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1 hr ago | Magic 107.1

Happy Xmas - Sarah Mclachlan

Watch as Sarah McLachlan beautifully strips down songs from her album Wintersong.

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7 hrs ago | The Pitch

Going Rogue at the Fishtank: KC theater folk read and befoul the book of Palin

Janet Henry goes full Palin. a The big news this week is that photogenic real American Sarah Palin has kinda/sorta written a Young Adult book about why everybody should quit their jobs.

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Related Topix: Fishtank, US Governors, Sarah Palin, Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables

11 hrs ago | Telegram

No more Nashville: Turning down the advice of industry reps, Ennis makes heartfelt folk album

Do you agree with the provincial government turfing the idea of St. Johna s setting up a toll booth on the new Team Gushue Highway? Yes No Undecided view past polls CONTESTS Last updated at 8:34 AM on 20/11/09 Home and happy, Karen and Maureen Ennis have no problem heading into a November rain for a photo in downtown St.

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Related Topix: Canada, Newfoundland, PA, Ennis Sisters, Country, Great Big Sea

19 hrs ago | Ann Arbor.com

Ann Arbor Folk Festival lineup adds Raul Malo and more

Additional acts rounding out the program for the 33rd Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival - taking place January 29-30 at Hill Auditorium - as well as the host, have been announced.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Metromix Rochester

Jones & the Dap-Kings

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings bring retro R&B and soul to water Street Music Hall on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Ike & Tina Turner, Pop/Rock, James Brown, Tina Turner, Black Entertainment, Soul, Woody Guthrie, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Music, Entertainment

The Village Voice

Folk on the Fringes

His most popular tag, "freak folk," implies some sort of birthright insanity; it's entirely possible that Venezuelan-born Devendra Banhart is crafting his peyote sheik persona deliberately in every step.

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Slam Sports

Live Review: Gordon Lightfoot in Toronto

Concert Review: Gordon Lightfoot TORONTO - 'They're all toe-tappers.' That's how Canadian music icon Gordon Lightfoot described his beloved folk-pop classics as he kicked off his long-standing tradition of performing a multi-night stand at Massey Hall on Wednesday night.

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Chico Enterprise-Record

Cover story: American Troubadours entertain Chico audience with folk, blues music

John Hammond performs as part of the "American Troubadours, Vol. 1" show at Chico State University's Laxson Auditorium on Nov.

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Related Topix: Chico, CA, John Hammond, Blues, Classical, Troubadours, Cal State Chico, Greg Brown, Sleepy John Estes, Entertainment

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Dispatch

Songwriter tells stories in folk music

Scott Gibson grew up singing folk songs such as Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" in grammar school but later gravitated to Top 40 and dance music as a teenager and young adult when he played professionally in bands.

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Related Topix: Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lexington, NC

Slam Sports

Live Review: Billy Bragg in T.O.

British folkie Billy Bragg has kept the faith for a quarter century, and it appears that his loyal fan base is still doing the same.

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Related Topix: Billy Bragg, Pop/Rock, The Pogues, Winter Sports, Curling

Medford Mail Tribune

Handling a vegetarian Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving on the horizon, you're probably giving some thought to your menu.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Vegetarian, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Dining, Vegan, Potatoes, Vegetables

Tue Nov 17, 2009

OhNoTheyDidnt

Devendra Banhart puts freak-folk on the map with the psychedelic sound of What Will We Be

Devendra Banhart puts freak-folk on the map with the psychedelic sound of What Will We Be By: Caity Cudworth Posted: 11/10/09 11/10/09 - The world isn't always a kind place for fanatical hippies.

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Arts and Events from The Daily Collegian

Family brings folk to sold-out venue

Some people come from musical families. Now that folk musician Arlo Guthrie's grandchildren are performing onstage, his family legacy goes back nearly 100 years.

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Related Topix: Arlo Guthrie, Woody Guthrie, Musical Theater, Theater, Arts, State College, PA

Home - San Bernardino County Sun

Lack of legislative progress could cost schools money

While the Assembly takes a leisurely look at education reform, California may miss its chance to compete for a share of $4.35 billion in education stimulus funds.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, Assembly, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mon Nov 16, 2009

WBUR-AM Boston

Kennedy's Legacy Overshadows Primary Election

There's a special primary election next month in Massachusetts for the seat left open when Sen.

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Related Topix: The Kennedys, US News, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, Democrat

Andover Advertiser

Folk singer Patty Larkin in The Forge, Basingstoke

MUSICAL troubadour Patty Larkin is appearing in The Forge on 15 November at 7.30pm. Patty has been redefining folk-pop music for more than 20 years with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising lyrics.

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Wren's Nest

Storyteller Delights Audience With Hispanic Folklore

Title: STORYTELLER DELIGHTS AUDIENCE WITH HISPANIC FOLKLORE Nasario Garcia's eyes widened as he told the story of a boy who snuck out of his grandmother's home and was attacked by a witch.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Manxnet Online

The Southern Tenant Folk Union

Formed by Belfast-born five-string banjo player Pat McGarvey and taking their name from the groundbreaking multi-racial union of sharecroppers and non-landowning tenant farmers founded in Arkansas in the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Folk Union are an explosive new Edinburgh-based folk and bluegrass outfit.

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Related Topix: The Incredible String Band, Bluegrass, The Dillards, The Coal Porters, Country

Sunday Times

Concert for democracy

Former Czech president Vaclav Havel opened the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of his country's Velvet Revolution against Soviet domination with an eclectic concert of music on Saturday night.

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Clitheroe Today

Urban Folk Quartet are a hit in Clitheroe - PHOTOS

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Related Topix: Lancashire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Phil Brown

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