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2 hrs ago | Arkansas Times

Saturday: Trout Fishing in America, March Against Monsanto and more

In Eureka Springs, the May Festival of the Arts continues with a concert from veteran folk duo Trout Fishing in America , The Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Anyone with an interest in sustainable food systems and fighting against the forces of Big Ag will probably want to be at the March Against Monsanto at the Arkansas State Capitol, 1 p.m. Nashville ... (more)

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7 hrs ago | Sheffield Telegraph

Beating heart in the 'community' of Philadelphia

One of Sheffield's most successful churches is celebrating its tenth anniversary of moving into a former industrial complex with the space to accommodate a rapidly-growing congregation.

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Related Topix: South Yorkshire County, England, Derbyshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, St. Thomas

11 hrs ago | This is Bath

Bath Fringe festival serves up plenty of variety

The word which most readily springs to mind when thinking of the Bath Fringe is undoubtedly 'variety'. This year's music programme certainly doesn't disappoint, kicking off in the renowned Spiegeltent tomorrow at 9pm with Party in the City, an event featuring the talents of Westcountry ska-reggae fusion band Moonshot, and the Latin sounds of ... (more)

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15 hrs ago | Al Bawaba

Last song for "Arab Idol"? Najwa wants her father to be better before she returns on stage.

Last year, the popular talent show "Arab Idol" concluded its season in the presence of Lebanese diva and singer Najwa Karam as a special guest when the winner was announced.

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Thu May 23, 2013

SF Sentinel

Rufs Wainwright Performs Solo Concert, Sunday June 9, 8 pm

Acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Rufus Wainwright returns to Davies Symphony Hall Sunday, June 9 at 8 pm, accompanying himself on piano and guitar.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Rufus Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III, Martha Wainwright

Seattle Times

‘Greetings from Tim Buckley’: a meeting of father, son legacies

'Greetings from Tim Buckley,' with Penn Badgley, Imogen Poots, Ben Rosenfield. Directed by Daniel Algrant, from a screenplay by Algrant, David Brendel and Emma Sheanshang.

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Related Topix: Penn Badgley, Tim, Entertainment

The Waterloo Region Record

Ennis performs annual Merrick Jarrett concert

The Newfoundland-based, Celtic-folk duo is returning to Folk Night at the Registry on Saturday to draw the curtain on the popular acoustic series' seventh season.

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Related Topix: Newfoundland, NJ, Ennis Sisters, Country, Great Big Sea

New Statesman

Once I Was An Eagle by Laura Marling: Whenever power emerges, there's a sense of innocence lost

Laura Marling's album titles have a certain ring: Alas, I Cannot Swim; I Speak Because I Can; A Creature I Don't Know, and now, the meter-wrecking Once I Was An Eagle .

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Related Topix: Laura Marling, Bert Jansch, Davey Graham

Uttoxeter Advertiser

Folk stars set for Conkers festival

SOME of the country's top folk acts are set to grace the stage at an acclaimed music festival in the heart of the National Forest later this summer.

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Related Topix: Eliza Carthy

Now Toronto

Inaugural fest features big-name shows, workshops and panels

The writer/actor/teacher, who runs SoulOTheatre, has been an impassioned advocate of one-person shows since her nana took her to see Lily Tomlin's The Search For Signs Of Intelligent Life In The Universe in the 80s.

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Related Topix: The Burning Bush

This Is North Devon

Multi instrumentalist, Phil Beer, heads to the George Hotel in South Molton

The top-flight fiddler, best known as being one half of acoustic duo Show Of Hands, also plays in the all-star line-up, Feast Of Fiddles.

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Related Topix: Show of Hands, Pop/Rock, The Rolling Stones

Wed May 22, 2013

Live Music Blog

PHOTOS / RECAP: Devendra Banhart @ Regency Ballroom, SF 5/21/13

What happens when every guy at your coffee shop starts rocking long hair and a beard? If you're Devendra Banhart , you ditch the hippie costume, start playing around with a synthesizer, and release a new album.

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The Austin Chronicle

Shinyribs

Despite prolific output with the Gourds over the past two decades, co-frontman Kevin Russell deserves to have the term "side project" dropped from his other local group given the merits of Gulf Coast Museum .

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Related Topix: The Gourds, Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables, Music, Entertainment

The Gaston Gazette

The Music Scene

Details: The concert will feature several affiliate organizations of the Gaston Arts Council.

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Related Topix: Robin & Linda Williams, The Red Clay Ramblers, Entertainment

The Georgia Straight

Cam Penner and Jon Wood search for songwriting catharsis

It's also going to be slightly shocking for those familiar with Penner's earlier records, marked as they were by well-crafted story songs that drew on the former Albertan's work with the homeless and dispossessed.

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The Huffington Post

Xaque Gruber: Remembering Joni Mitchell's First Decade of Music As She Turns 70

Though I remember being assigned to sing "I've looked at life from both sides now" in the third grade choir, it wasn't until purchasing 1991's Night Ride Home when I fully jumped aboard the Joni Mitchell train.

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WHDH

Dallas exhibit reunites art JFK saw before death

Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him feeling "reverential." Zajac's small sculpture of a bound goat was among a collection of impressive artwork that decorated the president's Fort Worth hotel suite in hopes of creating something ... (more)

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Related Topix: The Kennedys, Texas, Painting, Arts, Entertainment

Capital Weekly

McLeans host screening of - American Troubadour'

The Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., will host a special screening of "Don McLean: American Troubadour," with special guests Don and Patrisha McLean, Sunday, June 2, at 6 p.m. Don McLean is one of America's most enduring singer/songwriters and is forever associated with his classic hits "American Pie," "Vincent," "Crying" and "Castles in the Air." ... (more)

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Related Topix: Recreational Vehicle, Award, Peter, Paul & Mary

Nippertown!

LIVE: Peggy & Pete Seeger @ the Eighth Step at Proctors, 5/12/13

Peggy Seeger said it best with a new song that she had penned for her brother Pete's 94th birthday.

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Related Topix: Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Hancock, VT

BroadwayWorld.com

Museum of the City of New York Announces Folk Concert, 6/20

The Museum of the City of New York today announced a star-studded line-up of musicians and writers for a special concert to benefit the upcoming exhibition Folk City.

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Related Topix: New York, North Yorkshire County, England, World News, East Riding of Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom, New York Government, Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Pete Seeger, John Wesley Harding