Folk Music News--4.11.12

Bonding over folk music Hindustan Times If you want to explore your roots through music, then you can join a Facebook group called Food, Friends and Folk Music, which is all about bonding with friends over good food and folk music. months ago, the group, with 438 members, organises folk acts ... See all stories on this topic » Hindustan Times

Symmetric system: The avant chamber-folk stylings of Cuddle Magic The-Burg "Some of us went to NEC to study jazz, and some studied improvising in general, and some of us have a background in old-time and folk music. All of that influences us." There are avant and even vaguely experimental moments on "Info Nympho" — the ... See all stories on this topic »

Finding a new audience for folk This is Bristol A BRISTOL organisation has been named as a regional partner for a national initiative to introduce a new audience to folk music, song and dance. The Bristol Music Trust, which runs the Colston Hall, will take part in The Full English project, ... See all stories on this topic »

Lee To Host Chinese Virtuoso Players The Chattanoogan The Virtuoso Players of Chinese Folk Music will perform Tuesday, April 17, in Squires Recital Hall in the Humanities Building at Lee University. The concert will begin at 7:30 pm This group is established with master performers from the Department of ... See all stories on this topic »

ALT Q music fest May 19 Windy City Times Scott Free's Alt Q Fest marks its 12th year Sat., May 19, 7 pm at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. The show will feature Daphne Willis, JC Brooks, Alix Dobkin, Niojj, E. Nina Jay, Band Practice, and MCs Aerin Tedesco and Marvin ... See all stories on this topic » Windy City Times

Folk icon John McCutcheon performs in Brattleboro on April 15 Commons "The town was quite a center for folk music." As Alan Lewis puts it, "The Chelsea House, with its concerts, contra dances, song swaps, workshops, and more, certainly made an effort to offer diversified activities to the people of Southern Vermont, ... See all stories on this topic »

Holocaust Violins Live To Play Another Song Huffington Post Several violins are believed to have belonged to some of the thousands of klezmer musicians who played traditional Jewish folk music across Eastern Europe. These violins are inscribed with the Star of David. Today, klezmer music remains popular in ... See all stories on this topic »

Music Review: M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) There are cover songs, there are songs with Ward's trademark country-folk style, there are more poppy tracks to tap a toe to, and there are ballads reminiscent of the standards. Ward's songwriting process has been referred to as a kind of history ... See all stories on this topic »

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Top Five in Folk Music « alchemyofscrawl There is a resurgence of interest in the world of folk music. There is an ever- growing number of age groups exploring alternatives to the same old songs on the ... alchemyofscrawl.wordpress.com/2012/.../top-five-in-folk-mus...