Phil Cunningham has been named the head of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He replaced Brian McNeil (formerly of the Battlefield Band.) Maybe...
I just stumbled across this while looking for JazzFest info. http://www.vh1.com/music/radio/stations/jazz_fest/station.jhtml From what I can tell, the station...
Last night at the Richard Thompson (1000 Years....) show in Boston, we had a mini-reunion of some members from the Festival Tours Cropredy 2007 trip. John...
All, I posted photos of the Festival Tours 2008 Boston mini-reunion with surprise special guest Judith Owen at the Flickr page. It was great for us to see...
Last Sunday Phil and Aly played a concert called the Transatlantic Sessions. They were accompanied by Jerry Douglas, Alison Brown, Joan Osborne, Russ...
... I think this is Casey Driessen, a very creative young fiddler (and one of those artists whose appeal seem to be bridging Celtic folk and indie folk): ...
Pam, You are correct. Jerry Douglas introduced Casey and said he tended to go over the edge in his playing. He told Casey he could go to the edge, look over,...
It was Ian A. Andersen of Folk Roots (now fRoots) magazine and BBC Radio although I did see one of the flute players from the group Flook do a great imitation...
Hey Walter, Ian Anderson of Froots is an Englishman. Iain Anderson of BBC Radio Scotland is Scottish. Almost the same name but very different people. Sorry ...
Club Passim in Cambridge, MA has announced a special fundraising concert with Richard on Sunday, April 13 at 8PM. Tickets are $125, or $200 including...
Hiya all, I had the opportunity of seeing Black Watch last fall, and it was simply amazing. I know one or two other people had the chance, but it was a very ...
Luke, I agree, I thought this was a wonderful, thoroughly satisfying piece of theater and urge any of you within spitting distance to get in to New York for...
The NY Times asked the question "WHO IS THE GREATEST GUITARIST OF ALL TIMES?" It is a silly question because there is no distinction between classical,...
Louise -- you need to take off the period at the end. Then it works. Cheers, Joan ... From: Louise Molnar To: festival_tourers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
Speaking of great guitarists....I will be in NYC from May 15-20 with a group of theater-going friends, and a few of us are going to see Les Paul at the ...
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Oops...I forgot to say that Les Paul is every Monday night at the Iridium. But maybe you locals already know that. :) **************Ideas to please picky...
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I'm confused...are they numbering these somehow?...
I don't think this is actually a vote - rather, when I added my recommendation to the comment that has been quoted here, the tally of recommendations changed...
Don't know if I can join you at the Iridium but please get in touch closer to the date, I'd be happy to see you! Laura Heiman Louisiana '98 Central Europe '02 ...
Thanks, Laura...I'll email my itinerary when I have it. Vicki **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. ...
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Interesting comment from one of the music forums I attend - we were discussing how in Seattle a few snowflakes can paralyze the town and send people into an...
In Michigan we categorize our snow. Joel Mabus even wrote a song about it: http://www.joelmabus.com/1808_lyrics.htm#five Irene Henry (just back into the house...
Deborah Nitzberg, Jean Dulskey and I are going to be stomping at this event at Symphony Space in New York City on March 8. Savoy-Doucet, D.L. Menard and...