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FAI Folk Radio Charts – September 2025

Post published:October 7, 2025
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention by various artists was the top album on folk radio during September 2025, while Molly Tuttle’s rendition of “I’ve Always Been a Rambler” from the album was the month’s top song. Canadian singer-songwriter Connie Kaldor was the most played artist in September. So say charts compiled by Folk Alliance International based on radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in folk-based music on the radio. [Click on the headline to continue reading this article and to view the top albums, songs and artists charts tat are posted monthly with permission.]

Barry Poss, who co-founded and led Sugar Hill records for many years, died on may 13, 2025.

Barry Poss, Co-Founder of Sugar Hill Records, 1945-2025

Post published:May 19, 2025
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Bluegrass & Beyond News - U.S. National

Barry Poss, co-founder and longtime owner of Sugar Hill Records –- an influential independent label whose roster included numerous notable bluegrass, Americana, old-time and roots music artists –- died on May 13, 2025. He was 79 and had been battling cancer for years.

AcousticMusicScene.com Hosts Song Swaps During SERFA Conference, May 12-15

Post published:May 6, 2022
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note

More than 200 people will converge on Black Mountain, North Carolina, May 12-15, 2022 for the annual Southeast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) Conference. An extended weekend of contemporary and traditional folk music, networking and learning opportunities, the conference will be keynoted by Thomm Jutz and features 16 juried official showcases, along with a number of late-night guerrilla showcases hosted by AcousticMusicScene.com and others. [Click on the headline to continue reading this conference preview.]

Folk DJ Radio Airplay Charts – January 2020

Post published:February 13, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Acoustic Radio Waves

Treat A Stranger Right by Frank & Allie Lee, a harmony-driven old time and folk music duo, was the top album and featured six of the 25 most-played songs on folk radio during January 2020. Topping the monthly songs chart was “Hello Stanger” by teenage bluegrass artist Eliza Meyer. The month’s most-played artist was David Olney, a revered folk and Americana singer-songwriter who died last month. So say charts compiled by Folk Alliance International based on radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in folk-based music on the radio. [The monthly charts are posted here with permission. To view them, click on the headline.]

John Cohen, Founding Member of the New Lost City Ramblers, 1932-2019

Post published:September 17, 2019
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:News - U.S. National

John Cohen, a founding member of the influential folk group the New Lost City Ramblers, died on Sept. 16, 2019. Cohen, 87, also was a musicologist, photographer and filmmaker. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival Now Under Way

Post published:February 11, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Bluegrass & Beyond Festival Focus

The 13th Annual San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival began yesterday and runs through February 19. Musical performances, dances, workshops and jam sessions abound, along with a Saturday night old-time square dance. [To read the article, click on the headline.]

Bluegrass Album by the Late Sen.. Robert C. Byrd to be Reissued

Post published:June 30, 2010
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Bluegrass & Beyond News - U.S. National

Although he was best known as the longest-serving member of the United States Senate, Robert C. Byrd, who died Monday at 92, also was an old-time and bluegrass fiddler. On July 27, Virginia-based County Records plans to reissue a bluegrass album recorded by Byrd, who represented West Virginia for more than half a century in the Senate and also served as the chamber’s majority leader for 11 years. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]

Mike Seeger, 1933-2009

Post published:August 8, 2009
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Bluegrass & Beyond News - U.S. National

Mike Seeger, who, as a solo performer, collector of songs, and member of the New Lost City Ramblers, helped to revive and widen interest in southern traditional music, died at his Lexington, Virginia home on August 7, just a week shy of his 76th birthday. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]