Canât get to the Newport Folk Festival this weekend? NPR has you covered! NPR Music, together with six partner radio stations, is exclusively webcasting and broadcasting dozens of live performances from George Weinâs Newport Folk Festival, offering music from acts … Continue reading →
The New England songwriting great, and award winning novelist Bill Morrissey was found dead in his hotel room in Georgia on Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 ⌠staying there on his way home after several gigs. He was 59. Bill recorded … Continue reading →
You wonât need to pass a genetics class to play one, but C.F. Martin & Co. is using DNA to ensure that customers are getting the real deal when purchasing a Martin guitar. After a wave of Chinese-manufactured counterfeit Martin … Continue reading →
There are rules that govern creativity. Itâs cosmic. Some you follow, others you break. And there is the potential for not only good writing, but for your writing to do some good. Itâs the choosing which defines who we are. … Continue reading →
Every year the Rural Roots Music Commission announces their picks for the best of the best in a slew of old-time, country and bluegrass genres. These choices, according to President of the National Traditional Country Music Association, Bob Everhart, are … Continue reading →
HAPPY 99th to Woody Guthrie. Donât forget, next year the Grammy Museum and Woody Guthrie Publications will be celebrating the Woody Guthrie centennial. Check out some info here: www.woody100.com
Continue reading →Fender has redesigned its American Vintage seriesâ Telecaster model to produce classic 1960s and 1970s tones. The American Vintage â69 Telecaster Thinline, American Vintage â72 Telecaster Thinline and American Vintage â72 Telecaster Custom are all period-correct guitars with the same … Continue reading →
Our dear friends Sparky and Rhonda Rucker were recognized this past March with the âHoward âLouie Bluieâ Armstrong Legacy Awardâ at the Symposium on Affrilachia held at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Internationally acclaimed folk musicians who have been weaving history … Continue reading →
SAD NEWS: We just got wind that Jesse Winchester posted the following info on his web site: âIâm sorry to announce that Iâm canceling my shows for July and August. I have been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus, and … Continue reading →
This year, Guitars In The Classroom began exploring the benefits of making music with students who have special challenges and needs by reaching out with training to special educators and therapists. This name of this project is MIRSE. It is … Continue reading →
