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		<title>Cecil Sharp Appalachian Diaries to Inspire New&#160;Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[English folk musicologist Cecil Sharp and his secretary Maud Karpeles spent several months of 1916-1918 on multiple trips through the Appalachian Mountains collecting folk songs, largely those Sharp believed to be of British origin. Sharp&#8217;s Appalachian diaries are the focus of an upcoming residential project sponsored by the English Folk Dance and Song Society and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Folk Alliance Conference February&#160;17-21</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 International Folk Alliance Conference is being held in Memphis Wednesday through Sunday. Public events include a Roots Music Spectacular on Friday and Songwriters in the Round on Saturday, both free at the Center for Southern Folklore, and paid performances at the Bartlett Center of a Sacred Steel Gospel Review on Friday and Songwriters in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moab Folk Camp and Festival November&#160;1-8</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Moab Folk Camp gets underway in a few weeks. Held in Moab, Utah November 1-6, the camp offers six days of musical instruction and interaction including classes in voice (solo and harmony), guitar, harmonica, mandolin, songwriting and even outdoor art.]]></description>
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		<title>Buddy and Julie Miller Take Top Honors at Americana Music&#160;Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Abalone Dots Streaming Live from SXSW&#160;Tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in a previous post, the Swedish bluegrass group Abalone Dots will be playing at the South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas this weekend. Live music from their performance at the Belmont tonight is available through UStreamTV. Please note that, as is often the case with music events, scheduling may change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SXSW Music Conference in Austin March&#160;18-22</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 23rd annual South by Southwest Music and Media Conference starts next week in Austin, Texas, kicked off by the presentation of the Austin Music Awards on Wednesday, March 18th. Folk musicians are in the minority at this conference, but the ones who come, come from all over. Some of the participants are The Deep Dark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NX35 Music Conferette in Denton, Texas March&#160;12-15</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[North by 35 (NX35), originally formed to highlight Denton artists in Austin as part of the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW), has grown into its own celebration and will be held in Denton this year. (Interstate Highway 35 goes through both cities.) The directors have christened the event a “conferette” and have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Bluegrass Weekend March 6-8 in&#160;Minnesota</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Bluegrass &#38; Old-Time Music Association will hold its Winter Bluegrass Weekend in Plymouth, Minnesota this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Headliners Greg Cahill and The Special Consensus will play two concerts Saturday night. Bands performing throughout the festival include the Mill City Grinders, the Goose River Boys, Hello Stranger, Morgans Run, Switched at Birth and a [...]]]></description>
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