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31 min ago | National Public Radio

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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Related Topix: Country, Charlie Poole, Loudon Wainwright III

8 hrs ago | Center for Cooperative Research

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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Related Topix: Joan Baez, Idaho Falls, ID, Blog News, Life, Veteran Affairs

14 hrs ago | Florida Times-Union

Music Notes: Gamble Rogers Folk Festival, Tammerlin and more

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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Related Topix: Tammerlin, Ralph Stanley, Bluegrass, Jacksonville Metro, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Patty Larkin, Music, Entertainment

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Associated Content

The Importance of Folklore

Folklore is not solely a European invention. All cultures from all nationalities have their own folklore.

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Newsday.com

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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Related Topix: US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, The Kennedys, Boston University

24dash

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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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Gloucestershire County, England, The Pogues

Daily Express

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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Related Topix: The Pussycat Dolls, Pop/Rock, Nicole

Netscape

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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Related Topix: Alice's Restaurant, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Arlo Guthrie

WGN-TV Chicago

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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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Paste Magazine

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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The Victoria Star

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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Related Topix: The Kennedys, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Entertainment, Television, Black Entertainment, Oprah Winfrey, Health, Brain Cancer, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Durham, NC

New Times

Final Folk Festival

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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Related Topix: Peter, Paul & Mary, Music, Entertainment

WETM-TV Elmira

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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Related Topix: The Pussycat Dolls, Pop/Rock, World News, Malaysia, Nicole, Entertainment

The Chronicle Herald

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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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Susan Crowe,

Tue Nov 24, 2009

The Boston Globe

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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Western Morning News

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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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Penticton Herald

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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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Gordon Lightfoot, Travel, Canada Travel

The Toronto Star

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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Related Topix: Stompin' Tom, Tom Cochrane, Pop/Rock, North America, Canada, World News, Kardinal Offishall, Hip-Hop, Country, Stompin' Tom Connors, The Arrows

Mon Nov 23, 2009

PhillyBurbs.com

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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Related Topix: Assembly, Essex County, NJ, East Orange, NJ, Orange, NJ

North Jersey Media Group

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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Related Topix: Assembly, Activism, Bergen Metro

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