Winners Named in 2023 Americana Honors & Awards
The 23rd annual Americana Honors & Awards were presented at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on September 20, 2023. Tyler Childers, Billy Strings, Bonnie Raitt, The War and Treaty, S.G. Goodman, and SistaStrings were named as recipients of coveted awards during an awards show that is the highlight of the annual AMERICANAFEST, a five-day celebration of American roots-inspired music put on by the Americana Music Association, September 19-23.
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Philadelphia Folk Festival Set for Aug. 16-19
Thousands of music lovers are expected to converge on Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township, near bucolic Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, Aug. 16-19, 2018 for the annual Philadelphia Folk Festival. Now in its 57th year, the event, produced and presented by the Philadelphia Folksong Society, a nonprofit arts organization, is the longest continuously running outdoor music festival of its kind in North America.
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Mid-January is Music Festival Time in Florida
Floridians and visitors to the Sunshine State can escape the winter doldrums and enjoy some fine music in mid-January. The South Florida Folk Festival and the 30A Songwriters Festival take place over the same weekend in different parts of the state. The former includes the finals of an annual singer-songwriter competition, while the latter features such big-name talents as Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris.
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Grammy Awards Nominees Named
Nominees in 83 categories have been named for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards to be presented by The Recording Academy on Monday, February 15, 2016. Of particular interest to readers of AcousticMusicScene.com are the nominees for awards in the American Roots Music Field that will be presented prior to the live broadcast airing on CBS television stations that evening from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-27-13
American Kid, the eighth studio release by singer-songwriter Patty Griffin, continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week. Blind, Crippled and Crazy , the first duo release by singer-songwriters Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark in 40 years, retains the #1 position on the Americana/roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-20-13
American Kid, the eighth studio release by singer-songwriter Patty Griffin, returned to the #1 position on the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart last week. Blind, Crippled and Crazy , the first duo release by singer-songwriters Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark in 40 years, continues to top the Americana/roots country chart. [To view the Folk and Americana-Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, which are posted with permission on AcousticMusicScene.com, click on the headline.]
Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-06-13
American Kid, the eighth studio release by singer-songwriter Patty Griffin, returned to the #1 position on the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart last week, while Still Fighting the War by singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves continued to top the Americana-roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 08-23-13
American Kid , the eighth studio release by singer-songwriter Patty Griffin, continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week. Blind, Crippled and Crazy, the first duo release by singer-songwriters Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark in 40 years, rises to #1 on the Americana/roots country chart. Both albums are on the New West label.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 08-16-13
American Kid, the eighth studio release by Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Patty Griffin tops the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week. Still Fighting the War, the latest release from Maine-raised and Texas-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves retains the #1 position on the Americana-roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 07-26-13
Grammy Award-winning Americana singer-songwriter Patty Griffin's American Kid tops the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week, while Maine-raised and Texas-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves' Still Fighting the War retains the #1 position on the roots country/ Americana chart. Both charts are posted, with permission, on AcousticMusicScene.com.
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