Musicain John Roberts hospitalized

Radio Britfolk is a new UK based web radio project. Officially launching July 1st it aims to become “a major hub and and world-wide shop window” for the folk music from the British islands.

Norm Whitman wrote to let us know about his radio show Detours which airs 1-3pm Saturdays on WYSO Fm in Yellow Springs Ohio and on the Internet at www.wyso.org

The LA Weekly has a profile and interview with Derick Seivers founder and CEO of the online music store CD Baby.

Folk Alliance Region West (FAR-West), the western regional chapter of the North American Folk Music & Dance Alliance (Folk Alliance), has announced the first recipients of their “Best of the West” awards.

Tom Lang’s Martin D-18 was stolen in Denver Colorado on June 13th. The serial number is 1700089. It has a very unusual (one of a kind) design on the head stock.

Further description and photo here.

Stan Wilson, a major figure in the San Francisco folk revival in the 1950’s died at his home last week, he was 83.

The WestSide Cafe in Frederick, Maryland, is a new venue for original acoustic music, presenting shows four nights a week.

Patrick Costello explains why he released his Banjo Instruction books under a Creative Commons license. As usual with Patrick that involves a story…

Rounder Records has launched Rounder Archive ( www.rounderarchive.com)with the intent of making much of their back catalog (as well as some new releases) available for download and as custom CD’s.

Peggy Seeger celebrated her 70th birthday the other day with a concert at Queen Elizabeth hall in London.

Folkstreams.net hosts documentary films on American folk culture. These documentaries that have a hard time finding a commercial audience but they will probably be of interest to a lot of readers here.