FolkBlog

Typically, this blog covers issues related to folk music, but I will ask your indulgence on a topic near to my heart - the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.  I have sung in the Columbus Symphony Chorus for over 15 years, and the fact that the lockout is over is both good news and bad news.
A little [...]

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Power was restored yesterday evening at Chez Woodsmeister.  The station playlist will be updated this evening.

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How come it takes a Scotsman to tell us what we ought to know already?

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My wife and I got back late Sunday from attending the Philadelphia Folk Festival, as well as spending some quality time with my wife’s aunt, who lives in Philly and attended with us on Saturday.  Among the highlights:

Attending a workshop session where Pete Kennedy and Jake Shimabukuro went at the ukelele.  I’ve heard Pete Kennedy many times, [...]

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I just found out that my friend from college, Chris Clapp, was the production designer for a movie, The Horseman.  The trailer is up now at http://www.horsemanthefilm.com and it looks like it could be cool - a very dark period piece.

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Two versions of the same song - first the writer:

Now a great cover by Nanci Griffith:

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Sometimes, the best resolution is no resolution.
After consulting with my ISP, fixing this one issue appears to break other things.  So, for now, and for the foreseeable future, the FolkBlog will be at http://www.onlinefolkfestival.com/blog and the feed will be at http://www.onlinefolkfestival.com/blog/feed.  The previous URLs will resolve to the Online Folk Festival home page, which will [...]

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Currently having DNS issues with folk-blog.com and folkblog.onlinefolkfestival.com.  Hope to have it resolved soon.

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I’ve moved the site from the Blogger.com platform to WordPress.  I think it looks better and has more functionality. 
The pictures that you see at the top of each page are some that I took at Franklin Park Conservatory, in Columbus, Ohio, during last year’s exhibition of their Dale Chihuly glass sculptures.

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The hard drive was unsaveable. I’m currently in the process of re-ripping my entire CD collection. It will take several months.
I’ve put a higher priority on re-ripping recent submissions, and am alternating recent submissions with back catalog. As I rip material, I am replacing tracks on the station, so the rate of [...]

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