Music Festival News--3.31.12

Barenboim Presides Over Berlin Music Festival New York Times (blog) The 10-day classical music festival Staatsoper Festtage returned to Berlin on Friday with a roster of performances featuring international stars. Even in Berlin's crowded music calendar, the festival stands out with its lineup of high-profile ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Savannah Music Fest: Acollective, Futurebirds thrill Trustees Theater (review) Savannah Morning News Go to www.savannahnow.com/savannah-music-festival for all our 2012 Savannah Music Festival coverage, including dozens of interviews, reviews, updates and photos. On Twitter, follow @DoSavannah for breaking news and concert live tweets. See all stories on this topic »

Have we fallen out of love with the great British music festival? The Guardian Another large UK music festival was cancelled last week, as Sonisphere joined the Big Chill and other smaller events and bowed out of the summer of 2012. Is the British public's love affair with music festivals on the rocks? Or is this year an anomaly, ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Brava Hosts Switchboard Music Festival San Francisco Chronicle (blog) By Claudia Escobar On Sunday Brava Theater will host the fifth annual Switchboard Music Festival, an eight-hour event with nonstop music that pushes the boundaries of rock, jazz, classical, hip-hop, world and just about everything. See all stories on this topic »

Big electronic music festival planned for The Weirs in August The Laconia Daily Sun By Michael Kitch LACONIA — This summer, The Weirs will be alive with the sound of music as the first Filterswep Electronic Music Festival is scheduled for August 10 and 11. The festival is the work of Christina Contardo of Laconia, a principal of ... See all stories on this topic »

Warren Haynes Will Play Solo at The Peach Music Festival jambands.com "A day after confirming their initial lineup,": http://www.facebook.com/ThePeachMusicFestival?ref=ts the promoters of The Peach Music Festival have added a special "Wake up with Warren" set. Warren Haynes will play a special Sunday morning solo set on ... See all stories on this topic » jambands.com

Festival International de Louisiane Wins Readers' Choice Award for Best World ... KATC Lafayette News The results are in and Festival International de Louisiane has been selected as the About.com 2012 Readers' Choice Award for best World Music Festival. Now in its fifth year, the About.com Readers' Choice Awards honor the best products, features and ... See all stories on this topic »

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See the CMA Music Festival Free with Jack Daniels' Sweepstakes Are you a country music fan? Jack Daniels is giving you chances to win trips to the CMA Music Festival and other prizes in the Jack Daniel's 2012 CMA Music Festival Sweepstakes. Two grand-prize winners will receive a trip for themselves ... About.com Contests & Sweepstakes

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Chicago Gospel Music Festival The Chicago Gospel Music Festival will take place June 21-24, 2012. Festival locations include Millennium Park, the Chicago Cultural Center, and its new home ... www.explorechicago.org/.../chicago_gospel_music.html

Blues Music News--3.31.12

Destination music: The best festivals you never heard of San Jose Mercury News Passionate fans are willing to journey across thousands of miles and drop thousands of dollars to see their favorite artists and submerge themselves in their preferred musical genres. The marquee festivals -- like Montreal Jazz, Chicago Blues, ... See all stories on this topic »

Irma Thomas honored today with bronze statue in New Orleans' Musical Legends Park Something Else! Reviews Blues belter Irma Thomas, who shot to fame with soulful 1960s-era renditions of "(You Can Have My Husband but) Don't Mess with My Man," "It's Raining" and "Time Is On My Side," will be honored today with a new bronze statue at Musical Legends Park in ... See all stories on this topic »

Seattle Rep to Stage Good People and Premiere of Pullman Porter Blues Playbill.com West's blues-infused play with music, Pullman Porter Blues, will open the season Sept. 27-Oct. 28. A co-production with Arena Stage, it was first developed as part of Seattle Rep's New Play Program. Here's how it's billed: "Set in 1937, ... See all stories on this topic »

