The Kingston Trio News

Jay Leno's right hand music man Kevin Eubanks kicks off UCA's Public Appearances recently announced schedule for 2009/2010. The jazz guitarist is slated for September 19.

Here are some great songs for your Independence Day bash: "The Remedy" by Jason Mraz Not only does this song mention fireworks as well as the Fourth of July - signs that it's perfect for this playlist - but it also has Mraz's laidback feel that's perfect for any kind of summer shindig.

I was never a big fan of Michael Jackson. I don't mean personally. Personally, I think he should have been institutionalized.

For the first time in the decade of its existence, the Trio Fantasy Camp held each August and dedicated to the music of the Kingston Trio will be known as "The Kingston Trio Fantasy Camp." Bob Shane, a 16-year Ahwatukee resident who is the remaining living original member and owner of the name "Kingston Trio" heads this year's gathering in ...

Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 3:31 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. Ron Smith grew up in the 1960s during the modern folk era, when in order to be cool, you had to play folk music.

The Who, Etta James Preserved By The US Library Of Congress Posted by Mitch Michaels on 06.11.2009 Library of Congress announces new National Recording Registry entries... The US Library of Congress has announced 25 new recordings to be preserved in its National Recording Registry.

Miami Valley's Country Home for Local Events & Family Fun Listen Live George Jones' classic hit, 'He Stopped Loving Her Today,' is joining an elite list of recordings, thanks to its recent induction into the National Recording Registry, says theboot.com. Voted on by the Library of Congress, this year's entries also include 'At Last' by Etta James , ...

Start: Jun 13, 2009 End: Jun 13, 2009 Time: 7:00pm Price: 12 in advance and $15 at the door Contact: 822-2326 Location: 426 E. Tehachapi Blvd., Tehachapi, CA 93561 Classic folk ensemble The Folk Collection plays at Mama HillyBean's Saturday, June 13 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door and can be purchased online at ...

BODIE Courtesy photo Nanci Griffith will close out the L.A. Acoustic Music Festival with a Sunday night performance on the Santa Monica Pier.

A two-day celebration of Americana and folk music will come to the Santa Monica Pier this weekend.

"STORY of a guy's life, told in wine vintage terms." As Ervin Drake tells it, that was the note to himself that led to his writing a song, back in 1961, that earned a Grammy for Frank Sinatra .

If you have put yourself through the agony of learning chords and strumming techniques but feel that you would like to learn finger picking, this article will help you move from thinking about it to actually doing it.

On the highest point off Pinnacle Valley Road sprawls the exciting new home of Linda Sue and Ken Shollmier.

Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 3:00 p.m. ET. May 18, 2009 - The rise of the San Francisco rock scene in the mid-1960s is a well-known story, but one which might have taken an entirely different direction if one man's fortunes had played out differently.

Travis Edmonson, a folk music singer and songwriter of the 1950s and '60s who was considered a pioneer by artists such as the Kingston Trio, has died.

Here's the Kingston Trio performing "Zombie Jamboree," a favorite song around our place.

If you recall songs such as "Tom Dooley", "Zombie Jamboree", "Greenback Dollar" and other hits by the Kingston Trio and think those harmonic days of folk tunes have ended, perk up your ears.

Henry King Jr., one of the last Nuremberg war crimes prosecutors and an influential voice since World War II in international efforts to bring war criminals to justice, died Saturday at his home in Cleveland.

IN KINGSTON TRIO HISTORY 1956: Founding member Bob Shane becomes one of the earliest Elvis Presley impersonators, earning $143 a week in his native Hawaii for playing ''Don't Be Cruel'' and ''Hound Dog.'' 1957: The parents of future Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver introduce the Kingstonians to ''Scotch and Soda,'' which becomes a popular live ...

Fifty years have passed, and Jim Williams can still hear the booze bottle rolling down the bleachers of the wrestling gym.