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Lend live, local music your ear this month
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... in out of the west" and "traveling American folksingers," and perform a blend of bluegrass, Western and American folk music. Tickets for the show are $12 general, or $5 for students and children. Call (530) 878-2488 or see newfaithucc.org for more ... Comment?
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Graham Searle's personal highlight's
"Personal highlights in the spring were John Kirkpatrick, folk historian, master squeeze-box player and musician of Victorian Farm. Comment?
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Fin de Cinema event at Holocene
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... its release? The avant-lounge band Broadcast dedicated an entire album, "Haha Sound," to the film. A group of freak folk artists including Espers, Fern Knight and Fursaxa created an ensemble, The Valerie Project, specifically devoted to writing ... Comment?
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Asylum Street Spankers bring Salvation and Sin tour to Sellersville Theater
As part of a national tour aimed at promoting their ninth recording, "God's Favorite Band," the Asylum Street Spankers aim to show their interpretation of the sublime and the gritty side of human nature. Comment?
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He's down to earth; he grew up poor and knows the value of a dollar to an overtaxed populace; he's a good conversationalist and an unfettered state senator. Comment?
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... 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville, 7 tonight, 215-257-5808, www.st94.com . Ellis Paul:A master of the modern folk-pop style, Paul is one of the leading voices in American songwriting. And a sweet yet powerful voice it is, too. Love his latest ... Comment?
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Senator Paul Kirk angers critics with Martha Coakley nod
Paul Kirk yesterday after he broke a legislative promise to stay out of the U.S. Senate election and endorsed Attorney General Martha Coakley over GOP candidate Sen. Comment?
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... 2010 [9:30 p.m.] Cost: $5 Leo Kottke in concert Temple of Music and Art 330 S. Scott Ave Info: Guitar and contemporary folk. All ages. FOR ONLINE ONLY: One of America's top guitarists with a 40 year career, Leo plays 6 and 12 string guitar and is ... Comment?
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Coakley basks in political blessings
Key members of the Kennedy family bestowed their political blessing yesterday on Attorney General Martha Coakley, casting her as the US Senate candidate best equipped to fulfill Edward M. Kennedy's legacy on health care. Comment?
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Album: Laura Veirs, July Flame
For July Flame, Laura Veirs reverts to the simpler mode of her earlier records after the folk-jazz band arrangements of Year of Meteors and Saltbreakers, the producer Tucker Martine keeping extraneous instrumental detail to a minimum just the occasional textural tint of organ, horns or strings in order to focus more closely on her fingerstyle ... Comment?
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Kings of Convenience - A musical marriage of convenience
Kings of Convenience are Norway's answer to Simon and Garfunkel and have a tense dynamic to match. Comment?
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Bad times make great songs on a Crazy Hearta soundtrack
... of odes to hard knocks and hardened hearts. Tear-in-your-beer classics blow by like Texas tumbleweeds at dusk, from folk (Townes Van Zandt) to classic country (the Louvin Brothers, Buck Owens) to the blues (Lightnin' Hopkins). At the album's core, ... Comment?
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With a little help from his fans, Ellis Paul lets loose
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... for many he remains a quintessential New England singer-songwriter. The Boston Music Award he won last month as best folk artist (his 14th trophy overall, a total second only to Aerosmith) attests to his place in Boston's music-steeped history. So ... Comment?
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Folk-singer concert in Kaneland
Kaneville resident and folk-singer Lee Murdock plays a song with special guest Bob Zentz, who traveled from Norfolk, Va., to share an evening of songs and stories at Murdock's Annual Hometown Concert on Saturday, held at Kaneland High School's Auditorium. Comment?
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... so-called hillbillies are truly like. The film, released through First Run Features, follows a large family of country folk through their everyday life, while trying to dispel some claims that the television show "The Beverly Hillbillies" and other ... Comment?
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From the Desk of Assemblyman Charles Lavine: January 8, 2010
Managed care is fast becoming the health care delivery system of choice for tens of millions of Americans. Comment?
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Four new organizations have expressed interest in taking over space in Burlington's Moran Plant redevelopment. Comment?
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Prosecute alleged AC gunrunner, Edo PDP urges Onovo
By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN - THE Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, yesterday, appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ogbonnaya Onovo, to investigate and prosecute a gunrunner who was arrested by the police with a cache of arms, including military bullet proof vests and charms in Benin City. Comment?
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I Will Remembe... - Sarah Mclach...
Since her debut in 1988, Sarah McLachlan's atmospheric folk-pop has gained a devoted following of fans not only in her native Canada, where she established star status with her first album, but also in the U.S. and U.K. The following two decades saw her growing both as a musician and songwriter, continually redefining herself and emerging as a ... Comment?
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... for her contributions to the Juno soundtrack (as part of the defunct duo, The Moldy Peaches), the Washington-based anti-folk artist has earned all kinds of stripes over the years. She lives in Olympia, specifically, which puts her barebones,... More ... Comment?
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