Blind blues stars craft album 'without borders' AFP Their music is a mix of West African instruments like the kora and balafon and western pop and blues elements, a reflection of traditional Mali sounds and the Pink Floyd and James Brown records from their youth. They named their latest and eighth album ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Black Keys, Blondie and Funky Meters play free show this afternoon NOLA.com Here are more music options for Saturday, March 31, and beyond. Search for more events in our event tracker. Evan Agostini/The Associated PressGuitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys performing at Madison Square Garden on March 12 in New York ... See all stories on this topic » NOLA.com

Willis Earl Beal & Cold Specks: the new new old things The Guardian They both have a penchant – unusually, perhaps, for a couple of twentysomethings – for making the sort of music that folk and R&B historian Alan Lomax would have had a field day recording, and they both sing in voices that are distinctly bluesy, ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Events in Westchester New York Times PEEKSKILL 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar Harmonium, world. April 1 at 6 pm No cover. Jon Cobert, pop. April 5 at 8:30 pm No cover. Rhonda Denét and the Bad Cats, R&B. April 6 at 9:30 pm $5. Petey Hop, blues. April 7 at 9:30 pm $5 and $10. See all stories on this topic »

Rocketown aims to 'reach people church can't reach' Sun-Sentinel By James D. Davis, Staff writer In the darkened hall, the music is almost tangible. It hits your chest, beats on your ears. The three bands playing tonight's concert veer from blues to prog-rock to post-hardcore, loud to deafening. See all stories on this topic » Sun-Sentinel

Tedeschi Trucks brings amazing wall of sound to Clay Center Charleston Gazette Friday night, the 11-piece Trucks Tedeschi Band unleashed a seemingly endless barrage of music, a scarcely broken string of blues, soul, blue-eyed soul, Southern rock and funky jam. It's hard to say whether the near-capacity crowd knew what it was ... See all stories on this topic »

Rascals sing the bleus Inquirer.net Finally, Leobrera had discovered music that spoke to him and for him, music that allowed him to express all of the mixed feelings and emotions that had been festering inside him. He knew what John Lee Hooker meant when he sang that "blues is the healer ... See all stories on this topic »

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Marker's Weekend Live Blues Pick(s) She won the coveted 2009 Blues Music Award for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year (she is only the second woman to ever win this award, Koko Taylor being the ... wxrt.radio.com/2012/03/.../markers-weekend-live-blues-picks-...

Music From The Soul With Singer And Blues Guitarist, Susan Tedeschi One of my favorite blues musicians on the scene today is Susan Tedeschi. Tedeschi has a ... mikesguitartalk.com/.../music-from-the-soul-with-singer-and-b...

Folk Music News--3.31.12

Music Review: Peggy Seeger - Peggy Seeger Live Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Peggy Seeger may not be as well-known as Pete, but she has been just as dedicated to social causes and traditional folk music as he. Her 1955 trip to communist China resulted in her passport being withdrawn by the United States State Department. See all stories on this topic »

Stanley Congregational Church to Host Night of Folk Music TheAlternativePress.com (press release) (blog) The duet plays traditional and contemporary American folk music. The admission price of $15.00 per person includes refreshments (flavored coffees, teas, cakes, cookies). Advance tickets may be purchased by calling the church office at 973-635-7723. See all stories on this topic »

Meet Of Monsters and Men USA TODAY ... Special for USA TODAY From Iceland to America: One of the biggest buzz bands going into — and coming out of — the recent South by Southwest music and media conference in Austin traveled 4000 miles to get there. The Icelandic indie-folk sextet Of ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Symphony, chorus balance modern, traditional in basilica concert Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Rutter's "The Sprig of Thyme," an unlikely bedfellow of the other pieces on the program, is the choral composer's take on 11 British folk songs for chorus and orchestra. Intended to function equally well together or separately, the tunes are set as ... See all stories on this topic »

