Folk Music News--4.19.12

The Byrds' Roger McGuinn Works To Preserve Folk Music NPR Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn, best known as leader of The Byrds, is a folk-rock pioneer. The Byrds blended traditional folk songs with a rock beat and scored major hits in the 1960s, including "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "Mr. Tambourine Man. See all stories on this topic »

Vermont Folk Songs, Plugged In Harvard Magazine The Green Mountain State does not leap to mind when the subject of indigenous American music comes up. Yet Vermont has bred American folk music, and your name in secret I would write (http://yournameinsecretiwouldwrite.blogspot.com), ... See all stories on this topic »

Daisy Nell & Capt. Stan and the Crabgrass Band at Essex's One World Taunton Daily Gazette By Anonymous Local folk musicians Daisy Nell & Capt. Stan and the Crabgrass band and special guest Scott Alarik will entertain at One World Coffee House, 59 Main St., on Saturday, April 21, 8 pm A familiar voice on the North Shore music scene, ... See all stories on this topic »

Folk music, in its purest form Hindustan Times Actor Vivek Oberoi with Rajasthani Singer Rajnigandha Kumari Shekhawat during the launch of the music album of Banna Re. She is known for fusion of folk with world influences in terms of sound and feel, and singer Rajnigandha Shekhawat is back with a ... See all stories on this topic » Hindustan Times

Broad range of folk music This is Somerset He will be performing at Priddy Village Hall on Saturday evening as part of a series of concerts organised by the people behind Priddy Folk Festival. Ewan's music combines folk song from around Britain and further afield, but with an inevitable ... See all stories on this topic »

Dan Hicks tells new 'Tangled Tales' Oak Ridger He played drums with the Dixieland Dudes in junior high school, later switched to guitar and folk music in the duo Dick & Dan, played drums and electric guitar in the early psychedelic band the Charlatans, then switched to a combination ... See all stories on this topic »

Readers attracted to book fair through folk music Pakistan Daily Times That is why Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) arranged a folk music performance at the five-day National Book Fair to attract more readers. The artistes who performed at the event were Irfanullah Sagir from Multan, Ghulam Shabbir from Chiniot, ... See all stories on this topic »

Unique opportunity to buy books, enjoy folk music Pakistan Observer Islamabad—A large number of writers, students and general readers at 'National Book Fair' on Wednesday availed the opportunity of buying books on concessional rates as well as enjoyed the folk music performance. The 'Folk Musical Event' was arranged ... See all stories on this topic »

Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer of the Band, Dies at 71 RollingStone.com Thank you fans and music lovers who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration...he has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the back beat, and make the people dance! He did it every time he took the ... See all stories on this topic » RollingStone.com

Talkin' Semantic Rhetorical Terminological Blues The roots of bluegrass Weekly Alibi By Steven Robert Allen "I hate folk music," she said. "Peter, Paul and Mary make me want to vomit." Quite a bold statement, on her part, and I have to admit it flustered me. Yes, I too have occasionally felt like vomiting when Peter, Paul and Mary ... See all stories on this topic » Weekly Alibi

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Roger McGuinn, Frontman of The Byrds, Curates Folk Den, Lets You ... By Mike Springer Although his own influences range from Ravi Shankar to John Coltrane, McGuinn's roots are in folk music. The Byrds were among the first to fuse folk with rock and roll. "I've always considered myself a folksinger," McGuinn told Neal Conan ... Open Culture

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The Byrds' Roger McGuinn Works To Preserve Folk Music : NPR Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn, best known as leader of The Byrds, is a folk-rock pioneer. Since the group disbanded, McGuinn has pursued a solo career, and ... www.npr.org/.../the-byrds-roger-mcguinn-works-to-preserve-f...

mudcat.org: Lithuania folk music? Has anyone found any venues in Palanga or Kaunus that have song, dance and music? We'll re-visit the lovely ladies in the Folk Museum in Kaunus, offering a ... www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=144442&messages...

Blic Online | Marina Seizovic: Viewers demand pop folk music Marina Seizovic Viewers demand pop folk music B92 television station which once relied heavily on current affairs programmes has been changing its content ... english.blic.rs/.../Marina-Seizovic-Viewers-demand-pop-folk-...