Old Time Music News--4.5.12

30th annual Florida Old Time Music Championship is April 6-7 in Dade City Tampabay.com In 1982 the first Florida Old Time Music Championship had its humble beginning at the Pioneer Florida Museum in Dade City. After 30 years, Strickland and Williams and others have kept at it, adding a few nuances along the way and for a time moving the ... See all stories on this topic » Tampabay.com

A Life Lived as the Other Seeger Wall Street Journal ... of bluegrass to broad audiences, and co-founder of the storied New Lost City Ramblers, the string band that, during the folk revival of the 1950s and '60s, invented the prebluegrass-oriented "Old Time Music" field that has flourished ever since. See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Rachel Bradshaw, 24-year-old daughter of Terry Bradshaw, inks record deal in ... Washington Post When Rachel Bradshaw was a little girl, her father, hall of fame quarterback and part-time singer Terry Bradshaw, would pull out a guitar and employ the four chords he knew to sing Patsy Cline's "Crazy" with his daughter. See all stories on this topic »

A hospice ministry in music Philadelphia Inquirer When nothing else could help, love lifted me." "Very good," she said. In no time, he was starting "The Old Rugged Cross," and she was singing along. Music is, of course, central to many ministries, and hospice chaplains often sing to patients. See all stories on this topic »

"American Idol": Top 8 perform songs from the '80s CBS News Phillip Phillips has generally been brave enough to put new twists on old, even obscure songs. Here, he took Genesis' "That's All." He struggled with it during rehearsal. Wearing a fetchingly thrown-together ensemble of brown T-shirt and open gray ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Val Mindel and Gene Yellin Host Folk Music Workshop, 4/29 Broadway World This "voices-on" workshop is designed for singers eager to improve their harmony skills and for musicians looking to get more deeply into singing early American country/old-time/bluegrass music. It will concentrate on chord-based, close vocal harmony. See all stories on this topic »

The English Beat: Still preaching ska's gospel Chicago Tribune By the time Dave Wakeling wrote one of his first songs, "Save It for Later," at age 17, he was already a veteran student of Jamaican culture. "It was one of the strands of music of my adolescence — and chasing skinhead girls," recalls the 56-year-old ... See all stories on this topic »

Union Grove Fiddlers Convention is back after 30 years Salisbury Post UNION GROVE — After a 30-year hiatus, The Union Grove Old Time Fiddlers' Convention returns this weekend to the VanHoy Farms Family Campground in Harmony with two days of music on two stages. The event began in 1924 and became the largest gathering of ... See all stories on this topic »

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mudcat.org: Sept, Berkeley Old Time Music Convention Subject: RE: Sept, Berkeley Old Time Music Convention From: Desert Dancer Date: 01 Apr 12 - 02:58 PM Sure would love to get up there one year, but my ... www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=144141&desc=yes

Top Tickets: Pop, old-time, performance art and rap - Roanoke.com Since then, the act has become a favorite for fans of punk- and rock-infused old- time music. Hear Chamomile and Whiskey perform via youtu.be/dkj6AlKEAII. www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/307032

Real old-time country music Two sets of old time country/bluegrass began at 7 p.m., with amazing acoustics and a high quality sound system. I'd estimate the number of really comfortable ... point.scenenewspaper.com/.../980-real-old-time-country-musi...