FolkBlog

I was pleased to receive a very encouraging e-mail this week from Jim at Whole Wheat Radio. I’ve mentioned WWR on this blog before, but I’m sure not to the extent that it deserves.
Whole Wheat Radio is doing radio for adults right. They play a wide variety of singer/songwriters and folk artists, and they have [...]

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I am remiss that I have not blogged the Central Ohio Folk Festival before now. It will be May 6-8 at Battelle-Darby Creek Metropark, southwest of Columbus Ohio. Friday evening will include a buffet dinner and folk jams. Saturday’s schedule includes morning and afternoon workshops and showcases topped off with an evening [...]

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It’s copy protected so that I can’t rip it to mp3. I would love to play tracks from this CD, and it would be legal for me to do so; however, the people at Columbia Records have decided they would rather not allow me to do this. Sorry. If you have any [...]

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I saw Eddie From Ohio live last night at the Martin Janis Center on the Ohio State Fairgrounds as part of the Six String Concerts series. They were in fine form, as usual. I’ve not seen them in several years, so most of their newer material I’ve not heard live. They performed most of the [...]

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Singer/songwriter Greg Trooper will be on All Things Considered on National Public Radio talking about his new album today (April 22). It’s great to see him getting this kind of publicity. I’ll edit this post with a link to the audio tomorrow after it goes up on the NPR website.
Update (4/23) : Interview posted here.
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It has been way too long since I’ve blogged new adds to the Online Folk Festival, so I have quite a backlog, and I doubt I have enough time to give some of them the justice they deserve.
Judy Collins: Portrait of An American GirlJudy Collins still has it. If you’ve liked Judy Collins in the [...]

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From Christine Lavin, via the FOLKDJ-L
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:58:25 EDTFrom: Christine LavinSubject: update on Mary Travers:
Mary Travers’ bone marrow transplant is scheduled to happen in about a week. In her own words:
Dear Friends, I feel a bit like a ball player hanging on third, waiting for [...]

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Another installment of news you can use from the folk music world.

Profile of 86-year-old NC fiddler Joe Thompson
Profile of Dan Zanes’ trip from rocker to folkie
Profile of punk-folkers Flogging Molly
George Graham’s album reviews. He reviews a new album every week.
John Vandiver’s daughter re-issues father’s music

The FolkBlog is the opinion of the Online Folk Festival [...]

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All right, crimestoppers, it’s time to blog new adds again.
Over the Rhine: Drunkard’s PrayerMidway through their tour for Ohio, Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist of Over the Rhine came to the realization that their marriage was falling apart. They canceled their tour and then spent the next few months reinventing their relationship. The result is [...]

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