AcousticMusicScene.com will host a multi-CD release party and international wine tasting during this weekend’s Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) conference at the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, New York.  Some 600 folk music aficionados – including performers, presenters and promoters – are expected to gather for three jam-packed days and nights of music, informative panel discussions and workshops, a large trade show-like exhibit hall, and lots of informal conversation and networking, Nov. 13-16.

Slated for Saturday, Nov. 15, from 2:30-4 p.m. and open only to those registered for the conference, the AcousticMusicScene.com event will feature performances by New York-based folk harmony trio Gathering Time, folk rock singer-songwriter Joe Iadanza, inventive world musicians the Guy Mendilow Band, and singer-songwriter and AcousticMusicScene.com co-creator Glen Roethel.  The artists plan to accompany each other on a few songs for the very first time, making for a very special and unique event. 

Scott Alarik, the longtime principal folk music writer for the Boston Globe, has been dropped from the daily newspaper's pages as part of a restructuring of its arts section. A contributing writer for the Boston Globe since 1986, Alarik has been professionally engaged in the folk music community for nearly 40 years -- both as a music journalist and a singer-songwriter. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]

Folksinger Michael Johnathon’s WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour has established a new partnership with Clearview Cinemas — WoodSongs at the Movies — that will bring the weekly program to big screens throughout the New York metropolitan area, preceded by 30-45-minute live sets by regional artists. Showtime is Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m., beginning Oct. 22. AcousticMusicScene.com has signed on to present artists at Clearview’s 62nd and Broadway Cinema in Manhattan. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]

Tribes Hill, a lower Hudson Valley collective of singer-songwriters, musicians and their patrons, will celebrate and pay tribute to some of Westchester County, New York’s finest regional artists with a special concert at Tarrytown Music Hall. Entitled “Westchester’s Greatest Hits,” the concert, slated for Sunday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m., will feature talented musicians from the region performing songs that were written or made famous by current or former Westchester County residents. Headlining the show will be Westchester’s own Sloan Wainwright and Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams. Tickets, priced at $20, are available for purchase at the venue or online at www.tarrytownmusichall.org. “Our objective is to educate our community about the rich musical heritage of Westchester in a fun and entertaining way while, at the same time, introducing the region to talented musicians living in their own backyard, many of whom they may not be aware of,” says Rick Rock, Tribes Hill’s executive director. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]