United Breaks Guitars: Dave Carroll Defeats United with YouTube

United has finally apologized to Dave Carroll for breaking his guitar. AMeanwhile United breaks Guitars has surpassed 3 million views in just ten days. The American airline industry took notice, however, and has...

Tribute to Pete Seeger on his 90th Birthday

Camp the late 50’s early 60’s. The camp counselors, most of them were musicians that played guitars, banjo, drums, piano, flute (I was so blessed to be sent to this camp) and sung folk songs...

Bulgarian Concert at the Ebel Theatre

Sabrina Parisi and Donna Spangler arrived at the Wilshire Ebel Theater to watch the concert of the famous Bulgarian group of performers; Theodosii Spassov, famous singer Tatiana Sarbinska and special guest Miroslav Tadic. The concert hall was full and the people enjoyed...

Mercedes Sosa Famed Argentine Singer Hospitalized with Pneumonia

Mercedes Sosa, the famed Argentine folk singer who has recorded more than 70 albums in her long career, has been hospitalized with pneumonia in Buenos Aires. Sosa, who is now 73, was forced to cancel the recording of...

Billy Bragg pins market crisis on Thatcher's 80s attack on miners

Billy Bragg opines in the Guardian that Maggie Thatcher's attack on the miners set in motion the calamity that has beset global financial markets today. It's worth a read -- and includes a fascinating BBC video...

Morris: A Life With Bells

Morris dancing is as English as English can be and the English laugh at it and those that perform these ancient folk dances but now it could be become a worldwide success as a mockumentary film 'Morris: A life With...

Folk music in Hampshire - Gosport & Fareham Festival

There's a great festival coming up at Easter from 9th - 12th April 2009.  I spent an enjoyable few days at last year's event, writing the following illustrated review for the Living Tradition Magazine. A...

Queen's Medal awarded to pipes player

Kathryn Tickell plays the Northumbrian pipes. It's a brave teenager who after picking the pipes up at age nine doesn't move on to pop and rock but dedicates herself to traditional folk music but that's what...

First Native American Roundtable Sept. 13: Respect for the Earth, Native Amer...

The new North American Theology: Pastors call for progressive change in environmental and cultural thinking or risk a decline in the health of societyTurtle Island Project: First Native American Roundtable and...

Christy Moore - Viva La Quince Brigada

"Christy Moore wrote the song about the Irish who went to Spain with the International Brigades to fight against Franco and the fascists during the Spanish Civil War.It has been sung by many singers and groups since.The tune dates back to the Napoleonic Wars."

Seperated at Birth

"Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys and Roy Forbes (aka Bim) They are both folksingers"

UK Green Man festival

"If you go down to the woods today. The witching hour, and, as The Incredible String Band close their main-stage set, in the car park a skiffle band strikes up a rousing version of I Will Survive, watched by a...

All Top Music

Welcome to the Music Department ! Spring/Summer 2006 Faculty News . Longtime arts patron Betty Freeman was honored with concerts performed by SONOR, the Department of Music

Its Raining Folkies

"Yep if its raining it must be time for the North Country Fair folk festival up in Northern Alberta. "

Ho Hum Folk Festival

"The problem with Terry Wickham is that he takes his audience for granted. The Edmonton Folk Festival is no longer exciting, nor experimental, in fact it is downright pedestrian"

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