Green River Festival On The Air, July 10-12
Although the 34th Green River Festival that features music and hot air balloons has been postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, festival organizers have partnered with Northampton, Massachusetts-based radio station 93.9 The River (WRSI.com) to present Green River Festival On The Air, July 10-12, 2020.
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Two Music Festivals in July Have Mass. Appeal
Two music festivals of note take place in Massachusetts in July: The New Bedford Folk Festival (July 4-5) along the cobblestoned streets of the old whaling port city, and the Green River Festival (July 10-12) featuring music, hot air balloons and more at the community college campus in Greenfield.
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Quick Q & A with Mark Erelli
Mark Erelli is a New England-based singer-songwriter who has been a winner in both the Kerrville New Folk Competition and the International Songwriting Competition. He’s played venues ranging from intimate coffeehouses and house concerts to the main stage at the Newport Folk Festival. As a multi-instrumentalist sideman, he has accompanied such artists as Paula Cole, Mary Gauthier, Lori McKenna and Josh Ritter. Kathy Sands-Boehmer posed some questions to him recently.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 08-02-13
Wide Awake, the new seven-song EP by Boston-based string band Joy Kills Sorrow topped the Roots Music Report folk radio chart last week, while Still Fighting the War, the latest release from Maine-raised and Texas-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves retained the #1 position on the Americana-roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 10-05-12
Singer-songwriter Caroline Herring's Camilla (Signature Sounds) retains the top spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Lucy Kaplansky's Reunion climbs to #2. Kin - Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell (Vanguard) remains #1 on the roots country chart., followed by Ryan Bingham's self-released Tomorrowland.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-28-12
Singer-songwriter Caroline Herring's Camilla (Signature Sounds) retains the top spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Kin - Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell (Vanguard) remains #1 on the roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-21-12
Singer-songwriter Caroline Herring's Camilla (Signature Sounds) returns to the top spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Kin - Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell (Vanguard) tops the roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-14-12
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem's Some Bright Morning (Signature Sounds) tops this week's Roots Music Report folk radio chart, while Mary Chapin Carpenter's Ashes and Roses is the #1 album on roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-07-12
Singer-Songwriter Caroline Herring's new Signature Sounds release, Camilla, tops the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Kin - Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell, a collection of songs penned by The New York Times' best-selling author and the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, continues to top the roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 08-17-12
Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection (Smithsonian/Folkways) continued to top the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart last week, while Old Gold, the new release from Signature Sounds' recording artists Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers moved into the #1 position on the roots country chart.
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Editor's Note: These charts are being posted several days later than usual since I was at the Philadelphia Folk Festival over the weekend. Included on last week's charts are albums by several artists who appeared at the festival: Carsie Blanton, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three.
Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 08-27-10
Red Horse - the debut album by the contemporary folk trio of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky - returns to the top spot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. Albums by Tim O'Brien, Frazey Ford, The John Hartford Stringband and Crooked Still follow. This week's Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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