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MOST people's knowledge of Norwegian music is limited to A-ha and the brunette who was one quarter of Abba, but Thomas Dybdhal hopes to change that.

BASED musician Pamela Wyn Shannon will make her debut at The Lamb Folk Club on December 2. Influenced by artists such as Pentangle and Nick Drake, Pamela's inventive and intricate guitar style has been described as 'a tiny chamber orchestra working in unison at the end of her hands'. Her most recent album, Courting Autumn (2007], is a rustic ...

Rating: * * * * Damon Albarn has had the more visible profile outside of Blur - Gorillaz, his Mali Music album, The Good, The Bad and The Queen - but for the band's former guitarist Coxon The Spinning Top is his seventh solo outing and extends his interest in Anglofolk of the Nick Drake/Bert Jansch kind.

Your favourite album of all time : PINK MOON Nov 22, 2009 12:00 AM By Magazine Nick Drake is the Van Gogh of folk music.

Following the announcement of Vashti's taking part in January's 'Way To Blue' series of concerts celebrating Nick Drake's legacy, we can now announce a string of Vashti's own UK headline shows in the Spring.

Line-up announced for Nick Drake tribute 'Way To Blue' at the Barbican Produced by the Barbican and Joe Boyd, 'Way To Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake' will feature Vashsti Bunyan, Green Gartside, Lisa Hannigan, Robyn Hitchcock, Scott Matthews, Danny Thompson, Teddy Thompson and Krystle Warren.

'BRYTER LAYTER' Nick Drake 1970 Tracks/time: 10/39 minutes, 27 seconds. Sounds like: Achingly beautiful sadness massaged and shaped into an art form.

Congratulations to Sarah Humphreys, winner of the ABC Music Best Artist in the 2009 Newcastle Music Awards.

Spence, for those of you unfamiliar with him, was a founding member of Moby Grape and one time drummer for Jefferson Airplane.

Nick Drake's "Pink Moon" is playing in the Brick Store Pub on a recent evening as Mary Jane Mahan sits down in a booth to talk about her new book, "Love at the Pub," that pays homage to the famous restaurant and bar located in the heart of Decatur.

The 62nd annual Original Ozark Folk Festival will offer more than a dozen seasoned folk performers and relative newcomers on Nov.

Robert Kirby was flattered when his tutor compared his compositions with cornflakes commercials Photograph: Tim Kavanagh In his first year as a music student at Cambridge University, Robert Kirby sought to join Footlights, the undergraduates' fabled arts and drama club.

WHO are Blueflint? A banjo-wielding bluegrass duo from Edinburgh. Deborah Arnott and Clare-Louise Neilson were friends in their teens and bonded again years later when they realised they were both learning to play the banjo.

Home / Articles / Music / Music Reviews / Six Organs of Admittance & Music for a Revolution Six Organs of Admittance & Music for a Revolution By Brian Staker Paul McCartney Paul Stanley Paul Reubens Ron Paul Six Organs of Admittance: Luminous Night Six Organs of Admittance is Ben Chasny and cohorts playing psychedelic guitar folk similar to groups ...

Lenka Kripac is an Australian born singer-songwriter who's made her mark in the US unconventionally, through TV shows, advertisements, and even an indie compilation CD.

The singer and guitarist John Martyn, who died in January, was one of the most powerful songwriters to emerge from the 1960s UK folk scene and one of the few to make it big with his imaginative and heartfelt songs, seductive voice and distinctive style.

Every Sunday, I'll be posting an entry in my Albums of the Aughts series, highlighting 50 great or near-great albums released since Jan.

At Just Cavalli, Italian singer and "X-factor" alumnus Giusy Ferreri said she was close to finishing her second album, co-written by fellow popstar Tiziano Ferro.

"Cinematic scope" gets too many close-ups in critic-speak, but 35mm perspective comes naturally to Ola Podrida leader David Wingo.

Singer/songwriter David Wilcox will take your questions now. The seasoned folk musician, compared to artists such as Nick Drake and James Taylor, posted a video on his Web site stressing communication with his fanbase.