Pakistani musicians the highlight of Brookdale intercultural workshop Asbury Park Press HAZLET — Listening to folk and love songs, along with being coaxed to dance, was all Renee Fallin needed to be inspired by an intercultural musical workshop featuring Pakistani musicians. Folk musician Arif Lohar, along with 10 members of his ensemble ... See all stories on this topic »

Grammy Museum show reflects LA music's darker side San Francisco Chronicle (03-31) 10:08 PDT LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- Think of the music that defines Los Angeles and often three words float to the surface: The Beach Boys. Which is why The Grammy Museum's new exhibition, "Trouble in Paradise: Music and Los Angeles 1945-1975," has ... See all stories on this topic »

Grand Rapids Symphony unleashes butterflies and rainbows in picturesque DeVos ... MLive.com On Friday, the orchestra played "The Butterfly Lovers," a musical setting of a Chinese folk tale about two young people whose love is thwarted. The boy dies of a broken heart, the girl commits suicide at his grave, and their souls ascend as butterflies ... See all stories on this topic » MLive.com

Brookline Library Music Association to celebrate 60 years with concert Wicked Local Folk singer Joan Baez in the library's Hunneman Hall following her BLMA concert in the early 1960s. By Ashley Studley/astudley@wickedlocal.com Sixty years of local talent, 60 years of free shows and 60 years of memories. It's been 60 years of music, ... See all stories on this topic »

Guitar Festival music honors tsunami victims Brownsville Herald Quantz is the festival's director and an associate professor of music at UTB-TSC. Performing "Shiki" is a moment to try and relate to what happened to the people of Japan, he said. "The folk music of any culture sort of reflects the spirit and some ... See all stories on this topic »

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Folk and Traditional Music BMus Honours : Course Overview ... Violinists, Folk and Traditional Music This degree explores folk music in its traditional and revived forms (with an emphasis on the music of Britain and Ireland). www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/w340/

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Rockport Music presents free folk music concert by Annalivia at ... Rockport Music will host a free community concert with the string folk band Annalivia, Wednesday, April 4, 7 p.m., at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main ... www.wickedlocal.com/.../Rockport-Music-presents-free-folk-...

Old Time Music News--3.31.12

Fiddlers convention off to a strong start Mount Airy News "The old-time musicians really set the tone for this event. Some people have complimented us and some have questioned us on why we decided to do an old-time only convention and that's because there are a whole lot of bluegrass festivals, ... See all stories on this topic »

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Berkeley Old Time Music Convention Subject: Sept, Berkeley Old Time Music Convention From: Suzy T. Date: 31 Mar 12 - 12:09 PM Save the date, it's gonna be another great festival! Berkeley Old ... www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=144141&messages...

Friends of Old Time Music Dance! - CVB Calendar Band - Mark Crabtree & Friends Caller- Dave ShombertMorgantown Friends of Old Time Music spring dance at Marilla Center from 7:30 to 10 pm with live music ... www.tourmorgantown.com/calendar/index.php?eID=6142

Any old-time players here? - TalkBass Forums just kind of curious is anyone is an old-time player (old-time being pre-1930s appalachian and southern music). i'm practicing with two other guys, a. www.talkbass.com/forum/.../any-old-time-players-here-86744...

Save the date for the Old-Time Music Festival! | Events | Auburn News Save the date for the Old-Time Music Festival! Seifert Featured at Old-Time Music Festival – Stephen Seifert of Nashville, Tennessee is a featured artist at the 4th ... auburn.wsfa.com/.../151985-save-date-old-time-music-festival

Americana Music News--3.31.12

Swedish duo First Aid Kit carry a torch for old Americana Boston Globe The Söderbergs are proof that provenance and age are merely details when it comes to making music these days. (Consider that some of Americana's biggest stars at the moment hail from England: Mumford & Sons.) "I think because we're Swedish we have a ... See all stories on this topic » Boston Globe

