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ALBANY - With a goal toward opening governmental proceedings to the public, lawmakers are working to expand the state's legislative cable television channel.

The watchdog over the RCMP won't be invited back for another term, prompting one critic to accuse the government of muzzling him.

A typical family music concert is usually held in an assembly hall or a club or, maybe, an auditorium.

Loudon Wainwright's Charlie Poole tribute album High Wide and Handsome features some of Poole's songs from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Folk singer Joan Baez discusses health care reform with a reform opponent. [Source: Dutch Shots] Folk singer Joan Baez, who made a reputation as a staunch progressive anti-war protester in the Vietnam War era, confronts angry health care reform opponents at a pro-reform concert and rally in Idaho Falls, Idaho, with composure, successfully defusing ...

Associated Press Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley and his band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, are coming to the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival.

Folklore is not solely a European invention. All cultures from all nationalities have their own folklore.

Even so, the stylish Massachusetts lawyer and former Democratic Party chairman has taken on such a low profile as Edward M. Kennedy 's successor that some worry he's hindering prospects for Kennedy's signal health care cause.

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Housing Thursday 26th November 2009 - 1:15pm Developers give housing estate 'rude' name after neighbours' objections Developers have given a new estate a rude name after neighbours opposed their planning application.

PUSSYCAT DOLLS 'SPLIT FOR GOOD' Wednesday November 25,2009 THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS have split for good, according to U.S. reports.

Arlo Guthrie... Alice's Restaurant... >> Posted By dadesider 3 hours, 49 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment A musical monologue based on a true story that began on Thanksgiving Day 1965, and which inspired a 1969 movie of the same name.... Read Full Story at youtube.com>> Submitted By: dadesider Happy in my Skin... Spent many ...

Who killed Victor Jara? The notorious murder of the popular folk singer - who became a symbol of resistance after he was tortured and shot to death in the chaotic first days of Chile's 1973 coup - has never been solved.

Recent changes to Billboard charts will soon give both Michael Jackson and Ani DiFranco some overdue recognition.

The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration.

The Final Folk Festival is scheduled for Sunday, November 29. Final Folk Festival Is it just me, or is "folk" as a descriptive term battling "indie rock" to the finish line of complete uselessness? Take the Monsters of Folk , the singer/songwriter collective that spawned an eyesore mural on Roosevelt and that lots of folks bitched about.

The Pussycat Dolls arrive at the MTV Asia Awards 2008 at the First World Hotel in Genting Highlands on August 2, 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Atlantic Canada confirmed its reputation as the heart of this country's roots music scene at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in Ottawa on Saturday night.

Don't be surprised if you run into Pete Seeger, Janis Joplin, Jackie Washington, Maria Muldaur, Odetta, and other folk icons while you're window shopping in Harvard Square.

CORNISH trio 3 Daft Monkeys are rounding off a festival-packed summer with a national UK tour including a date in Falmouth next week.

Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot says it's "not likely" he will ever release another album of new material.