Folk Music News--4.5.12

`Banjo' Barney McKenna, last original member of Irish folk band The Dubliners ... Minneapolis Star Tribune McKenna was considered the most influential banjo player in Irish folk music. He spent a half-century performing, recording and touring with the band ever since its 1962 creation in the Dublin pub O'Donoghue's. The other three founders — Ronnie Drew, ... See all stories on this topic »

Get Out Weekend Planner: Spa Night, Folk Music and Egg Hunts Patch.com Why go: he Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum kicks off its First Friday! season with the opening of its new exhibit, Dibbles to Daisy Grubbers: The Art of the Garden Tool, and the contemporary folk sound of Nat Osborn and his band Hawthorne. See all stories on this topic »

Old folk sounds through the voice of a newcomer Staunton News Leader Mockingbird Music Hall will play host to one of the more interesting of the new wave of women in folk music as Anais Mitchell graces the stage on April 13. Mitchell was the winner of the 2003 New Folk award at the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival, ... See all stories on this topic »

First lady of folk music heads for Swindon Swindon Advertiser Giles is a multi-instrumentalist and singer from a classical music background. Along with her clogs Hannah will be packing her accordion and also singing with Maddy on Wednesday, April 11, at the Arts Centre in Devizes Road, Old Town. See all stories on this topic »

President Michael D Higgins leads tributes to folk musician Barney McKenna Irish Independent He was the last remaining member of the original line-up of The Dubliners, celebrated worldwide for their revival of Irish folk songs, their raucous sound and their hell-raising. President Higgins, a friend of McKenna, said he had made a major ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Independent

This week's music guide (4/04) Wicked Local April 7: The Rip It Ups, 10 pm Woods Hole Folk Music Society Community Hall, 68 Water St., Woods Hole, $15, discounts for members, seniors and youth, 508-540-0320. Doors open 7 pm, performance at 7:30 pm April 15: Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, ... See all stories on this topic »

Peggy Seeger, Guster, Nero and more in town this week Milwaukee Journal Sentinel For more than 50 years, Peggy Seeger has interpreted and recorded some of America's greatest traditional folk songs. The half sister of Pete Seeger, she learned the piano, guitar, banjo, autoharp, dulcimer and concertina at a young age and used them to ... See all stories on this topic »

Portlanders Jenn Rawling and Basho Parks 'Take The Air' together Oregon Music News by Jessica Black on April 4, 2012 Traditional folk music has a classic quality about it. There is an instant charm and warmth that surrounds the songs, even for listeners who wouldn't normally give "country" or "folk" the time of day. See all stories on this topic » Oregon Music News

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Should there be a folk music category? - Yahoo! Answers Yes, there should be one. Folk is a genre that doesn't get much recognition on Yahoo Answers unfortunately. It should definitely have it's own category. answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid...

The Broadside » Teaching DH: Digitizing Folk Music History 2.0 ... It's time for the second go at my upper-level undergraduate research seminar, Digitizing Folk Music History: The Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project. At the end ... thebroadside.org/.../teaching-dh-digitizing-folk-music-history-...