AcousticMusicScene.com Group Launched on LinkedIn
As part of our ongoing efforts to forge connections and build community for performers, presenters and fans of folk, roots, singer-songwriter and other acoustic music styles, we have launched an AcousticMusicScene.com Group on LinkedIn.
A professionally-oriented online social network, LinkedIn currently has more than 30-million members around the world. The new AcousticMusicScene.com Group supplements our online publication by providing you with opportunities to connect with others who share your musical interests, view rich professional profiles from AcousticMusicScene.com Group members, and exchange ideas and information via a discussion forum on LinkedIn.
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SONiA & disappear fear do the Tango
The tango is a dance that originated in Argentina. It is also the name of the latest album by SONiA & disappear fear and represents their “dance with the world.”
Featuring 13 songs sung in Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic and English, Tango has a very different aural feel from smoky-voiced, Baltimore-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Sonia Rutstein’s previous recordings, both solo and with disappear fear. Its Latin and Middle Eastern rhythms and instrumentation — featuring the indigenous sounds of djembes, tin whistles, violins and acoustic guitars — punctuate and lend new textures to her impassioned music. Included are several songs whose folk-rock melodies will be familiar to those who have come to know and love SONiA’s music over the past...
Wanda Fischer’s ‘Hudson River Sampler’ Marks its 25th Anniversary on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio
Wanda Fischer’s passion for folk music extends a lifetime. “I kind of go way back with folk music,†says the veteran folk radio DJ, whose weekly Saturday evening program, The Hudson River Sampler, marks its 25th anniversary on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio this month.
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Online Discussion Group Focuses on Living on the Folk Scene
Sensing a void and eager to help foster a spirit of community, “a place to discuss issues related to living on the contemporary folk scene,” singer-songwriter Erik Balkey launched a new listserv through Yahoo Groups earlier this spring.
To date, more than 160 people have signed up for free memberships in LivingFolk, which Balkey describes as “a community of kindred folk who share a commitment to, and are personally and spiritually invested in, the shaping of an evolving folk scene for today
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Scottish Folk & Fiddles Featured at Arts Presenters Conference
Among the musical highlights of the recent Association of Performing Arts Presenters 50th Annual Members Conference in New York was a series of showcases by contemporary musicians from Scotland. The last time I heard so much good live Scottish folk music was at the Edinburgh Folk Festival in 1981, and come to think of it, not all of that music was Scottish and fiddling was not as prominently featured.
“The [Scottish folk music] scene is quite healthy; there are a lot of young people playing great music throughout Scotland
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The Grascals: Expanding Bluegrass’ Horizons While Remaining True to Its Roots
By Michael Kornfeld
During their short time together as a band, Rounder recording artists The Grascals have accomplished quite a bit. The Grascals are the reining International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainers of the Year, having been named the IBMA Emerging Artists of the Year in 2005. The group made its Grand Ole Opry debut in ... [Click the title in red to see the entire article]
Makin’ Music & Connections in Monticello
The halls are alive with the sound of
music as Jonathan Byrd and Abbie
Gardner jam on at 4 a.m.
The once venerable Kutsher’s Resort and Country Club in New York’s Catskill Mountains may have seen better days during the Borscht Belt era when top comedians did their schtick there. But, despite some wear and tear, over the Veterans’ Day weekend, this Monticello mainstay was an...
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