I keep getting notices in my inbox of upcoming releases. Here are some of the notable ones:
Jeffrey Foucault has recorded a new album, scheduled for a March release
Redbird (Foucault, Kris Delmhorst, Peter Mulvey and David Goodrich) has a live album with a street date of January 25, but now available to order early at Foucault’s website.
Paul Simon has a new album coming out this spring.
One of my favorite new artists discovered in the last year, David Wax Museum, has a new CD coming out February 3.
The For Folk’s Sake blog, which covers the UK folk scene, has had some UK folkies contribute tracks for a charity Christmas sampler, available on a pay as you can basis (1 £ minimum). Money raised goes to the Integrated Cancer Centre at King’s College London.
New Orleans singer-songwriter/cajun fiddler Gina Forsyth recently had emergency surgery and an extended hospital stay. We want to notify the folk music community and those DJs who have played her music of her situation. Waterbug Records is selling her “You Are Here” CD as a fundraiser for her living expenses while she recovers – all proceeds from $20 sale go to Gina, through 2010.
Gina’s “You Are Here” CD can be purchased through Waterbug Records at www.waterbug.com.
For mailing donations:
Gina Forsyth
Box 4414
New Orleans, LA 70178
From an email I received from The Alternate Root Magazine:
Its that time again for The Alternate Root Magazine Holiday Sampler, please submit your own holiday songs to us by Monday Nov 22. We will put up a player and voting to let our readers pick the Top 25 tracks. This was very popular last year so do it quickly. Email MP3s with Your Name and Song Title to: altrootholidaysampler@gmail.com
Last year we had over 10,000 downloads on this sampler.
As someone who would make a mixtape at the drop of a hat and obsess over it, I appreciate the following song and video from the new Tift Merritt CD. Here’s one for all the mixtapers and all the hours spent agonizing over getting it just right.
