Long Island AcoustiCalendar for January and Early February 2009
Detailed listings for more than 100 concerts, open mics and jam sessions slated for January through the first week of February 2009 in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties appear in this installment of AcousticMusicScene.com’s Long Island AcoustiCalendar.
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Miss Tess, The Low Anthem Win Boston Music Awards
Miss Tess, a Boston, Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter and guitarist, whose music includes a smattering of jazz, blues and Americana, has been named “Outstanding Folk Artist of the Year” in the Boston Music Awards. The Low Anthem, a Providence, Rhode Island-based Americana-folk group, was named “Best New Act of the Year,” while Guns and Glory, a honky-tonkin’ four-piece Americana outfit, was named “Outstanding Americana Act of the Year” for the second year in a row, as well as “Local Act of the Year.” Award-winners were announced in 26 categories earlier this month.
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Winners Named in 2008 USA Songwriting Competition
Winners in the 2008 USA Songwriting Competition have been announced. Brooklyn, New York-based singer-songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche captured first place in the folk category for “Snare Drum.” Boston, Massachusetts-based contemporary Celtic fiddler and composer Hanneke Cassel came in first in the instrumental category and won overall third prize in the competition for her song “A Shadow and a Thought.” Top honors for lyrics went to San Marcos, Texas-based Americana singer-songwriter Terri Hendrix for “If I Had a Daughter.” Los Angeles, California-based pop-rocker Jordan Zevon won the overall grand prize in the 13th annual competition.
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Future of Music Coalition Policy Day Set for Feb. 11 in D.C.
The potential impact of media and broadband policy and changes in federal copyright law on the music and technology communities will be explored and debated during the Future of Music Coalition’s second Policy Day. Slated for Wednesday, February 11, at National Geographic’s Grosvenor Auditorium in Washington, D.C., the day-long event -- sponsored by the national nonprofit education, research and advocacy organization --comes just weeks after the Obama Administration assumes power.
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BCMFest Celebrates Celtic Music and Dance in Boston
A wide array of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton, Appalachian and other Celtic-inspired music and dance is on tap during BCMFest, Boston, Massachusetts’ annual grassroots, musician-run, winter Celtic music festival, Jan. 9-10, 2009.
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Grammy Awards Nominees Named
Nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, to be presented by the Recording Academy next Feb. 8 in Los Angeles, were announced this week. Click on the headline for a listing of those who may be of particular interest to fans of folk and roots music.
January is Festival Time in Oregon
Although summertime is the traditional festival season, a couple of music festivals of note take place in Oregon during January. The Fifth Annual River City Bluegrass Festival is slated for Jan. 9-11 in Portland, while the Florence Winter Folk Festival is set for Jan. 17-19.
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Odetta, 1930-2008, The Spark Goes Out
Odetta, a singer of folk, blues, jazz and spirituals whose powerful, deep voice helped spark the flames of social justice and freedom during the height of the civil rights movement, has died. The artist, who helped keep the light of folk music burning brightly for more than half a century, succumbed to heart disease on Dec. 2, less than a month short of her 78th birthday and less than 50 days shy of the inauguration of President Barack Obama at which she had hoped to sing.Celtic Music Nights Launched in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Celtic Cultural Alliance (CCA), the folks behind the annual Celtic Classic that draws throngs of people to historic Bethlehem, Pennsylvania each fall, have partnered with Bethlehem BrewWorks to present a new monthly Celtic Music Nights series.
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Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition Open for Entries
Entries are now being sought for the 2009 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters to be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24, during the 38th Annual Kerrville Folk Festival. The first 800 entries received prior to March 15, 2009 will be accepted and 32 finalists will be named in April.
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Long Island AcoustiCalendar for December 2008
Detailed listings for more than 80 concerts, open mics and jam sessions slated for December in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk appear in this installment of the Long Island AcoustiCalendar. In addition to a lot of homegrown talent, touring artists of note visiting Long Island during the last days of 2008 include Aztec Two-Step, Anthony da Costa and Abbie Gardner, Joe Jencks, Chris Smither, Amy Speace, Loudon Wainwright III, Sloan Wainwright and Peter Yarrow.
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