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		<title>Newport Folk Festival Tickets On Sale March&#160;31</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2011/03/newport-folk-festival-tickets-on-sale-march-31/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tickets for the Newport Folk Festival will be available on the festival website starting Thursday, March 31 at 10:00 a.m. The festival will be held July 30-31 in Fort Adams State Park, Newport, Rhode Island. Musicians scheduled to perform span a variety of folk music, from traditional to pop-folk to folk rock to blues and even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Settler&#8217;s Music Festival April&#160;15-18</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2010/04/old-settlers-music-festival-april-15-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Old Settler&#8217;s Music Festival will be held Thursday, April 15 through Sunday, April 18 near Austin, Texas. Among the scheduled artists are Green Mountain Grass, The Joe Ely Band, Jimmy LaFave, The Wronglers, Ruthie Foster, The Special Consensus, Mindy Smith, Elizabeth Cook and many others including Patty Griffin with Buddy Miller.]]></description>
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		<title>Moab Folk Camp and Festival November&#160;1-8</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/10/moab-folk-camp-and-festival-november-1-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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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>FARM Folk Gathering October&#160;8-11</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/09/farm-folk-gathering-october-8-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Curtis & Loretta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gloria Attoun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Folk Alliance Region Midwest will hold its annual gathering October 8-11 in Bolingbrook, Illinois, near Chicago. Juried &#8220;showcase&#8221; performances are open to the public. A few of the artists are Curtis &#38; Loretta,  Gloria Attoun and maritime musician Tom Kastle.]]></description>
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		<title>Bascom Lamar Lunsford Festival October&#160;3</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/09/bascom-lamar-lunsford-festival-october-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 42nd annual Bascom Lamar Lunsford "Minstrel of Appalachia" Festival will be held Saturday, October 3, at Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, North Carolina. If you are not familiar with the work of this song collector, musician and founder of numerous folk festivals, you might wish to take a look at the compilation put on YouTube a few years ago as part of the college's 150th anniversary celebration.]]></description>
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		<title>1st Annual Blue Ridge Foothills Folk Festival October&#160;9</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 1st Annual Blue Ridge Foothills Folk Festival will take place on Friday, October 9, 2009, at 6:30 pm at Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista, Virginia. This 1960s era folk concert will feature performances by Josh White, Jr., Jim Connor (former member of the New Kingston Trio, who penned John Denver's Grandma's Feather Bed), Ray Blouin (former member of The Wayfarers) and House Mountain Group, and Mrs. C's Singers. ]]></description>
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		<title>Mary Win: Dark Lyrics, Beautiful&#160;Sound</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/07/mary-win-dark-lyrics-beautiful-sound/</link>
		<comments>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/07/mary-win-dark-lyrics-beautiful-sound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know whether she will eventually choose to settle (or be channeled) into a particular style, but right now Thailand-born Burmese singer/songwriter Mary Win is exploring a wide range of sounds from folk to rock to pop. Her lyrics are often dark but her songs are definitely worth a listen. &#8220;Snowdrifts&#8221; is an example [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KRNN Streams Alaska Folk Festival This&#160;Week</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/04/krnn-streams-alaska-folk-festival-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual Alaska Folk Festival started Monday in Juneau and continues through this weekend. This year’s “guest artists,” the only paid act in the festival, are De Temps Antan, a traditional band from Quebec. The festival mixes amateur and professional music. Public radio station KRNN is streaming the festival live.]]></description>
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