Tom Rush News

FAIR LAWN a ' After a 13-year hiatus, the folk-rock duo Buskin & Batteau are back on the road and will perform as part of the Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club concert series at the Fair Lawn Community Center on Saturday, Dec.

Tom Cochrane, Rush, Stompin' Tom Connors and Kardinal Offishall were among those honoured by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada at its 20th annual awards gala on Monday night.

The epicenter of this nascent movement was Harvard Square, where you could find a Boston University dropout named Joan Baez making her mark at the legendary Club 47 .

Visiting a friend in Boston in the fall of 1968 I caught a live show with James Taylor opening for Joni Mitchell in a basement dive with benches for seats.

Soprano Kate Hurney and pianist Katherine Addleman, assisted by Carolyn Steinberg on flute, will commemorate the anniversaries of Joseph Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn in a concert titled 'They Went to London,' at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street, on Saturday, November 7 at 8:00 p.m. The event is presented by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance .

Tom Rush is finally headed back to Minneapolis, and that's great news for fans of American popular song.

Think of classic folk artists and icons like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Joan Baez come to mind.

Last year, in an intimate interview before a full house at Club Passim, Joan Baez was asked how the iconic folk venue had persevered to mark its 50th year.

There are few performers worthy of the title "legendary" so I do not use this word lightly when describing Tom Rush.

Tom Rush suspects that the majority of the nearly 4 million people who've seen him singing "The Remember Song" on YouTube "don't have a clue" who he is.

NORWALKBy A.J. O'CONNELLHour Staff WriterBuskin & Batteau are back.The folk duo, who toured with Tom Rush 30 years ago, released their first album in 13 years in May, and are touring this fall."It seemed a good time to do what we love to do and to have as good a time as possible," . . .Full Story

On Aug. 18, singer-songwriter Jackson Browne plays the Avila Beach Resort, just a hop, skip, and a jump away from where he was arrested protesting Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant 30 years ago.

There's a whole lot of stylistic rule bending and serendipitous discovery to be had at the 2009 Philadelphia Folk Festival.

There's a whole lot of stylistic rule bending and serendipitous discovery to be had at the 2009 Philadelphia Folk Festival.

Tom Rush had gone 35 years without a new studio album when he finally got around to releasing one in February, but he has nonetheless remained a popular touring attraction over his nearly five decades of performing.

A 35-year gap between studio albums might be mistaken for a down period in a musician's career.

It's clear from the first moments talking with Gordon Lightfoot that Detroit holds a special place in the Canadian folk superstar's heart.

Dave Gerard jokingly thanked folk legend Tom Rush for opening for him on July 1. Rush had played a show under the tent at the Prescott Park Arts Festival, finishing his set about an hour before Gerard kicked off his solo gig at The Press Room.

With the Prescott Park Arts Festival's 35th summer season of entertainment under way, this season's line-up continues to grow.

One time major heartthrob James Taylor once said, "Tom was one of my main influences". As part of the Prescott Park Arts Festival 35th season, folk icon Tom Rush will kick off the Concert Series on Wednesday, July 1, in Prescott Park at 7 p.m. Rush and his distinctive guitar style, wry humor and warm, expressive voice have made him both a legend ...