Old Time Music News--4.22.12

Georgia Opry to offer old-time classic fun, music in Senoia Newnan Times-Herald He often presents songs made famous by such country music legends as Buck Owens, George Strait, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. "He sings it all," Wanda Sunderland said. The Senoia Opry is being put together by Bobby Sunderland, a retired Baptist ... See all stories on this topic » Newnan Times-Herald

The Dodge Brothers do Beggars of Life Examiner.com The UK-based group plays an exuberant hybrid of old-time American music - country blues, jug band, rock-a-billy and swing. And they do so accompanying silent films, notably the 1928 Louise Brooks vehicle, Beggars of Life. The Dodge Brothers play what ... See all stories on this topic »

National Record Store Day attracts Cleveland-area buyers looking for old ... Plain Dealer By Plain Dealer staff View full sizePeggy Turbett, Plain Dealer file photoSaturday was a day for old-school lovers of music nationwide, including at Blue Arrow Records on Waterloo Road in Cleveland, which has a large selection of vinyl records. See all stories on this topic » Plain Dealer

Old Time Fiddle Contest Attracts New Blood Opinion250 News (blog) They opened the concert, they played various styles of music and it was very well done." It was Hunter Pearen's second time participating in the competition. The eight-year-old from Quesnel has only been playing fiddle for a year and a half. See all stories on this topic » Opinion250 News (blog)

Diehard Coachella Fans Double Down on This Year's Fest RollingStone.com Fans dance to Girl Talk at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California. By Steve Appleford For a certain breed of diehard Coachella fan, once is just not enough. And since 2012 is the first year that the epic desert music and arts ... See all stories on this topic » RollingStone.com

'Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away' at La MaMa New York Times One year after a minstrel show was staged on Broadway in "The Scottsboro Boys," the British music hall returns in "One Man, Two Guvnors." And now here comes old-time vaudeville in "Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away. See all stories on this topic »

Ragtime, Raiders, Filthy Theater and Muppet music A.V. Club DC "I don't know why people like rock 'n' roll or rap music," said Adam Swanson, 17-year-old prodigy and veritable Pete Campbell of ragtime. He's one of six subjects the film follows through the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest. See all stories on this topic » A.V. Club DC

Moody Blues trips back in time Buffalo News The story goes that they saw an old 45 pressing of "Days" while reviewing promotional material for this tour and made the connection to the 45th anniversary of their breakout album's release. It was a good peg for the tour with no new material to speak ... See all stories on this topic » Buffalo News

Musicians evoke the spirit of classical Bohemia Worcester Telegram Flutist Suzanne Stumpf and violinist Sarah Darling, members of the Musicians of the Old Post Road, perform Adalbert Gyrowetz's Quartet in D Major at the Worcester Historical Museum. (T&G Staff/STEVE LANAVA) By Joyce Tamer Telegram & Gazette REVIEWER ... See all stories on this topic »

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The Biscuit Eaters (the Beloit College Old-Time Music Ensemble ... Founded in the fall of 2011 by Denise Gill-Gürtan (a teaching fellow in ethnomusicology ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKHMACmuFLM