Posts tagged "folk music"

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 01-14-11

Jonathan Byrd's Waterbug release Cackalack moved into the top position on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, followed by albums by Clare Burson, The Civil Wars, Peter Cooper and David Greely. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 01-07-11

Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg tops the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart for the first week of January 2011. Albums by The John Hartford Stringband, Peter Cooper, Jakob Dylan, Joe Pug, Great Big Sea, Sahara Smith, Dan Baker, John McCutcheon and Jonathan Byrd follow. [To view this week's Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 12-17-10

David Greely's self-released Sub du Sud jumped into the #1 position on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, while Jonathan Byrd's Waterbug release Cackalack moved into the #2 spot. Albums by Clare Burson, Peter Stampfel and Baby Gramps, and Eleanor Murray follow. [To view the current Folk Top 50 album chart, click on the headline. In light of the holidays, there will not be another chart until January.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 12-10-10

Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg tops this week's Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. Following it are albums by Clare Burson, Peter Cooper, Bob Dylan and De Temps Antan. [To view the Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 12-03-10

Peter Cooper's The Lloyd Green Album continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, followed by albums by Clare Burson, Bob Dylan, David Greely and De Temps Antan. [To view the Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]

Dec. 2 is Early-Bird Registration and Showcase Application Deadline For 2011 International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis

The 24th Annual International Folk Alliance Conference is slated for February 16-20, 2011 in Memphis, Tennessee. However, financial savings are in the offing through early-bird registration that is open through Dec. 2, while forms also are available on the Folk Alliance International website (www.folk.org) for performing artists to apply for Performance Alley official showcase opportunities. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]

‘The Peter Yarrow Sing-Along Special’ Airs on PBS Stations

The Peter Yarrow Sing-Along Special, featuring some of America’s favorite folk songs performed by Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary, Yarrow’s daughter Bethany and cellist Rufus Cappadocia, Grammy Award-winning artists Mary Chapin Carpenter and Keb’ Mo', and percussionist Billy Jonas, airs on PBS stations through December 2010. Yarrow spoke with AcousticMusicScene.com recently. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 11-26-10

Peter Cooper's The Lloyd Green Album tops the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, followed by albums by Clare Burson, Bob Dylan, Carolina Chocolate Drops and De Temps Antan. [To view the Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]

Nick Noble Celebrates “The 50 Most Successful Folk Group Recordings of All Time” on WICN, Nov. 25, 2010

What are “The 50 Most Successful Folk Group Recordings of All Time?” Enjoy a musical feast following your Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 by tuning in to WICN 90.5 FM in central Massachusetts (streaming online at wicn.org) from 7-11 p.m. and getting host Nick Noble’s take on this during Folk Revival. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]

Winners Named in 2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards

The 2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Saturday evening, Nov. 20. Winners were named in 19 categories during a gala at the Pantages Playhouse that was hosted by Benoit Bourque of La Bottine Souriante and CBC Radio’s Sheilagh Rogers. [To view the list of winners, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 11-19-10

Bob Dylan's Witmark Demos 1962-1964 tops the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, while Women and Country, an album by his son, Jakob, is in the #11 spot. [To view the Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]

Oscar Brand Inducted Into Long Island Music Hall of Fame

Folksinger, songwriter, author and musicologist Oscar Brand has been inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. Brand, 90, who has written more than 300 songs (ranging from bawdy ballads to songs of social commentary), recorded some 100 albums, serves as curator of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and hosts what is now the oldest continuous radio show in history (Folksong Festival on New York’s WNYC), was among the third class of inductees honored during a gala event, Nov. 16, at Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]