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HootenannyPower:
Folk, Roots, World and Acoustic
Music in Baton Rouge
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Caution: Coen Brothers' folk music movie trailer has dirty words....and gratuitous Justin Timberlake.
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Welcome Back To The Hootenanny Power Pages, Folk and Roots Music Playlist, and Coming Events in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas.  The Hootenanny Power radio show, since 1981 on WRKF  Public Radio Baton Rouge.  The live audio stream may be heard via computer, Saturday nights, 9 pm to midnight central time, at www.wrkf.org, or on the airwaves at 89.3

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KEVIN WELCH NEXT AT BATON ROUGE'S RED DRAGON LISTENING ROOM :

News from the Red Dragon: contact cmaxwell@premier.net


What a great show last night at the Red Dragon!!! Only two artists have ever played the Dragon 10 times in our ten year history….and we had both of 'em last night. Gina Forsyth opened the show and showed why she is truly a Louisiana treasure. Then Chuck Brosdsky hit the stage and left absolutely everyone with a smile on their face. What a wonderful show to lead in to Liz and my vacation!! Thanks Gina and Chuck……you guys are the best!

We also need to give a big thanks to a few other folks. Thanks to Sara Maxwell (Binky) for working the door. That may well be the toughest job at the Dragon and Sara has volunteered for several years. Now that she has graduated and entered the real world of biz, she can't make every show. But things always go smoothly at the ones she can make. Sara, I'm sorry if I'm always bragging on you and embarrassing you, but we are just so proud. If you are one of the few people I haven't told "the comma" story to……just ask!!!!

Thanks to our sound guru Dave. I know it is a thankless job and we really do appreciate it. In fact, we had "Dave appreciation night" a couple of months ago. Folks who appreciate Dave's efforts brought him a bottle of wine. Even though a bunch of folks missed that show, Dave scored an even dozen bottles! Thanks to those who kicked up some vino. If by chance you didn't get the opportunity and would like to bring Dave a bottle, he loves all red wines. I think we will repeat "Dave appreciation night"at our next show (KEVIN WELCH)…..mostly because I have another nice bottle to slide his way and a couple of other folks indicated the same!

Thanks to Liz for selling the Cds. Thanks also for putting up with this insane idea for nearly ten years. In October we will celebrate the Red Dragon's tenth anniversary when we welcome SUSAN COWSILL.

And finally, thanks to all of you for supporting the Red Dragon. But much more than that, thanks for supporting original music and those who create it. Baton Rouge has a number of great choices for original music and the folks who write it (Mud n Water, Martin Flanagan's Tree House, the Manship Theatre, The Haven Listening Room and countless house concerts). It wasn't always this way and we are thrilled to be a small part of this vibrant scene.

Before I sign off for a week of relaxation, I should mention that a good friend of the Red Dragon will be in town this week. MYSHKIN will be playing at Mud n Water this coming Friday evening. This is a new venue under the Mississippi River bridge. Just drive over to the Pastime, eat a pizza and walk one hundred yards toward the river and you are there. I haven't yet met the owners, but I really love what they are doing and I know you will, too.

We will be taking the next couple of weeks off to recharge our batteries a bit. Too many projects cluttering my mind……but nothing a few frozen margaritas won't cure! We will return on Thur, May 30 when we welcome famed Nashville songwriter KEVIN WELCH and his up-and-coming son DUSTIN. Seat donation is $20 for this show…..or be a VIP for $30 (couches, couches, couches!!). Hope you can make it. And tell a friend!

