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Folk Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Folk.

Results 1 - 20 of 26,421 in Folk

  1. Washington home againRead the original story

    41 min ago | London Free Press

    Maya Sofia Lopez-Town, in the arms of dad, Ted Town, sways to the music of Jackie Washington at the Home County Folk Festival.

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  2. Washington home againRead the original story

    43 min ago | London Free Press

    One more time with feeling, Jackie Washington was ready to share at the opening of the Home County Folk Festival.

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  3. The Cape St. Mary's Performance SeriesRead the original story

    51 min ago | Telegram

    The Telegram I recently had the privilege of being invited to read at the Cape St.

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  4. Ireland By Car - Belfast, Northern Ireland, United KingdomRead the original story

    1 hr ago | TravelPod.com Recent Updates

    ... e to do some crash dieting sometime soon - haha! Sad to fly out once again - Ireland is a beautiful place with loveable folk! B

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    Related Topix: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, World News, United Kingdom, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Machu Picchu, Travel, Madrid, Spain Travel, Spain Travel, Ireland Travel

  5. Red letter year ahead for Ani DiFrancoRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Toronto Star

    NEW YORK Ani DiFranco is notorious for releasing an album a year and 2008 will be no exception.

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  6. Folklore helps reflect who we areRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Times Union

    ... good story. Folklore, which includes stories, jokes and family histories, is universal, a part of the human experience. Folk tales will draw an audience as soon as the listeners hear "Once upon a time." What makes Jewish folklore familiar are the ...

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  7. A Mercedes classicRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | The Spectator

    Yet more baffled looks from my non-world-music-loving friends, this time at the passing mention of Mercedes Sosa , grand old lady of Latin American song. Here's a younger version of the Argentine legend, performing one of her favourite numbers, Violetta Parra's "Gracias a la Vida".

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  8. Are Stamps real deal?Read the original story

    4 hrs ago | Calgary Herald

    Admittedly, only four games in the books. But 3-1 is certainly a nice launching pad.

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  9. Last weekRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Williams Lake Tribune

    City council has endorsed all six of the Williams Lake Water and Wastewater Advisory Committee's recommendations, including one to have the City continue to operate and maintain the water and sewer function.

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  10. Fingal' plays Irish music for the modern listenerRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | South Whidbey Record

    ... that concert may hear yourselves whooping in the background on this recording. The album is being released on the New Folk Records label which also produced Sproule's recent solo guitar album, "The Crow in the Sun." "Fingal," Bays said, captures the ...

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  11. McCoy to retire from teaching, will tour with bandRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | The Redmond Reporter

    ... early retirement if he would not be allowed to take an unpaid leave of absence in the fall, to tour with the folk group The Brothers Four. Although McCoy had been granted such requests in previous years, LWSD deputy superintendent Janene Fogard ...

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  12. Kenny RogersRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | 100.7 KOLT-FM

    Kenny Rogers might be a legend, but this superstar has proven he still has something to say...and his fans want to hear it! ... Kenny Rogers - Play All Biography It took several tries before Kenny Rogers became ...

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  13. Austin City LimitsRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | KUAT-TV Tucson

    ... with songs from Sacred, its latest slab of "Texican rock & roll." Then the Gourds bring their iconoclastic country/folk/Tex-Mex/Cajun rock to the stage with tunes from their latest album Heavy Ornamentals and crowd-pleasing favorites from their ...

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  14. Traveling far and wide with KindermusikRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | The Star

    By PHYLLIS BRITT News Editor Passports and stickered travel bags in hand children in Kindermusik class last week traveled the world over.

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    Related Topix: Kindermusik, Baked Goods, Life, Cookies, Dessert, Food

  15. Pretty is as pretty doesRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | The Globe and Mail

    In the 1968 film Barbarella , Anita Pallenberg as the Great Tyrant says to Jane Fonda as Barbarella, "Hello, Pretty-Pretty," and later repeats the phrase: "So, my pretty-pretty, we meet again." Was she ...

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  16. Actor takes comfort in songs of band he once ridiculedRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | SouthFlorida.com

    ... also an intellectual masculinity honed by years of reading William Faulkner and D.H. Lawrence and listening to American folk songs, English underground music and experimental jazz. The son of an American history teacher who specialized in 1960s folk ...

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  17. Jacob Anderskov: Newspeak; Ears to the Ground; Panta RheiRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | All About Jazz

    With over a dozen CDs as leader since his 2001 debut, Danish pianist Jacob Anderskov is a celebrated name in his home country.

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  18. Five Things this WeekendRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Globe and Mail

    The weather folks are calling for nothing but sunshine this weekend, so head to picturesque Jericho Park, where you'll find big-name acts including Aimee Mann, and Michael Franti and Spearhead, as well as ...

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    Related Topix: Spearhead, Hip-Hop, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Reggae, The Roots, Black Entertainment

  19. This year's media summit brought memorable momentsRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Poughkeepsie Journal

    ... to whet gaming appetites. The bad: 'Wii Speak,' a speaker peripheral, which comes packaged with 'Animal Crossing: City Folk,' allowing Wii players to converse online. Why Nintendo felt the need to make this long-requested interaction happen with a ...

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  20. Gore finds his voiceRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Staunton News Leader

    Ever since Al Gore was jilted by voters in his home state of Tennessee in 2000, it has been really tempting to tell the former vice president and granola-crunching wanna-be to go recount some chads at the North ...

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