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Kerrville New Folk Winners Perform Live Online, Nov. 4

Post published:October 28, 2014
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus News - U.S. National

The 2014 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Winners will perform live online on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. CST. The special Blue Rock Sessions Live broadcast will emanate from Billy and Dodee Crockett’s Blue Rock Studios near Wimberley, Texas. Tickets for the high-quality studio production and HD video webcast use the “pay what you want” model with fan tipping. [To continue reading the article and see the link for watching the live broadcast online, click on the headline.]

AcousticMusicScene.com Hosts Showcases at Huntington Folk Festival

Post published:July 12, 2014
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

The ninth annual Huntington Folk Festival is slated for Saturday, July 19, 2014, The free event, extending from 12 noon into late in the evening, at Huntington, New York's Heckscher Park, will feature an afternoon of unplugged showcases and song swaps, a hootenanny-style tribute to Pete Seeger, and an evening concert by Bobtown. [To continue reading this article and see the complete festival schedule, click on the headline.]

New Bedford Folk Festival Set for July 5-6, 2014

Post published:June 29, 2014
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

The New Bedford Folk Festival, formerly known as the Greater New Bedford Summerfest, is one of the Northeast’s most pleasant, refined and enjoyable music festivals. Slated for July 5-6, 2014 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and now in its 19th year, the family-oriented festival takes over the cobblestoned streets of this historic New England port city –- which is part of the Whaling National Historic Park. [To continue reading the article, click on the headline.]

Emerging Artists Showcase Performers Chosen for Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

Post published:June 26, 2014
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

Twenty-four artists/duos or groups have been selected to perform in the Emerging Artists Showcase during the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival on Friday afternoon, August 1, 2014, from noon to 4:30 p.m. [To continue reading the article and see the list of showcase artists, click on the headline.]

SolarFest Songwriter Showcase Finalists Named

Post published:June 12, 2014
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

Ten performing songwriters have been named as finalists in the annual Songwriter Showcase hosted by SolarFest, a three-day family-friendly festival set for July 18-20, 2014, at the Forget-Me-Not Farm in Tinmouth, Vermont. Now in its 20th year, SolarFest showcases the power and possibilities of solar and other renewable energy sources, as well as some talented musicians. [To read the full article and see the list of finalists, click on the headline.]

American Roots Music Festival at Caramoor Set for June 28

Post published:June 7, 2014
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash will headline the fourth annual American Roots Music Festival at Caramoor, a family friendly celebration of acoustic music on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Set on 90 acres of gardens and Italianate architecture in Katonah, Westchester County, NY – 40 miles northeast of New York City — the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is well known for its summer music festivals. AcousticMusicScene.com is delighted to again be a Cultural Partner of the festival and will have a presence there. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Finalists Named

Post published:April 23, 2014
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus

Thirty-two songwriters have been named as finalists in the 2014 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. Chosen from among hundreds of submissions from throughout the U.S. and Canada, the finalists will perform the two songs they submitted during the New Folk Concerts slated for Saturday and Sunday afternoons, May 24 and 25, as part of the Kerrville Folk Festival. [To continue reading the article and see the list of Kerrville New Folk Finalists, click on the headline.]

South Florida Folk Festival Celebrates 20 Years in January 2014

Post published:December 29, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus

The South Florida Folk Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2014. Presented by the nonprofit Broward Folk Club, the festival returns as a two-day event in a park setting on Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 18-19. More than 40 musicians will perform on two stages at Fort Lauderdale’s Hugh Taylor Birch State Park over the weekend. [To continue reading a short preview of the festival and its associated singer-songwriter competition, click on the headline.]

2013 Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo Set for Sept. 7

Post published:September 1, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

The eighth annual Connecticut Folk Festival and Green Expo, a free, day-long event, is set for Saturday, Sept. 7, in New Haven’s Edgerton Park. It will feature performances by singer-songwriter Darrell Scott and folk harmony trios Brother Sun and The Stray Birds, among others. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Stuart Kabak and AcousticMusicScene.com's Michael Kornfeld at Pirate Camp in 2012 (Photo: Michelle Diano)

AcousticMusicScene.com Hosts Late-Night Music at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

Post published:July 27, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Featured Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

AcousticMusicScene.com will host a series of late-night song swaps, mini-showcases and open song circles during the 25th annual Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, August 1-4, in partnership with Pirate Camp, which was informally launched by Stuart Kabak and the late Jack Hardy a decade ago to provide a warm and welcoming haven for sharing music, food and camaraderie. [To read the full article, which includes a preview of one of the Northeast's most popular music festivals and a complete schedule for the AcousticMusicScene.com tent @ Pirate Camp, click on the headline.]

Spuytten Duyvil will headline the festival (Photo: Jake Jacobson)

AcousticMusicScene.com Hosts Showcases at a Folk Festival on Long Island, July 20

Post published:July 13, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Featured Festival Focus

The eighth annual Huntington Folk Festival is slated for Saturday, July 20, 2013. The free event will extend from 12 noon into the late evening at Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, in Huntington, New York. Americana-roots ensemble Spuyten Duyvil headlines the festival in the evening, while AcousticMusicScene.com and Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond host unplugged showcases and song swaps during the afternoon featuring artists from several states. [To read the full article and see the day's schedule, click on the headline.]

The Kennedys (Photo: Jeremy Lebled)

Folk Music Fills the Streets of New Bedford, July 6-7, 2013

Post published:July 1, 2013
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Celtic Corner Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

The New Bedford Folk Festival, formerly known as the Greater New Bedford Summerfest, is one of the Northeast’s most pleasant, refined and enjoyable music festivals. Slated for July 6-7, 2013 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the festival takes over the cobble stoned streets of this historic New England port city –which is part of the New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]