Binky's Dad, chris m

Chris Maxwell cmaxwell@premier.net RDLRBR@gmail.com

Thur, May 30    Kevin & Dustin Welch    8pm    $20 seat donation

Sat, June 8    Greg Jacobs    8pm    $20 seat donation

Sat, June 15    David Egan    8pm    $20 seat donation

Fri, June 21    Webb Wilder    8pm    $20 seat donation

July 5 or 6    John Inmon    8pm    $20 seat donation 

Sat, July 13    Tommy Womack    8pm    $20 seat donation

Sat, July 20    Keith Sykes    8pm    $30 seat donation

Aug 2 or 3    Eric Brace & Peter Cooper    8pm    $20 seat donation

Fri, Aug 9    Irene Kelley    8pm    $20 seat donation

Aug 16 or  17    Bill Kirchen    8pm    $20 seat donation

Sat, Sept 20    Ad Vanderveen    8pm    $20 seat donation

Sat, Sept 27    Bob Livingston    8pm    $20 seat donation

Fri, Oct 11    Susan Cowsill    8pm    $20 seat donation

Oct 25or 26    Randall Bramblett    8pm    $20 seat donation 

Fri, Nov 1        Red Dirt Rangers    8pm    $20 seat donation 

Nov 28 or 29    Eric Taylor    8pm    $20 seat donation

This is most certainly the finest schedule of talent we have ever put together for an entire year. Sure hope you can make it out for a bunch of 'em!

Our Red Dragon bumper stickers have arrived. If you donated to DECAPALOOZA we have one waiting for you on your next visit.

Drop me a note to reserve seats for these shows. And maybe consider being a VIP for $10 more. That extra money helps pay for the artists food and lodging.

Binky's Dad, chris m

Everything above is subject to change.

Chris Maxwell
cmaxwell@premier.net
RDLRBR@gmail.com

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MYSHKIN RETURNS TO BATON ROUGE

I'm playing a BR show at Mud and Water:
Friday May 24
9pm
$10 advance / $12 at door

myshkin

myshkinsrubywarblers.com

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ROBERT CALMES HOUSE CONCERTS PRESENTS.... ROBERT CALMES!

The time has arrived for Robert Calmes to give a concert. That’s right, the host of these concerts has gotten inspired by the house concerts to re-enter the world of folk music. In the early 2000’s I was playing with a “chamber folk” trio called Drifthouse, mostly on the Lake Pontchartrain Northshore. But, that ensemble is long gone. Since then, I have played “dinner music”—classical, instrumental oldies, jazz standards and the like at area restaurants. But, finding work of that kind is increasingly hard. The musical world slipped out from under me. But, that’s what house concerts are partly about—creating a venue for musicians.

So, I am back to the music that shaped me in my 20’s and 30’s when I lived in North Carolina. I was playing traditional British Isles and Appalachian ballads and some of the “dinner music” at a restaurant called “Irregardless” –yes, that really is its name—in Raleigh, North Carolina—a great restaurant with live music 7 days a week.

To go along with my entry into folk music, I am releasing a “Best of” CD, that compiles pieces I recorded going all the way back to my first recordings in the 1980’s and concluding with tracks from my ecently completed archival recording of over 200 arrangements for solo guitar. These will be for sale at my concert.

I will have a guest during part of my concert, my old friend Perry Trosclair, principal oboist with the Acadiana Symphony.  Perry and I were in a trio in college with cellist Suki Kuehn and we have stayed in touch and played the occasional gig ever since then.. Perry will be playing on one of my original compositions, a piece by George Hollinshead, one by 70’s songwriter Jimmie Spheeris, a piece by Ralph Towner of Oregon, one by Malcolm Dalglish, formerly of Metamora, and one by Italian film composer, Ennio Morricone. So, our sets are not classical or folk, just eclectic sets of tunes we hope you’ll find beautiful, as we do.

We are set to give this concert as the next in the Calmes House Concert series, on the patio or in the living room, depending on the weather. The date is May 25. That’s the last one in this year’s series. We will resume the concerts in September. As usual, we would like for you to let us know if you plan to attend. As I have been away from the folk music world for awhile, I tried to attach sound clips, but found that Yahoo mail could not handle them. Will try later. If you want to hear some of my Celtic tunes, you can log on to www.robertcalmes.com  Click “Celtic”. There is other non-folk music on the site too, but these won’t be performed unless you request them.

As usual, we will pass the hat, and I will ask for the same suggested donation the other musicians have so far--$10 per person.

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FROM THE FUGITIVE POETS...

Our May show at the Birdman has been scheduled for  May 19th instead of May 12th. Hope we see you there.

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JOY KILLS SORROW

Joy Kills Sorrow makes a stop in Baton Rouge at Mud & Water on Wednesday, 22 May, 2013, with local support from Lucy & The Gamblers

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GINA FORSYTH MAY 2013

This month, there's all kinds of good stuff going on, a show or two at the Allways, a late-night show at the Neutral Ground, a couple of shows for the National Park Service for Bioblitz, even a set at the Red Dragon in Baton Rouge opening for Chuck Brodsky. Now that Jazz Fest is over, it may seem like a lifetime ago, but...


