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"Up in the Air" Soundtrack

The new film from Juno director Jason Reitman, opening in limited release on December 4 and widely on Christmas Day, stars familiar names like George Clooney and Jason Bateman.

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Related Topix: Up in the Air, Folk

Wed Nov 25, 2009

KLRN-TV San Antonio

Ain't Got No Home

Originally blowing out of the Dust Bowl in 1930s Depression Era America, he blended vernacular, rural music and populism to give voice to millions of downtrodden citizens.

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Related Topix: Folk, Pop/Rock, U2

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Arts and Events from The Daily Collegian

Family group brings folk talent to town

When Arlo Guthrie, and his extended family, took the stage Tuesday night at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., the politically themed folk singer came full of both songs and stories.

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Related Topix: Folk, Arlo Guthrie, State College, PA, Clearfield, PA

Sun Nov 22, 2009

The Inter-Mountain

Birdsong performing at Brown Bag co.....

Local ballad singer Jane Birdsong will take the stage at the Randolph County Community Arts Center's Brown Bag Lunch Concert at noon Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Randolph County, WV, Pete Seeger, Folk, Odetta, Elkins, WV

Fri Nov 20, 2009

WMFE

The Hot Sheet: November 22-28

Music has a way of hitting that particular emotion that you just can't put your finger on sometimes.

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Related Topix: Activism, Austin City Limits, Entertainment, Folk

Thu Nov 19, 2009

BurlingtonFreePress.com

The 'Guthrie Family Rides Again'

Between the 40-plus years that Arlo Guthrie has been making music and the similar number of years his father, legendary folk pioneer Woody Guthrie, made music, America has been hearing the provocative sounds of the Guthrie clan for more than three-quarters of a century.

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Related Topix: Alice's Restaurant, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Folk, Arlo Guthrie, Massachusetts, Family, Kids

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, Folk, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Music, Entertainment

Wed Nov 18, 2009

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: Folk, Arlo Guthrie, Musical Theater, Theater, Arts, State College, PA

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Guthrie returns

Back by popular demand, "Woody Guthrie's American Song" is returning to Stage 3 Theatre in Sonora from Nov.

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Related Topix: Folk

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Eugene Weekly

Revalia, Rebel and Reich

From Woody Guthrie and his pre-decessors and descendants to the cellist who played Bach in the cross-fire scarred street in Sarajevo to the jingoistic C&W ballads during America's unprovoked attack on Iraq, musicians with a social conscience have tried to use music for greater social purposes.

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Related Topix: Classical, Rebel, Folk, Bach, Symphony, Arts, Eugene, OR

Thu Nov 12, 2009

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Folk pioneer Jerry Burgan to perform in Claremont and Whittier

Folk singer Jerry Burgan, co-founder of the 1960s folk rock group We Five , will perform Saturday in Claremont.

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Related Topix: Whittier, CA, Folk-Rock, We Five, Folk

LancasterOnline

Arlo Guthrie & family continue a long musical j...

Arlo Guthrie will be fighting for stage time Sunday night when three generations of his family perform at Harrisburg's Whitaker Center.

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Related Topix: Alice's Restaurant, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Folk, Arlo Guthrie, Harrisburg Metro, Harrisburg, PA

Burlington Free Press

Michael Chorney to play FlynnSpace

His band members were joking, Michael Chorney emphasizes, when they settled on calling his most recent musical project 'post-indie-acoustic-quasi-chamber-folk-jazz.' That's critic-speak for 'a little bit of everything,' which has certainly defined the Bristol-based musician's career.

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Related Topix: Folk

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Dispatch

Songwriter tells stories in folk music

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. 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: Folk, Pete Seeger, Lexington, NC

Mon Nov 09, 2009

NJ.com

Folk music theme of first Coffee House at church in Readington Township

The Readington Community Theatre will present its first Coffee House music event on Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Rockaway, NJ, Folk, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul & Mary, The Kingston Trio, Simon & Garfunkel

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Creative Loafing

Best local folk act

The tree-hugging post-hippies of the '80s stripped folk music of its bite in a way that surely caused Woody Guthrie to do back flips in his grave.

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Related Topix: Folk

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Cybergrass

Guthrie Legacy Continues With New Addition To Folkways Family Music Canon

BMNN wrote: on Nov. 04, 2009: Over 60 years after Folkways Records released Woody Guthrie's first children's/family music album in 1947, his granddaughter Sarah Lee Guthrie is ensuring the family's commitment to children's music and its longstanding collaboration with Smithsonian Folkways, the home of Folkways Records.

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Related Topix: Folk

Des Moines Register

Old-time music still applies

Revivalist string band Old Crow Medicine Show has the look and sound of a band from another era, playing a mix of country, bluegrass and Americana songs that were written decades before anyone in the band was born.

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Related Topix: Folk, Doc Watson

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Westword

Q&A with Jonson Kuhn of Jonny Woodrose & the Broken Hearted Woodpeckers

In the short time Jonny Woodrose & the Broken-Hearted Woodpeckers have been together, the outfit has grown from being a bit of a joke band vehicle for singer Jonson Kuhn's humorous storytelling into one of the most engaging and fun Americana bands in the scene.

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Related Topix: Folk

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Westword

Ten band inspired costume ideas

Halloween, the time when adults decide to don their favorite witty getups, whether it be the intellectual "Freudian slip" or the pop culture driven "Christian Bale Yelling." We're sure some of you are short on ideas, so we've compiled a list of band inspired costumes to wear to your favorite party.

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Related Topix: Life, Halloween, Holidays, Folk, Electronic, The Avalanches

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