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TradMad Virtual Camp 2020 Airs on Folk Music Notebook, Aug. 31-Sept. 3

TradMad Virtual Camp 2020 Airs on Folk Music Notebook, Aug. 31-Sept. 3

Each summer, folks flock to Pinewoods Camp in Plymouth, Massachusetts for an annual six-day gathering of live music and dance for adults interested in Anglo-American traditional music and dance known as TradMad. Although the current COVID-19 pandemic prompted the Folk Music Society of New York (aka Pinewoods Folk Music Club) to postpone this year’s event, TradMad Virtual Camp 2020 will be presented Aug. 31 - Sept. 3 via FolkMusicNotebook.com. [Click on the headline to continue reading the article.]

Caroline Paton – Folksinger, Folklorist and Co-Founder of Folk-Legacy Records, 1932-2019

Caroline Paton, a traditional folksinger, musician, folklorist and co-founder of Folk-Legacy Records, has died at the age of 86. Paton, who launched the independent label based in Sharon, Connecticut with her late husband Sandy and the late Lee Haggerty in1961, passed away on March 18. She had been living in a Connecticut nursing home since last year. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]