Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 08-20-10
Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, followed by albums by Red Horse, The John Hartford Stringband, Frazey Ford and Ashley Wells. Last week's Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 08-13-10
Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg tops this week's Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, followed by albums by Red Horse, The John Hartford Stringband, Crooked Still and Frazey Ford. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 08-06-10
Red Horse -- the debut album of the trio of the same name that features Red House recording artists Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky -- now holds the top slot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 07-30-10
Albums by Tim O'Brien, Red Horse (the new trio comprised of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky), and Crooked Still remain in the top three spots on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Releases by Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore and Sally Spring climbed into the #4 and #5 positions, respectively. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 7-23-10
Albums by Tim O'Brien, Red Horse (the new trio comprised of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky), and Crooked Still continued in the top three spots on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart last week. Releases by The John Hartford Stringband and Donovan climbed into the #4 and #5 positions, respectively. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Editor's Note: This chart is being posted here later than usual since I just returned last night from the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, where AcousticMusicScene.com joined with Tribes Hill to host late-night song swaps under a big white tent.
AcousticMusicScene.com and Tribes Hill to Host Song Swaps & More at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, July 22-25
AcousticMusicScene.com will host pre-arranged song swaps during the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, July 22-25. The festival takes place at Dodds Farm on Route 7D in Hillsdale, New York, located in the foothills of the Berkshires, near the tri-state corner of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
For the third year in a row, AcousticMusicScene.com joins with Tribes Hill (a nonprofit organization uniting musicians of the Hudson Valley region and their patrons in support of a music community coming together to celebrate human experience through song) to jointly present late-night song swaps during Falcon Ridge. Dinner-break sing-alongs & jams and an informal Thursday afternoon session on PR for independent recording artists also are slated.
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Application Deadlines Near for NERFA Conference Showcases
Artists interested in applying for formal and/or tricentric showcases during the 16th annual Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference have until Aug. 1 and Aug. 31, respectively, to do so. The annual conference, which drew nearly 700 people last year, is slated for Nov. 11-14 at the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, NY.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 07-16-10
Albums by Tim O'Brien, Red Horse (the new trio comprised of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky), and Crooked Still retain the top three spots on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Releases by Sally Spring and Mary Chapin Carpenter are in the fourth and fifth positions. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Editor's Note: Next week's chart will be posted late since I will be attending -- and hosting late-night song swaps at -- the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 07-09-10
Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg has climbed into the top spot on this week's Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, while Red Horse -- the debut album by the new trio comprised of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky -- is #2 and Crooked Still's Some Strange Country is #3. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 07-02-10
Mary Chapin Carpenter's The Age of Miracles continues in the top spot on the Roots Music Report's Folk Radio Chart, while Jakob Dylan's Women and Country and Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg moved into the #2 and #3 positions, respectively, last week. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Official Showcase Application Deadline Nears for FARM Gathering
Artists interested in applying for the 12 official evening showcase slots available during the 2010 Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) Gathering have until July 15 to do so either via mail or Sonicbids. An affiliate of Folk Alliance International, FARM will hold its annual conference over Columbus Day Weekend, October 7-10, at the Holiday Inn of Bolingbrook, Illinois, located less than an hour from Chicago. Early registration discounts are available for those whose forms are postmarked by September 21.
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Quick Q & A with John Gorka
John Gorka is widely considered one of the top male singer-songwriters on the contemporary folk scene. Since being named a Kerrville New Folk Winner in 1984, he has become a popular fixture on the coffeehouse and festival circuit, and a number of other notable artists have recorded and/or performed his songs. He is part of a new folk trio called Red Horse with Eliza Gilkyson and Lucy Kaplansky, whose Red House Records debut will be released on July 13.
With his rich, soulful baritone, Gorka delivers his own well-crafted songs in a way that prompted Rolling Stone to call him “the preeminent male singer-songwriter of the new folk movement.” Ever self-effacing, Gorka has professed to “consider myself to be...
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