The Blues Music Foundation is accepting applications for $195,000 in grants to be given out this year. The money is to go to organizations and museums that celebrate and preserve the blues.

House Concert Trade is a new musician’s networking site that hopes create more performance opportunities for musicians.

Bob Blue, teacher, song writer and performer of songs for both adults and children died Friday March 17th of complications of multiple sclerosis.

Hudson Harding Music and the Plowshares Songwriting Contest have announced the contest winners for 2006.

Yesterday’s Chicago Tribune has an profiles of Billy Bragg and Richard Thompson and discusses recent boxed sets from both of them and Bragg’s current US tour.

The Solarfest Singer Songwriter Showcase is accepting applications.

Sonic Pollutions Blog has a nice profile of Pentangle the British folk rock band that brought together Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Danny Thompson bass and Terry Cox. A Light Flight With The Pentangle in 1971. The video download linked at the end of the article requires a procedure that seems a bit arcane. It does work however if you have the patience and the necessary bandwidth.

In the Stagger Lee Files James P. Hauser explores the history and the myth behind the bad man’s bad man Stagger Lee.

Blues Row is a relatively new (I think) web log about all things related to the blues.

There are an amazing number of sites out there related to folk music. It you have favorite links let me know and I’ll pass them along.

It’s felt like spring here in upstate New York these last couple of days. Which seems opportune for rolling out a new look for the site.