New York (April 16th):Â Â 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 ASAâs 17th annual conference held at Va. Tech in 1994. He was a mentor … Continue reading →
NEW YORK, March 18, 2009 âThe Clearwater Concert: Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders, a star-studded, one night only concert event celebrating Pete Seegerâs 90th Birthday, will be held on Sunday, May 3, at 7PM, at Madison Square Garden. … Continue reading →
Master blues guitarist and vocalist John Cephas died of natural causes on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. He was 78. Well known as one half of the award-winning Piedmont blues duo Cephas & Wiggins, Johnâs remarkable and delicate finger picking and … Continue reading →
From Odettaâs friend & manager Doug Yeager (12/03/08) : Dear Family and Friends of Odetta, The Grand Lady Odetta passed this evening at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.  For more than a decade she fought the brave fight with chronic heart … Continue reading →
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of guitarist, singer, writer, songwriter and producer Artie Traum on Sunday, July 20, 2008. Artieâs work appeared on more than 35 albums. He produced and recorded with The Band, Warren … Continue reading →
Laurel Paulson-Pierce hosts âCrossroadsâ on KRBS out of Oroville, CA. Whilst helping to fight fires in the Concow area of Butte County (where she also lives) her own house was totally destroyed in these fires. Thankfully, she was able to … Continue reading →
LeMars, Iowa: For 33 years, the National Traditional Country Music Association has been inducting deserving individuals and groups into âAmericaâs Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame.â According to the NTCMA President, Bob Everhart, it all started those 33 years … Continue reading →