Folk Music News--4.6.12

How the UK Folk Music Scene Is Quietly Making Ends Meet Billboard.biz By Hazel Davis, Manchester Bellowhead, one of the UK's more successful folk groups which sold 60000 copies of their 2012 album "Hedonism." This year's UK BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards showed one thing about the UK's folk music scene: With increased coverage ... See all stories on this topic » Billboard.biz

Randy Newman among Calgary Folk Music Festival headliners revealed Calgary Herald The Calgary Folk Music Festival's mainstage just got a little more crowded with some big names being revealed. Headliners for the annual event which takes place July 26-29 at Prince's Island Park include: Contemporary American songwriter Randy Newman; ... See all stories on this topic »

New Multitudes On World Cafe NPR Guthrie's music inspired musicians from Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen, and his career as a Dust Bowl troubadour became representative of more than just American folk music. He wrote music that represented the American experience. See all stories on this topic »

A lovely way to go: Folk duo make Bainbridge stop in first trip to West Coast Bainbridge Island Review Alex Sia and Amy Andrews — The Lovely Drifters — will bring their blues-and-folk inspired acoustic music to Bainbridge Island for a show on Friday at Pegasus Coffee House. By BRIAN KELLY Sometimes, a person's first love isn't their last. See all stories on this topic »

Country and Eastern music China Daily By Mu Qian (China Daily) A series of Dong ethnic group folk music concerts has attracted considerable attention in Beijing. It is not the first time that such music has been heard here, but it is rare to see a group of grassroots musicians from the ... See all stories on this topic » China Daily

Alberta Ballet partners with kd lang for new work Windsor Star By Bob Clark April 5, 2012 Alberta's own kd lang, seen here at last summer's Calgary Folk Music Festival, is partnering with Alberta Ballet for a new production, Balletlujah! Alberta Ballet's Jean Grand-Maitre wants a huge splash to celebrate his 10th ... See all stories on this topic »

Barney McKenna The Guardian In the process, McKenna redefined the role of the banjo in Irish traditional music. His distinctive playing can be heard on the Dubliners' two UK hit singles in 1967, Seven Drunken Nights and Black Velvet Band, as well as on group favourites such as ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

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mudcat.org: Folk music resource culturalequity.org Subject: Folk music resource culturalequity.org. From: GUEST Date: 06 Apr 12 - 01:30 PM I was watching the 2012.03.08 The Colbert Report on the Canuck Comedy Channel website just now. The guests were three big names in music and ... www.mudcat.org RSS Feed of Topics