Fri. 24     Neutral Ground Coffeehouse (New Orleans) 11 pm (504)891-3381
5110 Danneel St.NOLA 70115 www.neutralgroundcoffeehouse.com

www.ginaforsyth.com

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TAJ MAHAL

Grammy Award winning blues musician fuses sounds from the Caribbean, Africa and the South Pacific

Saturday, June 1, 2013, 8 pm

Manship Theatre www.manshiptheatre.com

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JOSH RITTER, MILK CARTON KIDS

Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band w/ special guest Milk Carton Kids

Sunday, June 30, 2013, Manship Theatre

Named one of the 100 Greatest Living Songwriters by Paste Magazine

www.manshiptheatre.org

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DO YOU ENJOY SALMON?

Bristol Bay, Alaska, is the largest remaining sockeye salmon fishery left in the world. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it alone is responsible for approximately 46% of the average global abundance of wild sockeye salmon. Unbelievably, this pristine ecosystem is now threatened with environmental destruction by a proposed “open pit” copper and gold mine.  Only you can prevent 10 billion tons of toxic sludge from destroying 46% of the world’s remaining sockeye salmon.  Support Musicians United To Protect Bristol Bay and help us stop the Pebble Mine!

We are hundreds of musicians, using the power of music to bring global attention to this fight!  Make a donation today and help us get our first album, Bristol Bay, into the hands of radio DJ’s everywhere.  Music has the power!  Learn about the issue and our project and make a tax deductible donation.

https://ioby.org/project/musicians-united

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Dr. Joshua Caffery, chair of the English Department at the Episcopal School of Acadiana, has been awarded the prestigious Alan Lomax Fellowship in Folklife Studies by the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Caffery is the first high school teacher and the first U.S. citizen to receive this honor.

The Alan Lomax Fellowship brings scholars from around the world to the Library of Congress to study the massive body of song and image collected by Alan and John Lomax. The Lomaxes were “field collectors,” traveling the country to record traditional folk music. During the 1930’s, the pair recorded musicians in southern Louisiana. “Alan Lomax believed that certain areas of the country had unique cultural resources that should be conserved for future generations,” explains Caffery. “I plan to help continue that vision.”

Caffery received notification of his appointment from James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress. Caffery plans to move his family to the Washington, DC area in September to begin his one-year appointment.

“We couldn't be happier for Josh as he begins this new adventure,” said Dr. Paul Baker, head of the Episcopal School of Acadiana’s Cade campus. “ESA will miss the amazing breadth of experience that Josh brought to his students. From his dissertation work with the Lomax collection to his Grammy-nominated music recorded with the band Feufollet, Josh shared his full range of talents with our school.”

Caffery, a Franklin, LA native and 1993 graduate of Episcopal School of Acadiana, returned to ESA in 2010 to teach at his alma mater. A year later, he completed his Ph.D. in English from University of Louisiana Lafayette under the direction of renowned folklorist Barry Jean Ancelet. Caffery’s first book, Traditional Music in Coastal Louisiana: The 1934 Lomax Recordings, a study of the songs collected by the Lomaxes in the Acadiana area, will be published by LSU Press in November. Passionate about the traditional music of southern Louisiana, Caffery plans to continue his research during his fellowship in Washington.

“I’m tremendously excited and honored to receive this fellowship,” says Caffery. “For me, having the chance to study the recordings at the Library of Congress is like a Biblical scholar having access to the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Tracking down the origins of obscure folk songs can be painstaking work, and Caffery is thrilled to have access to the largest library in the world. “My favorite thing about this sort of research is the detective work that goes into unraveling song meanings, types, and origins,” says Caffery.

In addition to researching Louisiana song traditions, Caffery will be working on a number of associated projects. He hopes to produce an album of spirituals based on the 1934 recordings of two singers from Avery Island. Caffery also plans to finish a collection of original poetry inspired by Louisiana traditional song and to identify and develop resources within the Archive of American Folksong for possible use in Louisiana schools.

