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		<title>Warren Fahey Wins Australia Council Music&#160;Award</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2010/04/warren-fahey-wins-australia-council-music-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the recent National Folk Festival in Canberra, the Australia Council for the Arts presented the <a href="http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/news/news_items/2010/a_larrikin_honoured_with_australias_top_music_prize">Don Banks Music Award</a> to folk artist and publisher Warren Fahey. The award is given only once to a particular artist. Among Fahey's many accomplishments are the founding of the Larrikin folk music label and the Folkways music retail business, the writing of numerous books and the collection and recording of bush folk songs and folk stories....]]></description>
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		<title>MIAL Award Given to Caroline&#160;Herring</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southern folk singer Caroline Herring was recently given a 2010 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters award in the Popular Music Composition category for her album Golden Apples of the Sun. Herring will be performing at the All Good Cafe in Dallas on Friday evening.
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		<title>Cohen and Raitt in Hall of Fame&#160;Lists</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2010/02/cohen-and-raitt-in-hall-of-fame-lists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bonnie Raitt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leonard Cohen is one of several artists scheduled to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June. Cohen, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys in January, recently postponed his tour due to health issues.

Bonnie Raitt will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in May.
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		<title>BBC Radio Lifetime Achievement Awards Go To Nanci Griffith and Dick&#160;Gaughan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dick Gaughan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[American folk musician Nanci Griffith and Scottish musician Dick Gaughan received Lifetime Achievement Awards at Monday night's BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards ceremony at The Brewery in London. Other winners included Jon Boden, Folksinger of the Year; John Kirkpatrick, Musician of the Year; Bellowhead, Best Live Act; Show of Hands (Steve Knightley and Phil Beer), Best Duo; Lau, Best Group; Hill of Thieves, by Cara Dillon, Best Album; "Arrogance Ignorance and Greed," by Steve Knightley, Best Original Song and "Sir Patrick Spens," by Martin Simpson, Best Traditional Track. The Horizon Award, given to an emerging artist, went to Sam Carter.]]></description>
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		<title>Wainwright and Earle Take Folk Album Awards at&#160;Grammys</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2010/01/wainwright-and-earle-take-folk-album-awards-at-grammys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Levon Helm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Sunday night's Grammy Awards ceremony, Loudon Wainwright III was awarded Best Traditional Folk Album for High Wide &#38; Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, and Steve Earle took home the Best Contemporary Folk Album title for Townes, an album of songs written by Townes Van Zandt. Steve Martin's The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, mentioned in an earlier post, was named Best Bluegrass Album. Electric Dirt, recorded by Levon Helm, earned the Best Americana Album award, beating out Willie Nelson &#38; Asleep at the Wheel, Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams and Wilco.]]></description>
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		<title>Holt and Goforth Contenders for 2010 Traditional Folk&#160;Grammy</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/12/holt-and-goforth-contenders-for-2010-traditional-folk-grammy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nominees for the 2010 Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday evening.  One of the nominees for Best Traditional Folk Album is Cutting Loose, by David Holt and Josh Goforth. This compilation of comedy and music is a treat to listen to, with a surprise around every corner.]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Folk Music Awards Announced November&#160;21st</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/11/canadian-folk-music-awards-announced-november-21st/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anne Davison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colette Cheverie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jayme Stone]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until recently I had two variations on Steven Foster's "Oh! Susanna" in my music library -- one by The Be Good Tanyas and one by Ruthie Foster. I now have another to add to the list, from ukulele player James Hill and cellist Anne Davison's first album together, True Love Don't Weep. The collection of new and traditional music won Traditional Album of the Year at Canadian Folk Music Awards ceremony on Saturday November 21st.]]></description>
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		<title>Folk and Blues Awards Among Nammys Presented&#160;Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/10/folk-and-blues-awards-among-nammys-presented-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Atsiaktonkie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joanne Shenandoah]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night's Native American Music Awards included the Best Folk Recording award, won by Atsiaktonkie for Four Wolves Prophecy, and the Best Blues Recording award, won by Graywolf Blues Band for Dancing in the Rain. The Best Compilation Recording award was presented to Joanne Shenandoah and Michael Bucher for Bitter Tears Sacred Ground, a Native history album that honors the music of Johnny Cash, Peter La Farge and Floyd Red Crow Westerman while recreating several cuts from Cash's Bitter Tears album. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rob Ickes Takes IBMA Dobro Award for 11th&#160;Year</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/10/rob-ickes-takes-ibma-dobro-award-for-11th-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blue Highway co-founder Rob Ickes was named Dobro Player of the Year at Thursday's International Bluegrass Music Awards. Michael Cleveland took the Fiddle Player of the Year award for the seventh year out of nine, and Kristin Scott Benson was named Banjo Player of the Year for the second time.]]></description>
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		<title>Native American Music Awards October&#160;3</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/10/native-american-music-awards-october-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Annie Humphrey-Jimenez]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gary Small & the Coyote Bros.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graywolf Blues Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jimmy Wolf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Maracle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Papago Warrior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pappy Johns Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samantha Crain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skylar Wolf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago I happened on a stage performance by Arvel Bird at the Texas Indian Market. Since then I have driven many commuter miles to the sound of his Animal Totems album, a mixture of New Age and Celtic styles. Bird plays every kind of music from bluegrass to jazz and plays the Native American flute as well as the fiddle. The classically trained violinist's latest CD,  Tribal Music Suite, Journey of a Paiute, a reflection of his Scottish and Paiute heritage, tells a story of cultural conflict and of a life journey. Bird is one of the nominees for Artist of the Year in the 11th Annual Native American Music Awards, to be held Saturday, October 3 in Niagara Falls. The awards will be webcast live at 8:00 pm EST.]]></description>
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		<title>Buddy and Julie Miller Take Top Honors at Americana Music&#160;Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/09/buddy-and-julie-miller-take-top-honors-at-americana-music-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press reports that singer/songwriter Buddy Miller was given the artist of the year award at Thursday night's Americana Music Association awards ceremony, part of the Americana Music Festival and Conference. Buddy and his wife Julie Miller won the duo/group of the year award and won the album of the year award for Written in Chalk. The song of the year award was given for "Chalk," a song on the same album, written by Julie Miller and performed by Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin.]]></description>
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		<title>Bernice Johnson Reagon Honored by Berklee College of&#160;Music</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/04/bernice-johnson-reagon-honored-by-berklee-college-of-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assuming all went as scheduled, Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts presented Bernice Johnson Reagon with an honorary doctorate of music last Friday at their annual Liberal Arts Symposium. Reagon founded the a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock and is curator emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. She [...]]]></description>
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