[FM] Folk Music at About - News

[Hugh Blumenfeld]

Folk Music at About - News
http:folkmusic.about.com

The Folk Music site at About.com is full of new articles, reviews and
features and I'd like to invite everyone to take a look. Currently on the
front page:

Feature: The 60s, Part I - The Folk Revival
Part one of a four part series. How the recovery of traditional songs led to
a revolution in music.
http://folkmusic.about.com/library/weekly/aa101600a.htm

Photoessay: A Celebration of Shout and Song - Sam and Ann Charters give
their blues archives to UConn.
Thoughts on the photo exhibit & concert by Otis Rush with Cephas & Wiggins.
http://folkmusic.about.com/library/weekly/102100a.htm

News: An article on Al Grierson's life and work. With links, in case you
missed them.
http://folkmusic.about.com/library/aa110700a.htm

CD Reviews: working through a pile of new releases: Greg Brown, Patty
Larkin, Dar Williams, The Nields, David Wilcox, Darryl Purpose. If not
exactly timely, at least they may you re-listen. Warning: adult material.
http://folkmusic.about.com/library/reviews/bl_releases.htm

Fenario: 4 new unreleased/self-released MP3s each month or so. This month's
theme is love gone wrong (from haunting to hurling) and features Andrew
Calhoun (new, unreleased), Claire Bard (new, live), Raglan Road (great
Celtic Rock) and Teddy Goldstein (demo, romantic humor). There are a total
of 27 songs collected here now:
http://www.mp3.com/fenario

Song Shop: Andrew Calhoun's regular feature on songwriting. This column:
Editing. He looks at "back in the zone" revisions in some of his songs and
Leonard Cohen's "Ballad of the Absent Mare":
http://folkmusic.about.com/library/weekly/bl_shop05a_calhoun.htm

Across the Pond - Paul Castle, a London Journalist, reports on the UK scene
each month. This month he scooped Folk Roots with an exclusive interview
with Martin Carthy on his surprise appearance with Paul Simon (who stole his
arrangement for Scarborough Fair):
http://folkmusic.about.com/library/weekly/bl_pond14_1100a.htm

Radio Schedule: A daily schedule with listings for folk shows and webcasts
so you can listen to folk music 24/7.
http://folkmusic.about.com/bl_radioschedule.htm

As always, there are over 1000 links to artist pages, lyrics & chords, and
online resources - is your favorite site listed? There's also a bulletin
board and a weekly chat on Mondays (9-10pm Eastern).

Disclaimer: The monthly minimum I get paid remains more than the revenue
calculated from page views, so you can visit without risk of increasing my
worldly wealth....

Doing my best,
Hugh

Hugh Blumenfeld
P.O. Box 304, Coventry CT 06238
mail@hughblumenfeld.com
www.hughblumenfeld.com
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About guide to folk music - 100s of links, articles, reviews & MP3s
http://folkmusic.about.com