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GIRLS ROCK CAMP BATON ROUGE

ANNOUNCING AN EXCITING NEW SUMMER CAMP OFFERING FOR BATON ROUGE-AREA GIRLS 10-16!!!!  2013 marks the first year that Girls Rock Camp will be offered right here in the Capital City.  Girls Camp Rock Baton Rouge is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating an environment that supports empowered learning for girls of all backgrounds and abilities...using MUSIC as a medium to encourage CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION AND INDIVIDUALITY!

Local founder Pamela Tusa has scheduled the first Girls Rock Camp for the week of June 17-21, 2013, at Mentorship Academy in downtown Baton Rouge.  Open to girls ages 10-16, campers of all skill levels will learn guitar, drums, keyboard, or bass, form a band, write a song, and perform at the end of the week at a Showcase for friends, family, and lots of screaming fans.  The Showcase will be held at the Red Dragon Listening Room on June 23, 2013, at 3:00 pm.

Local  musicians will conduct workshops for the girls during the camp.  Musicians and music lovers are encouraged to volunteer their time during the week.

CAMPER SPACE IS LIMITED!  Call today to reserve your space!

CONTACT INFO:  To register, volunteer, or seek more information, please visit us online at www.girlsrockcampbr.org or contact Pam Tusa by phone at 225-252-0499.

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Pats Sylvest, "Highway 90" from Randy Rome Walsh on Vimeo.

The 'Sylvestrings' duo of Father and Son, Patrick and Matthew Sylvest will perform at the 'Dansereau House Drinkery' in Thibodaux, LA. from 6 - 9 pm on June 13th.

Patrick's Gypsy Jazz Duo with Brent Melancon on Guitar, 'Hot Club de Lune' will wrap up the live music season at Dansereau House Drinkery on June 27th, 6 - 9 pm.


Patrick Sylvest dot com!

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James Linden Hogg is the WWI Museum national History Day finalist and reigning state champion in the performance category.  

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REVIEW OF THE EXCELLENT CLEMENTINE HUNTER FOLK OPERA "ZINNIAS"...

http://www.nola.com/nolavie/index.ssf/2013/01/the_life_of_clementine_hunter.html


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DUKES OF HAZZARD FAMILY REUNION, CONCERT AND CAR SHOW AUGUST 17TH, 2013, LIVINGSTON LOUISIANA  -  www.DukesReunionLA.com

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THEY SAY VINYL RECORDS ARE BACK

Personally, your humble webhost wouldn't hold his breath waiting for this to become mainstream, but here's what they're saying:

http://www.nextavenue.org/blog/what-goes-around-comes-around-vinyl-records-are-back


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SONGBIRD MUSIC SCHOOL JULY 6, 7 2013

Spend a great weekend learning songwriting from the legendary
Verlon Thompson...
  
Or learn from Alan Morton (mandolin), Mark Raborn (banjo),  David Hinson (bass), Heather Feierabend (voice), Patrick Sylvest (dobro)

Songbird Music School,  July 6th and 7th , 2013   

For registration information about this great opportunity held at BirdMan Coffee in St. Francisville, email Lynn at birdmancoffee@bellsouth.net or call 225-721-1296

Special concert by Verlon on Saturday night with the songbird instructors! - concert open to public,  $20 cover!  Register soon for class of your choice before it fills up!

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===Yoo hoo . . . its us again . . .

The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz "Not 'Yer Daddy's Bluegrass . . ." http://www.bagasseboyz.com http://www.cdbaby.com/all/theboyz

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Here's a Woody Guthrie novel written in 1947 -- it's the first title from Johnny Depp's publishing imprint Infinitum Nihil

http://www.amazon.com/House-Earth-Novel-Woody-Guthrie/dp/0062248391/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359841773&sr=8-1&keywords=HOUSE+OF+EARTH 

