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Loudon Wainwright Looks 'High' For Inspiration
Loudon Wainwright's Charlie Poole tribute album High Wide and Handsome features some of Poole's songs from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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August 12, 2009: Folk Singer Defuses Potential Confrontation at Idaho Health Care Reform Rally
Folk singer Joan Baez discusses health care reform with a reform opponent. [Source: Dutch Shots] Folk singer Joan Baez, who made a reputation as a staunch progressive anti-war protester in the Vietnam War era, confronts angry health care reform opponents at a pro-reform concert and rally in Idaho Falls, Idaho, with composure, successfully defusing ...
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Associated Press Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley and his band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, are coming to the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival.
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Folklore is not solely a European invention. All cultures from all nationalities have their own folklore.
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Kirk's low-key approach in Senate drawing notice
Even so, the stylish Massachusetts lawyer and former Democratic Party chairman has taken on such a low profile as Edward M. Kennedy 's successor that some worry he's hindering prospects for Kennedy's signal health care cause.
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Developers give housing estate 'rude' name after neighbours' objections
Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Housing Thursday 26th November 2009 - 1:15pm Developers give housing estate 'rude' name after neighbours' objections Developers have given a new estate a rude name after neighbours opposed their planning application.
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Pussycat Dolls 'split for good'
PUSSYCAT DOLLS 'SPLIT FOR GOOD' Wednesday November 25,2009 THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS have split for good, according to U.S. reports.
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Arlo Guthrie... Alice's Restaurant...
Arlo Guthrie... Alice's Restaurant... >> Posted By dadesider 3 hours, 49 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment A musical monologue based on a true story that began on Thanksgiving Day 1965, and which inspired a 1969 movie of the same name.... Read Full Story at youtube.com>> Submitted By: dadesider Happy in my Skin... Spent many ...
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36 years after Chile's coup, progress in solving who killed folk singer Victor Jara
Who killed Victor Jara? The notorious murder of the popular folk singer - who became a symbol of resistance after he was tortured and shot to death in the chaotic first days of Chile's 1973 coup - has never been solved.
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Billboard Changes Up Charts to Reflect Catalog Titles, Folk Music
Recent changes to Billboard charts will soon give both Michael Jackson and Ani DiFranco some overdue recognition.
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Kennedy's widow says husband made sure he had enough strength to attend Obama inauguration
The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration.
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The Final Folk Festival is scheduled for Sunday, November 29. Final Folk Festival Is it just me, or is "folk" as a descriptive term battling "indie rock" to the finish line of complete uselessness? Take the Monsters of Folk , the singer/songwriter collective that spawned an eyesore mural on Roosevelt and that lots of folks bitched about.
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Pussycat Dolls 'split for good'
The Pussycat Dolls arrive at the MTV Asia Awards 2008 at the First World Hotel in Genting Highlands on August 2, 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Atlantic artists dominate folk awards
Atlantic Canada confirmed its reputation as the heart of this country's roots music scene at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in Ottawa on Saturday night.
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Vintage folk art and music in Harvard Square
Don't be surprised if you run into Pete Seeger, Janis Joplin, Jackie Washington, Maria Muldaur, Odetta, and other folk icons while you're window shopping in Harvard Square.
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CORNISH trio 3 Daft Monkeys are rounding off a festival-packed summer with a national UK tour including a date in Falmouth next week.
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Gordon Lightfoot says new material a not likely,a wona t play at Olympics
Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot says it's "not likely" he will ever release another album of new material.
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Rush, Stompin' Tom among SOCAN Award winners
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.
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NJ Legislature readies for leadership changes
New leaders could determine what bills get voted on in the New Jersey Legislature when Gov.-elect Chris Christie takes office in January.
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N.J. groups push for Assembly bill unsealing adoptee birth records
Adult adoptees and parents who gave children up for adoption Monday called on lawmakers to pass long-stalled legislation in the lame-duck session to unseal birth records closed under state law.
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