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		<title>Fat Man &amp; Little Boy: The Atomic (Music)&#160;Duo</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2010/03/fat-man-little-boy-the-atomic-music-duo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" href="http://www.backporchnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/FMLB.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-922" title="FMLB" src="http://www.backporchnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/FMLB-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Fat Man &#38; Little Boy's new album <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/fatlittle">The Atomic Duo</a> has been in my CD stack for a while now; I enjoyed listening to it on a Thanksgiving trip, so that tells you. I wanted to share it with you in case you had not already read a review of it elsewhere. Although this is technically their first album together, I hesitate to call it a debut album because these two are not new to the music business....]]></description>
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		<title>Haitian Music Recordings by Alan Lomax May Benefit Earthquake&#160;Victims</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2010/02/haitian-music-recordings-by-alan-lomax-may-benefit-earthquake-victims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music historian Alan Lomax recorded folk musicians not only throughout the southeastern United States but also in various other countries. During the mid-1930s he made extensive recordings of musical performances in Haiti. The recordings....]]></description>
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		<title>Larry Stephenson Band Releases 20th Anniversary&#160;Album</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2010/02/larry-stephenson-band-releases-20th-anniversary-album/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Larry Stephenson Band recently released a 20th Anniversary CD commemorating the band's twenty years in business. Stephenson, a mandolinist and award-winning vocalist, has been a professional musician for over thirty years but his current band was formed in 1989.
The numerous guest performers on the album include country artists <a href="http://www.conniesmithmusic.com/">Connie Smith</a>, <a href="http://www.martystuart.net/">Marty Stuart</a> and <a href="http://www.rickyskaggs.com/">Ricky Skaggs</a> and bluegrass musicians <a href="http://www.delmccouryband.com/">Del McCoury</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/kristinscottbenson">Kristin Scott Benson</a>.

Listening to sound clips, I immediately begin to imagine an old cabin floor with all the chairs pushed back, dancers twirling each other around and lots of laughter going on....]]></description>
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		<title>Smithsonian Folkways Releases Classic Appalachian&#160;Blues</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2010/02/smithsonian-folkways-releases-classic-appalachian-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smithsonian Folkways now offers the fourth blues album in their Classic series. The album includes music by Etta Baker, Lesley Riddle, Sticks McGhee, Pink Anderson and numerous other musicians. Check out the link for a free download of one of the songs.
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		<title>Smithsonian Folkways Offers New Sarah Lee Guthrie &amp; Family&#160;Album</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/10/smithsonian-folkways-offers-new-sarah-lee-guthrie-family-album/</link>
		<comments>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/10/smithsonian-folkways-offers-new-sarah-lee-guthrie-family-album/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scheduled for release October 27, Sarah Lee Guthrie &#38; Family&#8217;s new CD Go Waggaloo can be pre-ordered from Smithsonian Folkways. Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger are part of the extended-family-and-friends group. Three of the songs on the album consist of lyrics written by Woody Guthrie, only now put to music. The first hundred CDs will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joan Baez Documentary Premieres at Toronto Film&#160;Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/09/joan-baez-documentary-premieres-at-toronto-film-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound, a documentary scheduled to air on the PBS American Masters series October 14, was shown at the Toronto Film Festival on September 18. The first U.S. showing will be October 9, at the Paley Center&#8217;s DocFest 2009 in New York. The film will be released on CD and DVD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenpeace to Release 1970 Concert&#160;Album</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/09/greenpeace-to-release-1970-concert-album/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folk music has frequently been associated with political action, whether in the interests of worker rights, world peace or environmental stewardship. Nearly four decades ago, a group of anti-nuclear activists held a concert in Vancouver to raise funds for a trip to Amchitka, Alaska in an attempt to prevent nuclear testing planned for that island. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Dylan&#8217;s Christmas Album Preview Creating a&#160;Stir</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/09/bob-dylans-christmas-album-preview-creating-a-stir/</link>
		<comments>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/09/bob-dylans-christmas-album-preview-creating-a-stir/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I have to tell you, the latest web buzz (as far as folk music goes) is all about Bob Dylan&#8217;s Christmas album. First Rolling Stone reported late yesterday afternoon that sound clips were available on Amazon.uk. Then last night, people realized that the clips weren&#8217;t there any more. (I was looking for them myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laurie McClain CD Release Party Friday Night in&#160;Nashville</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/09/laurie-mcclain-cd-release-party-friday-night-in-nashville/</link>
		<comments>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/09/laurie-mcclain-cd-release-party-friday-night-in-nashville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laurie McClain&#8217;s new album Ascend will be celebrated Friday night at the Fiddle &#38; Pick in Nashville. The event starts at 8:00 pm. Admission is $5.00 and directions are on Laurie&#8217;s web site. If you have not had a chance to hear Laurie&#8217;s work, you can make a good start by listening to clips from past albums. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sample New Dylan&#160;Album</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/04/sample-new-dylan-album/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsweek is offering Bob Dylan fans a free listen to one of the songs on his new album, Together Through Life. The magazine will also be carrying Dylan’s ongoing conversations with music author and VH1 exec Bill Flanagan. The album streets April 28. More details in this article.
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		<title>North Carolina&#160;Songbird</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/04/north-carolina-songbird/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you live anywhere near Hendersonville, North Carolina, you might want to find a way to listen to folk singer/songwriter Jenny Arch. According to a recent BlueRidgeNow article, she plays regularly at the Back Room in nearby Flat Rock, has recently left a band to concentrate on solo work and plans to record a CD this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sonny Landreth Brings Back Levee Town&#160;Album</title>
		<link>http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2009/04/sonny-landreth-brings-back-levee-town-album/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Louisiana bluesman Sonny Landreth’s Levee Town CD, originally released in 2000, will be reissued April 21 in an expanded format. Jennifer Warnes, Bonnie Raitt and John Hiatt contribute vocals. For reference, here’s a review of the original.
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