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TOP FOLK ARTISTS OF 2012

Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 156671 airplays from 194 different DJs www.folkradio.org
1. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
2. Bob Dylan
3. Woody Guthrie
4. John McCutcheon
5. Pete Seeger
6. Stan Rogers
7. Red Molly
8. The Stray Birds
9. Doc Watson
10. The Honey Dewdrops
11. The Chieftains
12. Lucy Kaplansky
13. Robin And Linda Williams
14. Nanci Griffith
15. Kate Campbell
16. The Steel Wheels
17. Carolina Chocolate Drops
18. Tim Grimm
19. Mary Chapin Carpenter
20. Chris Smither
21. Darrell Scott
22. Greg Brown
23. Gillian Welch
24. Antje Duvekot
25. Willie Nelson
26. Joel Mabus
27. John Gorka
28. Rani Arbo And Daisy Mayhem
29. Iris DeMent
29. Johnny Cash
31. John Prine
31. Richard Shindell
33. Eliza Gilkyson
34. Drew Nelson
34. Gina Forsyth
36. Carrie Newcomer
37. Dar Williams
37. Ry Cooder
39. Grant Peeples
40. Laurie Lewis
41. Alison Krauss
42. Sarah McQuaid
43. Arlo Guthrie
43. Steve Spurgin
45. Peter Mulvey
45. Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen
47. Dana And Susan Robinson
48. The Refugees
49. Bill Monroe
50. Cahalen Morrison And Eli West
51. Bill Staines
51. The Once
53. Emma's Revolution
54. Jimmy Lafave
55. Cheryl Wheeler
55. Emmylou Harris
55. Joe Crookston
58. Tom Russell
59. Tim O'Brien
60. Twangtown Paramours
61. Gathering Time
62. Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs
63. Tom Paxton
64. Mariel Vandersteel
65. Bill Evans
66. Coty Hogue
66. Ellis Paul
66. Guy Clark
69. Caroline Herring
70. Chuck Brodsky
71. Loudon Wainwright III
72. Levon Helm
73. Old Crow Medicine Show
74. Geoff Bartley
74. John Flynn
76. Altan
77. The Wailin' Jennys
78. Peter Mayer
79. Ben Bedford
79. Bruce Springsteen
79. Kathy Mattea
82. Le Vent Du Nord
83. The Foghorn String Band
83. Joel Rafael
83. Lyle Lovett
83. Molasses Creek
87. Roy Zimmerman
88. Cosy Sheridan
89. Brother Sun
89. Claudia Schmidt
91. Joni Mitchell
92. Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer
92. Jackstraw
92. Judy Collins
95. Pesky J. Nixon
95. Si Kahn
97. Crooked Still
98. Leonard Cohen
99. Loreena McKennitt
100. Dan Crary
100. James Keelaghan
102. Anne Hills
103. Roy Schneider
103. Steep Canyon Rangers
105. Jory Nash
106. Peggy Seeger
106. Truckstop Honeymoon
108. John Wort Hannam
108. Shawn Colvin
110. David Francey
110. Gordon Lightfoot
110. Honor Finnegan
113. The Pines
114. The Burns Sisters
115. Joan Baez
116. David Grisman
116. Paul Simon
118. Annalivia
118. Lindsay Lou And The Flatbellys
120. Bruce Cockburn
120. Steve Earle
122. Bobtown
122. Milkdrive
122. Neal And Leandra
125. Pharis And Jason Romero
126. Eric Taylor
127. Cary Cooper
127. Rose Cousins
129. West Of Eden
130. John Hartford
131. Old Man Luedecke
132. Chris Brashear
132. Harvey Reid
132. Peter, Paul And Mary
135. Ricky Skaggs
136. Coyote Grace
136. Richard Thompson
138. Mary Black
138. Ruthie Foster
140. Catie Curtis
140. Runa
142. Kim And Reggie Harris
143. Eilen Jewell
144. Loretta Hagen
145. Caroline Doctorow
146. Lou And Peter Berryman
146. Otter Creek
148. Annabelle Chvostek
148. Dave Potts
148. Sons Of The Never Wrong
151. Bonnie Raitt
151. I See Hawks In L. A.
153. Annie Lou
153. Doc And Merle Watson
155. Jerry Douglas
155. Punch Brothers
157. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
157. Townes Van Zandt
159. Buskin And Batteau
159. Danny Schmidt
159. Fred Eaglesmith
159. Jack Hardy
163. Band
163. The Gibson Brothers
163. Katya Chorover
163. Susan Werner
167. The Hard Road Trio
167. Rhonda Vincent
169. Doc Watson And David Holt
170. Phil Ochs
170. Pieta Brown
170. Sultans Of String
173. 2 Man Gentlemen Band
173. Dala
173. Debra Cowan
173. Donna Ulisse
173. Gretchen Peters
173. Slaid Cleaves
179. Audrey Auld
179. Kennedys
181. Eric Bibb
181. Ramblin' Jack Elliott
181. Tony Rice
181. Zoe Muth And The Lost High Rollers
185. Butch Thompson And Pat Donohue
185. Hank Williams
185. Kate Wolf
185. Tim O'Brien And Darrell Scott
189. John Hiatt
189. Jon Brooks
189. Madison Violet
192. Michael Jerome Browne
193. Burns And Kristy
193. Sarah Jarosz
195. Aztec Two-Step
195. Tom Pacheco
197. Anne Hills And David Roth
197. April Verch
199. Andrew And Noah Band
199. Battlefield Band
199. Rachel Harrington
199. Rafe And Clelia Stefanini
203. George Mann
203. Jay Ungar And Molly Mason
203. Still On The Hill
206. Evie Ladin Band
207. Emily Pinkerton
207. Jonathan Edwards
207. Steve Goodman
207. Tom Rush
211. Hans Theessink And Terry Evans
211. Linda McRae
213. Bill Morrissey
213. Darryl Purpose
213. David Greenberg And Harpeth Rising
213. John Doyle
217. La Bottine Souriante
218. Mary Gauthier
218. Ray Bonneville
220. Jonathan Byrd
221. Barbara Kessler
221. Robert Earl Keen
223. David Bromberg
223. Lucinda Williams
223. Mustard's Retreat
226. Anais Mitchell
226. David Mallett
226. John Reischman And The Jaybirds
226. Lonesome River Band
226. Louise Taylor
231. Beatles
231. Carter Family
231. Dennis Warner
231. Lynn Miles
231. Mike Stevens And Matt Andersen
231. Zoe Mulford
237. John Lilly
237. Neptune's Car
237. Solas
240. Atomic Duo
240. Neil Young
240. Nels Andrews
240. O'Brien Party Of 7
240. Special Consensus
240. Steeleye Span
240. Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers
247. Blue Highway
247. Claire Lynch
247. Johnsmith
247. Penny Nichols
247. Rod MacDonald
247. Terence Martin

