NEFolknRoots ~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastFolknRoots/ ~ is a news and discussion group celebrating and supporting traditional folk, folk revival, folk rock, roots, blues and bluegrass music and dance in the northeast US and from beyond that affects our community.

Any copyrighted material is included as "fair use", for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis only, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner.

The CALENDAR is a resource for recurring folk events such as radio shows, open mics, jams and dances.

The DATABASE and FILES areas contain scores of community-based non-commercial radio and internet station other resources.

LINKS contains summaries and URL's of folk-related resources.

RULES
* This is a FOLK group. �Radio-friendly�/self-centered/breathy/pop-driven /formulaic music? No! Nay! Never!
"The whole singer-songwriter thing has blurred the lines...A person standing there with a guitar is not necessarily playing folk music, but they are presented as a folk musician..." ~ Geoff Muldaur
* No content shall discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, age or s3x or orientation.
* No solicitation, trolling or phishing.

POSTING
* Message and calendar listings must include the artist's name and event venue, city and date.
* Add events well in advance; if made >2 months before the date, a reminder can be made one month prior. A companion calendar entry (restating basic information, including the URL of the original post and ONE reminder set for two days) is allowed.
* Posting = ownership. First party submissions are preferred. The poster is responsible for communicating changes to members. * House concerts must be posted by the presenter or by permission.
* For continuity, use "reply" to append follow-on thoughts to upstream posts; trim excess text.

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