Folk Music News--4.4.12

'Soul to Soul' Celebrates Intersection of African-American and Yiddish Folk ... Patch.com The concert – conceived by Zalmen Mlotek, the internationally recognized authority on Yiddish folk and theatre music – will take place at the 2000-seat Colden Auditorium in Queens College at 7 pm and is free! "Presenting this material from the ... See all stories on this topic »

Cambridge festival looks for new folk music audience Cambridge News Cambridge Folk Festival has been named as a regional partner for a national programme to introduce a new audience to folk music, song and dance. The festival, which is run by Cambridge City Council, will take part in The Full English project led by the ... See all stories on this topic » Cambridge News

English Folk Dance and Song Society to Create the World's Biggest Online ... World Music Central The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) has procured £585400 in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to archive, conserve and digitize materials from six archives containing some of the country's most important folk music collections. See all stories on this topic »

Folk star Cara Dillon on letting the magic happen WalesOnline by David Owens, South Wales Echo Cara Dillon is one of the most renowned voices in folk music. As she gears up for a concert in South Wales this week, Dave Owens spoke to the captivating singer about children, motherhood and music THE noise of children ... See all stories on this topic »

The broad folk resonance of Kairaba The Independent Weekly Pretty soon, it took off like a teenager on growth hormones, honing in on a sound that fuses traditional Manding and Wolof griot songs with North American influences and personal styles. The members agree that an extraordinary if unlikely sense of ... See all stories on this topic » The Independent Weekly

Oak Hill music jam scheduled Hannibal.net By Anonymous The next Oak Hill School music jam will be Saturday, April 28, at the school house. Music begins at 6:30 pm Featured music will be country, gospel, western, folk music and more. The school is air conditioned and heated. See all stories on this topic »

Wife pays her tribute to fan of folk music Jim Whitby Today Mrs Wilkinson said: "It was then he met my brother and they both had a great love of music and song. "We used to go to the folk club in the Plough Inn in Whitby and later Jim ran it for some years. "Our whole family have got involved in running folk ... See all stories on this topic » Whitby Today

Judy Collins on her new memior 'Sweet Judy Blue Eyes' Naples Daily News At a folk-music club one night in 1968, Janis Joplin leaned across the table and said, "You know, one of us is going to make it. And it's not going to be me." "Janis' words have haunted me for more than four decades," writes Judy Collins in "Sweet Judy ... See all stories on this topic »

Blogs

Urban Sketchers: Carolan Folk Musicians at the Pub By Lynne the Pencil I've not been SketchJamming for a while so, when I heard about an evening of Carolan music at the White Lion pub just down the road, a few of us decided to head over there. For those who've not come across a SketchJam before, it's a term ... Urban Sketchers

mudcat.org: EFDSS Receives big Lottery Grant The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) has secured a grant of £585400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to archive, conserve and digitise materials from six archives containing some of the country's most important folk music ... www.mudcat.org RSS Feed of Topics

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The pied pipers of folk music | Paul Jacob | | The New Indian Express The Indian music industry is film driven; and lost in the din of what we call hep and happening numbers, is a genre of music that is very much our own — folk ... expressbuzz.com/magazine/the-pied-pipers-of.../377453.html