Bruce Cockburn's Small Source of Comfort continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Following it are albums by Bobby Long, The Wailin' Jennys, The Civil Wars, and Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Thirty-two songwriters have been named as finalists in the 2011 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. Chosen from among 800 submissions from around the world, the finalists will perform their two submitted songs during the New Folk Concerts slated for Saturday and Sunday afternoons, May 28 and 29, as part of the Kerrville Folk Festival. [To read the article and see who the finalists are, click on the headline.]
Bruce Cockburn's Small Source of Comfort continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. It is followed by albums by Bobby Long, The Civil Wars, Don Gallardo and The Wailin' Jennys. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Barton Hollow, the debut album by the folk-Americana duo The Civil Wars, continues to hold the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. Following it are albums by Bruce Cockburn, The Wailin' Jennys, Bobby Long and Malcolm Holcombe. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
The Civil Wars' Barton Hollow returns to the #1 position on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, followed by albums by The Wailin' Jennys, Bruce Cockburn, Jessica Lea Mayfield and Bobby Long. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Jack Hardy, a singer-songwriter who played a pivotal role in the New York folk/songwriting scene for several decades and influenced and inspired many other songwriters, died on March 11. His death at age 63 sent shockwaves through the folk community, with many posting short remembrances and tributes on Facebook -- the social networking platform. [To read the article in its entirety, click on the headline.]
The Wailin' Jennys' recently released Bright Morning Stars tops this week's Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, while Malcolm Holcombe's To Drink The Rain and Abigail Washburn's City of Refuge are in the #2 and #3 positions, respectively. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Malcolm Holcombe's To Drink The Rain tops the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, while Abigail Washburn's City of Refuge and The Wailin' Jennys' February release, Bright Morning Star, climbed into the #2 and #3 positions, respectively. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
The Civil Wars' debut album, Barton Hollow, continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Albums by Malcolm Holcombe, Jonathan Byrd, Bobby Long and Cahalen Morrison & Eli West follow. [To view the latest Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Barton Hollow, the debut album by Americana-folk duo The Civil Wars, continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Albums by Bobby Long, Malcolm Holcombe, Jonathan Byrd and Mary Chapin Carpenter follow. {To view the latest Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Barton Hollow, the debut album by Americana-folk duo The Civil Wars, retains the top spot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Albums by Malcolm Holcombe, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Jonathan Byrd and Abigail Washburn follow. [To view the latest Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
The Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) hosts a special one-day mini-conference on Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the First Universalist Society in Franklin, MA (home of the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse). [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]
