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I just saw an e-mail on the FOLK-DJ list announcing that folk singer/songwriter Utah Phillips has died.  Phillips has been ill for quite some time.  As I get more information, I’ll post it here.
Utah Phillips Official Website

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I got the following news passed to me in an e-mail and am passing it along. My uncle is one of the biggest Poco fans on the planet.
PUTTING HEADS TOGETHER–eBay AUCTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF GEORGE GRANTHAM
George Grantham is known for his hits “Crazy Love,” “Heart of the Night” and so many [...]

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One of the most respected folk DJs in North America has lost her job due to a station format change. Mary Cliff, host of “Traditions” on WETA in Washington, DC, has been downsized due to the station going all-classical. As the local airwaves continue to get less diverse, it is even more sad when one [...]

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Since it seems that everyone else does it, I do it too. The following are the albums that I just keep coming back to this year for my own personal listening enjoyment.
Here they are - the Top 10 albums of 2006 according to the woodsmeister:

Bruce Springsteen - The Seeger Sessions: Easily the most important folk [...]

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This list of weblogs was posted by Back Porch News - you might them interesting:
http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2006/10/big-list-of-folk-music-weblogs/
The FolkBlog is the opinion of the Online Folk Festival - http://www.onlinefolkfestival.com

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Steve Blackwell, folkie from the Punta Gorda, Florida area, has died of cancer. You can find an obituary here.
Steve sent me an album of his family’s folk band a couple years ago and it’s very good. My parents live in that part of Florida, and I had hoped to see him perform some [...]

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Since Google has deemed fit to anoint this blog one of the leading sources on Mary Travers, let me offer this bit of news. Mary recently met the woman whose bone marrow allowed her to recover from leukemia and the story is here.
The FolkBlog is the opinion of the Online Folk Festival - http://www.onlinefolkfestival.com

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Once again we have a tie at the #40 spot in this month’s Top 40 of the last month, as rated by the feedback of listeners to the Online Folk Festival. Tracks from brand new releases are in red text.
Artist - “Track” - Album1. Claudia Russell - “He Ain’t Comin’ Back” - Ready [...]

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