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Saturday, March 31, 2012

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 Her 1955 trip to communist China resulted in her passport being withdrawn by the United States State Department.
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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/
Folk Music >> WKSU
Classical Music Playlists · WKSU 3 Classical ... Folk Music Calendar · Quicklinks ... Join WKSU's David Roden for the best in classical music. 5:00. Nightaire℠ ...
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"Does anybody have an opinion on folk music?" - Find the answer to this question and millions more on Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers.
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Nepali Folk Music
My Elder Brother (one with long hair) dancing on relatives wedding.
nayatube.com/videos/6578/nepali-folk-music
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-...

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