No I haven’t fallen off the planet but apart from the sad news about Margaret MacArthur there hasn’t been a ton of news these past couple of weeks. I do have a few odds and ends from around the net for you however.
Lets start with a great write up of Merlefest. The line up this year included Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, Hot Tuna, Doc Watson the Duhks, the Mammals and many others. Some of these days I’ve got to get myself there.
Bob Lefsetz writes a long standing music industry newsletter a few weeks ago he had a great article about his experience attending a house concert by Wendy Waldman at Bodie House Concerts.
Over at Hickory Wind Sean takes exception to the generally positive response to the Dixie Chicks new album.
Finally as if there weren’t enough things on the Internet to waste time on now you can play the blues right in your web browser.
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