Folk News

's health committee released a new health-care overhaul plan that lawmakers said would lead to coverage for most Americans, in part by assessing fees on companies that don't offer insurance.

When: 7 p.m. July 5 Where: Mishawaka Amphi-theatre, 13714 Poudre Canyon Highway, Bellvue Cost: $35 ADV; $38 DOS Information: 482-4420 or www.mishawakaconcerts.com Gregory Alan Isakov is: The South African-born, multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter just wrapped up a tour with Brandi Carlisle.

Enraged after fighting with her boyfriend 15 years ago in Gonic, Joveta Wyman deliberately plowed the truck she was driving into a stranger on a bicycle, killing the mother of three.

New Delhi : Jharkhand is set for the second six-month spell of President's Rule with the Union Cabinet today deciding to recommend its extension beyond July 18 as no party or group has been able to form a government there.

Based in Virginia, Paddy is the coordinator of the National Network for Folk Arts in Education, specializing in Folklore in K-12 education, race relations and place-based education: www.carts.org Get Your Art Out is a series of free & $5 workshops for artists who are working on their careers.

Many promises were made and broken during the nearly five-month process of passing Wisconsin's new two-year budget.

THOUSANDS of people from as far afield as Austria and France got into the festival spirit at the weekend- but the venue wasn't Glastonbury.

He may appear thinner and more easily fatigued, but friends say Sen. Edward Kennedy continues to work on health care reform from his family compound in Hyannis Port.

Jun. 29--It was the summer of Apollo 11, Woodstock and Helter Skelter, a tumultuous time of triumph and tragedy.

With its white clapboard walls, sloping lawns and broad porches, the famed Kennedy family compound on Cape Cod boasts commanding views of Nantucket Sound's shimmering waters.

SPORTS couple Greg Norman and Chris Evert have paid an emotional visit to the recovering town of Marysville before helping to raise $36,000 at a bushfire fundraising event highlighted by iconic folk duo Simon and Garfunkel Marysville was ravaged by the February 7 fire which killed 34 people and destroyed hundreds of homes.

Legislation that cobbles together more than a half-dozen strategies intended to stimulate economic development in New Jersey was passed Thursday by the Senate and Assembly.

Legendary folk/soul music icon and Woodstock performer Richie Havens opens the Sunset Concert Series at the Peg Egan Performing Arts Center in Egg Harbor with a free concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 28.

Folk singing legend Julie Felix took to the stage at the Crich Tramway Museum last Sunday night a ' only hours after costumes and a precious lyric book were stolen from her car.

Colombian singer Juanes departed today for his country after a brief less-than-24-hour visit to Cuba.

FESTIVAL favourites The Peatbog Faeries are preparing for Glastonbury this weekend with a warm-up gig at The David Hall in South Petherton tonight .

A constitutional amendment introduced in the Assembly in January would put a couple of simple restrictions on state lawmaking that would promote open government and improve the quality of deliberation in the Legislature.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Folk star Ellis Paul to play Coffee House in Jersey City By JENNIFER KIM JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Folk star Ellis Paul takes center stage at the Brennan Coffee House in Jersey City tonight.

PLEASERS: "I always do the songs as if I've never done them before," says Judy Collins.

Kate Wolf's life as a folk singer and songwriter was relatively short, but its effects on the world of folk music have lived on long beyond her passing from leukemia in 1986.