SXSW: More great bands you don't want to miss San Jose Mercury News (blog) You spend 14 hours a day mostly on your feet listening to music, and bad sound systems can often leave you reeling if you forget your earplugs. The Pines was an oasis of calm in that maelstrom. Playing all acoustic Americana that's most often dark, ... See all stories on this topic »

Music Review: Trevor Rabin - Jacaranda Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) ORG It's been said that writing about music is a bit like dancing about architecture. When you're talking about one of the most accomplished musicians and composers working today, this observation is something of an understatement. See all stories on this topic »

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Bluegrass Music News--3.31.12

Remembering Earl Scruggs Voice of America March 30, 2012 Remembering Earl Scruggs Katherine Cole Earl Scruggs, whose distinctive style of bluegrass banjo picking influenced countless players and helped to shape the sound of modern country music, died in a Nashville hospital Wednesday, ... See all stories on this topic »

Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at 88 World Socialist Web Site By Hiram Lee Legendary Bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs died March 28 at the age of 88. Scruggs was an iconic banjo player who developed the three-finger rolling technique that became the defining sound of Bluegrass music. The recordings Scruggs made ... See all stories on this topic » World Socialist Web Site

Reviews of bluegrass music releases NOLA.com The band quickly won the International Bluegrass Music Association's emerging artist of the year award in 2005 and then took entertainer of the year honors in both 2006 and 2007. Their version of Harley Allen's "Me and John and Paul," a song about two ... See all stories on this topic »

Bluegrass players remembers first picking session with Earl Scruggs Shelby Star Jenks said even people who are not bluegrass lovers are amazed by Earl Scruggs' ability to create music from the banjo. "He was very well known but he was very underappreciated at the mastery he had over the instrument and they way he brought the five ... See all stories on this topic »

Travelin' that last mile to St. Peter's gate Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) American music — not country music, not bluegrass music, but American music — lost a giant this week in the passing of banjo great Earl Scruggs. His style was as authentic as North Carolina moonshine, and it packed just as much wallop. See all stories on this topic »

Everything You Need to Know About Earl Scruggs TIME By Stephanie Abrahams | March 30, 2012 | + Earl Scruggs, the bluegrass great, died on Wednesday at the age of 88. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly recognizable and as intrinsically wrapped in the ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

Lake County Festival of Reading wraps up with writing workshops, bluegrass music Orlando Sentinel Brandies, who has written 11 bestselling gardening and landscaping books, shared her expertise on Florida gardening during the talk. Today's events include a Bluegrass Festival, where, left, performers strike up a tune during an earlier festival. See all stories on this topic »

Earl Scruggs and the RB-250 Mastertone: the best there was or ever will be Bluefield Daily Telegraph Flatt and Scruggs left Monroe's band to form their own group and it may have been the top bluegrass ensemble of all time. Musicians who had filled in for bands when someone was hurt or injured often said that replacing a member of the Flatt & Scruggs ... See all stories on this topic »

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Bluegrass Review March 31-April 6, 2012 (second hour)#1114 ... By admin The Gem of Bluegrass feature spotlights the blues form, a major input to bluegrass music. In the second part of the show, its evolutions and devolutions. It can be hard to argue one side or the other sometimes. But its fun to listen to bluegrass ... BluegrassReview.com

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Bluegrass musicians forever changed by Earl Scruggs | ksl.com Legendary bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs passed away of natural causes Wednesday, but his fans say his music and his impact will forever live on. www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=19785414

Roots Music News--3.31.12

Warped Tour Returns To Its Roots RollingStone.com I think we've entered a new time of music, it's closer to 1995 than ever. You leave your iPod on shuffle and you can go from Taylor Swift to Mumford & Sons to Kanye West to Falling In Reverse. Taking the festival back to its roots was important for ... See all stories on this topic » RollingStone.com

Rock & Roots music festival off to blazing start Yahoo! Singapore News (blog) So it was that Timbre Rock & Roots @ Marina Promenade got off to a blazing start on Friday evening with a series of incredible, high-energy sets that promises a whole lot more to come. With three of the four acts on the night being blues musicians, ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! Singapore News (blog)

