Journalist and photographer Stephanie Ledgin has released her latest book, Discovering Folk Music. Ledgin is a former board member of the International Bluegrass Music Association. In addition to directing folk festivals, running radio shows and writing extensively about bluegrass and other forms of roots music….

The roots music magazine No Depression, having recently moved from print to online format, has now made the painful decision to replace a paid editorial model with a community-contribution model. In her announcement, Publisher Kyla Fairchild notes:

“It is with great sadness that we come to this decision, as our great stable of writers has helped us to create the voice and spirit of No Depression for thirteen years. It is our hope that a business model for online content providers will emerge in the future that will allow us to resume providing quality music journalism.”

The publishers are in the process of uploading their 75-issue archive to the site. They intend to continue providing daily music updates, and invite readers to submit photos, videos and commentary.

http://www.nodepression.com/articles.aspx?id=5381

http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/new-dawn-for-no-depression/

A while back, actually quite a while back. I posted about Patrick Costello’s Creative Commons licensed [banjo and guitar instruction books…Patrick wrote recently to let me know that he’s still at it. He’s added two instruction videos, one for Banjo and one for guitar. Like his books they’re licensed under creative commons and can be downloaded for free…

Once again Jane Toohey has produced ‘revealing’ look at the world for folk music with her ‘Naked Folk’ calendar. As in previous years a portion of the profits will be donated to a fund to help supplement the cost of health insurance for musicians.

Creative Commons and Vogle & Associates have published a legal guide for Podcasters. Inspired by the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Legal Guide for Bloggers, the Podcasting Legal Guide is designed to outline both legal and practical issues that are specifically relevant for podcasters, such as using music and video in a podcast.

Mystic Seaport in Connecticut, the premiere East Coast maritime museum, has republished ‘The Songs the Walemen Sang’ according to an article in The Vineyard Gazette.