a list of top winners, click on the title in red].
Winners of the 2nd Annual Folk Alliance Awards were recognized during an awards ceremony at the just-concluded 19th Annual North American Folk Music & Dance Alliance International Business Conference in Memphis, Tenn. And the winners are… Folk DJ: Gene Shay, WXPN (Philadelphia) Song of the Year: “Seems So Real,†Chris Smither Traditional Release of the Year: Bruce Springsteen, We Shall Overcome – The Seeger Sessions Contemporary Release of the Year: Wailin’ Jennys, Firecracker [To see the full list of winners, click on the tile in red].
March entry deadlines for both the Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival Songwriting Contest and the Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Contest for Emerging Songwriters are fast approaching. Both contests are associated with festivals taking place in late spring. [To see the entire article, click the title in red].
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]
"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 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…
