Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 02-10-12
Pieta Brown's album Mercury retained the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart last week, while Robert Earl Keen's Ready for Confetti continues to top the roots country chart.
[To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 charts, click on the headline.]
San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival Now Under Way
The 13th Annual San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival began yesterday and runs through February 19. Musical performances, dances, workshops and jam sessions abound, along with a Saturday night old-time square dance.
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Instruments May Soon be Allowed as Carry-ons on US. Airplanes
Provisions within a bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the next four years, that was approved by large margins in both houses of Congress earlier this month, create a uniform national policy regarding musical instruments on airplanes.
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Showcase Application Deadline Nears for 2012 SERFA Conference
February 29 is the deadline for receipt of applications from performing artists seeking official showcase opportunities during the 2010 Southeast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) Conference, slated for May 17-20 at the Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Asheville. An extended weekend of contemporary and traditional folk music, networking, and educational sessions, the conference attracted more than 170 people last spring.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 02-03-12
Pieta Brown's album Mercury retained the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart last week, while Robert Earl Keen's Ready for Confetti continues to top the roots country chart.
[To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 charts, click on the headline.]
Top Albums and Songs of January 2012 (FOLKDJ-L)
AcousticMusicScene.com is pleased to publish the monthly Top Albums and Songs charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio. In January 2012, Light In The Sky by the female Americana-roots trio Red Molly topped the albums chart and sported six of the top 25 songs. "Promised Land," the title track from the new album by Gina Forsyth, a singer-songwriter, violinist and guitarist from New Orleans, was reportedly the most-played song on folk radio during the month.
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Dick Kniss, Bassist for Peter, Paul and Mary, 1937-2012
A memorial services was held in Saugerties, New York on Sunday for Dick Kniss, a bassist who accompanied Peter, Paul and Mary for decades and co-wrote "Sunshine On My Shoulders” with John Denver. Kniss died Jan. 25 of pulmonary disease. He was 74.
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Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 01-27-12
Albums by Pieta Brown Red Molly and Sarah MacDougall retain the top three spots on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while albums by Robert Earl Keen, Gillian Welch and Joe Ely continue to hold the top three spots on the roots country chart.
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‘Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune’ Set to Air on PBS Stations
PBS Television's acclaimed American Masters' series of documentaries opens its 26th season with Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune this month. The revealing biography of a conflicted, truth-seeking troubadour who, with guitar in hand, stood up for what he believed in and challenged us all to do the same, premieres nationally on Monday, Jan. 23 at 10 p.m. (ET) on PBS stations (Check your local listings).
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Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 01-20-12
Albums by Pieta Brown Red Molly and Sarah MacDougall retain the top three spots on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while albums by Robert Earl Keen, Gillian Welch and Joe Ely continue to hold the top three spots on the roots country chart.
[To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 charts, click on the headline.]
FARM Hosts One-Day Conference in Ohio on April 28
Following in the footsteps of the Southwest Regional Folk Alliance (SWRFA) and Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA), Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) will host its first one-day conference on April 28, 2012 at the historic opera house in Fayette, Ohio, located on US 20 about 30 minutes west of Toledo. A condensed version of its annual four-day conference, this one-day event is being called FARMette.
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