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Lucas Rotman Wins Music For Humanity Songwriting Contest

Post published:December 20, 2023
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests

Lucas Maehara Rotman, a Brooklyn, New York-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, was named the first-place winner in the first annual Music for Humanity Songwriting Contest during the upstate New York-based nonprofit organization’s 158th Free Performance Night at Noble Coffee Roasters in Campbell Hill, NY, on December 16, 2023. [ Click on the headline to continue reading this article, which includes comments from the contest winner and mention of the runner-up and honorable mention recipients.]

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AcousticMusicScene.com Hosts Showcases at NERFA Conference, Nov. 7-10

Post published:November 3, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note Featured News - Northeast U.S.

More than 800 performing artists, presenters, promoters, agents and managers, folk DJs and others actively engaged in traditional and contemporary folk music will converge on the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, NY, Nov. 7-10, 2013, for the 19th Annual Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference. AcousticMusicScene.com will again have a major presence as it hosts afternoon and late-night song swaps, in addition to its popular Midnight Hoot at the close of the conference’s first day. [ To read the full article and see the AcousticMusicScene.com showcase schedule, click on the headline.]

Top Albums and Songs of June 2013 (FOLKDJ-L)

Post published:July 8, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Ring Them Bells, the debut release by The Copper Ponies (Annie Donahue and Erik Balkey), was the most-played album on folk radio during June 2013 and also features three of the four most-played songs, according to 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. Closely following The Copper Ponies' debut were new albums by the Celtic band Burning Bridget Cleary and singer-songwriter Buddy Mondlock. {To view the Top Albums and Songs charts, click on the headline.]

Formal Showcase Artists Chosen for 2013 NERFA Conference

Post published:June 12, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note News - Northeast U.S.

Fourteen artists/acts have been selected from among 200 applicants to perform in the juried Formal Showcase during the 19th Annual Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference at the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, New York, Nov. 7-10, 2013. [To read the article, click on the headline.]

Lake Susan at the Montreat Conference Center (Photo: Michael Kornfeld)

AcousticMusicScene.com Hosts Showcases at SERFA Conference in May

Post published:April 21, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note Featured

Nearly 200 people are expected to converge on the Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Asheville, May 16-19, 2013, for the sixth annual Southeast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) Conference -- an extended weekend of contemporary and traditional folk music, networking, and learning opportunities. AcousticMusicScene.com will host late-night song swaps. [To read the full article previewing the conference, click on the headline.]

Richard Meyer (Photo by Teddy Lee)

Richard Meyer, Singer-Songwriter and Fast Folk Editor, 1952-2012

Post published:May 15, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Featured News - Northeast U.S.News - U.S. National

Richard Meyer, a singer-songwriter who also was an integral part of the folk music scene in New York’s Greenwich Village during the 1980s and 1990s as a booker for the Speakeasy and longtime editor of Fast Folk Musical Magazine (1986-1997), died May 14, 2012 at age 59. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]