Tag: folk music
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December 11, 2007 03:13 PM EST --
i was reading jennifer hodge's article today, about remembering 60's music, for the BOOM! group.
even though i was born on the tail end of the 1960s (1969), my parents made sure that . . . more
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May 24, 2007 05:05 PM EDT --
Hi All,
Thank you to everyone who has commented and connected with me already. I hope to answer all of your questions tonight.
To ask a question all you need to do is type your question in . . . more
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January 21, 2008 03:03 AM EST --
John Stewart died on Saturday from a possible stroke. He was a folksinger and songwriter. He was a member of the Kingston Trio. He wrote the hit " Daydreamer Believer" for the Monkeys. He had . . . more
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March 12, 2007 01:43 PM EDT --
Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for all your kind words and support. I only have a half an hour but I'm going to try and answer as many questions as possible during my time on Gather this evening. . . . more
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October 31, 2007 08:39 PM EDT --
The Bowed Psaltery
The first time I ever heard one played, it nearly made me cry. Not just because of the song that was being played, but because of the sheer . . . more
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December 04, 2007 01:15 AM EST --
You know the rules: One band per post please!
Country / Folk Bands.... ready... go!
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June 04, 2008 10:44 AM EDT --
David Bromberg's live show remains as unique as ever. Concerts by David and his band are extraordinary events, and performances follow no set pattern of selection. Give and take between performer is . . . more
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March 12, 2008 04:53 PM EDT --
My name is Brian Bergeron. I am a Boston-based acoustic singer-songwriter and I'm competing in Gather.com's First Tracks Competition for a record deal with Decca Label Group. As part of . . . more
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March 05, 2008 05:22 PM EST --
well, i suppose since i entered the contest, i have to bug people about going and voting.
the link to my song, tiltawhirl is http://www.gather.com/viewVideo.jsp?id=11821949021858558
the . . . more
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July 09, 2008 03:29 PM EDT --
After much dancing and playing
trading tunes and partners and gossip
there comes that special time of night
when time loses its grip
and the air cracks apart
and its time to get out the . . . more
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January 07, 2007 04:03 PM EST --
As with just about every person my age, I missed out on the Golden Age of Folk Music here in the Twin Cities. Back in the early 1960's when a scraggly-haired University of Minnesota student, . . . more
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January 24, 2007 06:25 PM EST --
This comes to you courtesy of Nippy Katz, who sent me the link to this recording of a radio show from 1940 featuring folk music icons Woodrow Wilson Guthrie and Huddie Ledbetter aka LEADBELLY (whose . . . more
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October 17, 2007 04:33 AM EDT --
Dvorak, who never left is homelands, even though most of his professional time was spent in America, captured much of the Bohemian folk music in his compositions. He had transferred many of the folk music . . . more
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December 04, 2007 04:24 AM EST --
After much dancing and playing
trading tunes and partners and gossip
there comes that special time of night
when time loses its grip
and the air cracks apart
and its time to get out the pink . . . more
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August 07, 2006 09:44 PM EDT --
It's difficult to talk about folk music without sounding condescending. Even in praising it one can only talk of history and idealized times; bygone eras and, "the old . . . more
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September 24, 2006 08:02 PM EDT --
Being a Lake Woebegone Chit Chat, aka "Chatterbox" refugee, this is probably more of a thread start than an article, but here goes.
As I bustled about doing Saturday chores while listening . . . more
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June 27, 2007 09:13 AM EDT --
BOSTON. For Sharon Elliot, the "Eureka" moment of her life came a few years ago at the National Association for Campus Activities convention, a showcase for entertainers seeking bookings . . . more
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May 16, 2006 04:55 PM EDT --
If you're like me, you've been a Prairie Home Companion (PHC) listener in good stead for almost 25 year. Now there's a movie based on Keillor's book about the behind-the- scenes and onstage . . . more
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March 06, 2007 10:29 AM EST --
To participate in the 7:30pm live chat with Hayley Westenra please click on the link below:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976929700
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June 30, 2008 03:57 AM EDT --
I'm going to be spending a LOT of time at Fort Worden here in my town of Port Townsend, Washington this week. I'll be attending "Fiddle Tunes"--the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, . . . more
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