Mark is the editor of Sing Out! magazine, and has served as the executive director of the non-profit since 1983.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (June 3, 2009) — Due to the increasing growth of traditional music, The Academy has split the category Best Contemporary Folk/Americana into two categories: Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Americana Album. Additionally, the Folk Field has … Continue reading →
Performing Songwriter‘s June 2009 issue, sent to subscribers and newsstands this week and featuring Pink on the cover, will be the final edition of the 16-year-old publication, Editor & Publisher Lydia Hutchinson announced today. “As sad as change and letting … Continue reading →
Grammy Award-winning blues legend Koko Taylor, 80, died on June 3, 2009 in her hometown of Chicago, IL, as a result of complications following her May 19 surgery to correct a gastrointestinal bleed. On May 7, 2009, the critically acclaimed … Continue reading →
Stanton Studio, LLC is pleased to announce the release of ToneTune 1.1, available on the iPhone App Store (http://itunes.com/appstore/tune). ToneTune is a multiple tuning fork that helps you tune the strings on your stringed instrument to the correct pitch by … Continue reading →
From Ellis Paul: Our friend and gifted guitarist/song-writer Don Conoscenti has had a bad biking accident and needs our help. He was biking in Taos, New Mexico and took a bad fall and had to be airlifted to Denver for … Continue reading →
New York (April 16th): Broadway and folk legend Theodore Bikel, a lifelong social justice advocate, will celebrate a rich career devoted to art and activism with a star-studded 85th birthday benefit concert at Carnegie Hall on Monday, June 15, … Continue reading →
The 2008 CDSS Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Anthony G. (Tony) Barrand at an event held Saturday, March 28, 2009 in Brattleboro, VT at the Oak Grove School. Tony is an active teacher, Morris and clog dancer, singer, … Continue reading →
Piedmont Folk Legacies (PFL), Inc., a non-profit group based in Eden, North Carolina, has received a substantial gift of property appraised at $510,000 as a donation from D.H. Griffin of neighboring Greensboro and James Klemic of Charlottesville, Virginia. Extending along … Continue reading →
Appalachian Studies has lost a true friend and ardent intellectual who supported and encouraged Appalachian Studies from the start. He was the conference keynote speaker at ASA’s 17th annual conference held at Va. Tech in 1994. He was a mentor … Continue reading →
NEW YORK, March 18, 2009 —The Clearwater Concert: Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders, a star-studded, one night only concert event celebrating Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday, will be held on Sunday, May 3, at 7PM, at Madison Square Garden. … Continue reading →