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Thank you to all of you who participated in the Internet Radio Day of Silence activities by contacting you representative. The fight is not over and there is a very real possibility that the Online Folk Festival will be off the air July 15 if a solution is not found. Live365’s bill for [...]

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The Online Folk Festival is participating in the Internet Radio Day of Silence today (6/26/07) . Regular programming will resume tomorrow.
Abominable royalty increases are scheduled to annihilate Internet radio on July 15 if not stopped. To find out how you can help, please go to http://www.live365.com/choice.
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Banjo Player Sought in Hootenanny Spree:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/banjo_player_sought_in_hootenanny
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New Adds, Online Folk Festival, June 17, 2007
Artist - Album
Stan Bozek - SoloPaul Brock and Enda Scahill - HumdingerGene Keller - Every Song the Mockingbird KnowsCharlotte Kendrick - North of New YorkMarie Knight - Let Us Get Together (A Tribute to Reverend Gary Campbell)The Tannahill Weavers - Live and In Session
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I was just listening to the station and Riders in the Sky’s version of “I Ride an Old Paint,” came on, with its line about being “Off to Montana to throw the Houlihan” and I started wondering what the Houlihan was.
So, with a little help from Google, I found this site: http://www.westernhorseman.com/stories/12272005/ran_20051227006.shtml
The Houlihan is a [...]

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I know it’s late, but here are the Top 40 for May 2007 for the Online Folk Festival:
Artist - Track - Album1. Julie Miller - Dancing Girl - Blue Pony 2. Donna Hughes - Sad Old Train - Gaining Wisdom3. Norman & Nacy Blake - Don’t [...]

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New Adds to the Online Folk Festival, June 7, 2007
Artist - Album
Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band - Live in DublinKris Drever - Black WaterLaura Love - NeGrassDonna Hughes - Gaining WisdomTruckstop Honeymoon - Delivery BoyTom Rowe and Dave Rowe - Rowe by Rowe
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For those of you interested in the Central Ohio folk scene, the new blog by John Locke, President of the Columbus Folk Music Society, has been added to my blogroll at left. Folkie Haven details concerts and jams and other events sponsored by the Society.
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