Peter Keane has placed mp3s for three of his albums (The Goodnight Blues 1991, Another Kind of Blue 1999, Milton Street 2001) on his website for free download.
Read More Add a CommentJanet Bregman-Taney founder with her husband Peter of the Juggernaut String Band. Died of a brain tumor on Thanksgiving day.
Read More Add a CommentAccording to the cybergrass website and messages on his own website Earl Scruggs is recovering from a fall from the stage at the Myrtle Beach Bluegrass Festival.
Apparently he was not seriously injured in the four foot fall.
Read More Add a CommentRod McDonald is looking for video/dvd performances for his upcoming lecture series…
Read More Add a CommentThe last known survivor of the event memorialized in John McCutcheon’s song “Christmas in the Trenches” has died.
Read More Add a Comment‘On the Trail of Bascom Lamar Lunsford’ is the story of Chris King’s journey to find the history of the Appalachian song collector and performer who also founded the ‘Mountain Dance and Folk Festival’ the first folk music festival in the United States.
Read More Add a CommentI made the first posts to Back Porch News a year ago this evening. Eighty seven posts later It’s been an interesting ride.
Read More Add a CommentIn a guest post on personal productivity site 43Folders singer/songwriter Scott Andrew shares his tips on booking gigs, staying in touch with fans and juggling time to be creative while holding down a day job.
Read More Add a CommentToday’s New York Times has a profile of Eric Bogle focusing in particular on his anti-war song “And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda”.
Read More Add a CommentThe Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMA) has announced the nominees for their 2005 awards.
Read More Add a CommentReuters News has a nice piece about Murry Lerner’s Festival! which is now available on DVD.
Read More Add a CommentClay Eals, biographer of the late, great Steve Goodman, is looking for a specific television segment for his book on Steve’s life.
Read More Add a CommentMy youngest has been after me to see “Weeds” on Showtime. She’s quite amused that Malvina Reynolds song “Little Boxes” is the shows theme song. I happened across this Reuters article on the show which includes some nice interview material with Pete Seeger about Malvina.
Folkie tune reborn as theme for series ‘Weeds’
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