Sponging up local musical talent TheDay.com By Rick Koster Anyone venturing into area music clubs recently can attest to the fact that it's been raining roots and Americana. More to the point, Parent, leader of the local alt-country band the Rivergods and co-founder of the ... See all stories on this topic »

The Symbologist: Roots of Sacred Geometry Wicked Local Music and art, science and math, all have patterns. There are patterns in the tiniest things and in the expanse of the universe. Patterns are combinations of repeated shapes. The most perfect shapes are those of the golden mean, or golden ratio — a ... See all stories on this topic »

SXSW 2012: A week spent lost in Austin (Part 5 of 5) Daily News Transcript ... fumbling in and out of bars as music blared. This week was a slow ramp up from Tuesday onward, as the parties and showcases got better and better. Saturday was supposed to be the pinnacle of that building momentum and with bands like The Roots, ... See all stories on this topic »

7Lions' 'Born 2 Run' video debuts ESPN And now, the band debuts the song's video here on ESPN Music. The song is also catching on at grass-roots levels, in marathons, workouts and road races, a testament to the theme of the song, according to Prophet (aka Mika Guillory), the group's rapper. See all stories on this topic »

Friday night lights up for Ottawa music fans Ottawa Citizen In an interview after their sound check, the three women who comprise the core of the band said they were "completely flabbergasted" to receive a second Juno nomination, after their surprise win for roots and traditional album of the year in 2010. See all stories on this topic »

Could this be our year for a couple of Junos? Winnipeg Free Press The last time a local artist accepted a glass Juno statuette was 2009 in Vancouver, when Chic Gamine won the Roots & Traditional: Group award and Doc Walker won Country Album of the Year. Additionally, expats James Ehnes and DJ Brace took home a ... See all stories on this topic »

Songwriter News--3.31.12

For indie performers, Singer-Songwriter of Cape May is musical reunion Philadelphia Inquirer By Matt Huston Philadelphian jazz-pop musician Avi Wisnia, 29, has attended every Singer Songwriter Cape May conference since it began five years ago: "It is something I make a point to schedule on my tour every year." CAPE MAY - For the music-minded ... See all stories on this topic »

Top Latin Songwriters Honored at 19th Annual BMI Latin Music Awards SunHerald.com LAS VEGAS -- Leading US music rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) honored the songwriters and publishers of Latin music's most-performed songs on US radio and television at the 19 th annual BMI Latin Music Awards tonight at the Encore Las ... See all stories on this topic » SunHerald.com

Singer/Songwriter Sara Bareilles presents check to prize-winning mom Tri City Voice Greeting her onstage were Grammy award nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, celebrity spokesperson for this national promotion and Dave MacDonald representing Stremicks Heritage Foods, who presented Nevels and the school with its $10000 check. See all stories on this topic »

Up-and-coming singer-songwriter tours Savannah the Inkwell She has coupled with another up-and-coming singer-songwriter, Mike Falzone who she discovered on the social media network YouTube. Tonjes was discovered and gained her popularity through YouTube as well. For the past five years, she has been posting ... See all stories on this topic »

Singer-Songwriter Shane Duncan Stopping By Vegas For ACM Weekend Music Indistry News Network LOS ANGELES (March 30, 2012) – As an established professional musician, country singer/songwriter Shane Duncan has a wealth of talent to offer. For those who've gotten wind of Duncan's talents, there is no question that this charming country crooner ... See all stories on this topic »

Get To Know Singer/Songwriter Charlie Dane Before She Gets Famous Crushable Because she's a young, female singer/songwriter, it's easy to compare Charlie Dane to Taylor Swift. But she's no T. Swift wannabe. Dane easily pulls off pop chords worthy of Lady Gaga, a rock vibe as cool as Joan Jett, and gives Jason Mraz a run for ... See all stories on this topic » Crushable

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