These lists are compiled and posted to the FOLKDJ-L web site
every month (since October 1997). The archive of past Top
Album lists is available at http://folkradio.org (the official
FOLKDJ-L web site) and also, in an extended version, at
http://nwfolk.com
 
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TUESDAY AND WED. NIGHTS AT PICCADILLY

I am playing jazz guitar/vocals of pop standards and contemporary tunes at Piccadilly on Government at North Acadian Thruway on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 4:30 to 7:15 or so.  It is so exciting for me to have this opportunity, and I would love it if y'all would help me spread the word to people who love the music of the early to mid-1900s!  This is a unique opportunity for senior citizens who grew up with these tunes, to get to enjoy hearing them again live.

Dorothy C. LeBlanc www.dorothyleblanc.com

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GREENWICH VILLAGE: MUSIC THAT DEFINED A GENERATION is a feature-length documentary about the Greenwich Village music scene and how it sparked everlasting political, social and cultural changes. For the first time, the greatest singer-songwriters, authors and performers from Greenwich Village reflect on how they collectively became the voice of a generation. Through poignant interviews, rare archival footage and new live performances, GREENWICH VILLAGE: MUSIC THAT DEFINED A GENERATION tells a story about community, courage and most importantly – music. Tom was one of the many people interviewed for this documentary. Produced by Laura Archibald. Take a look at the trailer!

http://www.greenwichmusicdoc.com

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John Fullbright with Jimmy LaFave: Moving ... The ASCAP Foundation recently announced that Okemah native John Fullbright's song “Moving” is the recipient of their annual Harold Adamson Lyric Award.

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AIRPLAY ON JIM HOGG'S HOGG HEAVEN

Hi there,

I host a local BG / folk/gospel radio show that airs on several country stations on Sunday morning. If you have a recent recording that would reflect this format, please send along.  I would be glad to air.  Please let me know what song that you are trying to push.

I do this only as a labor of love for this kind of music and to promote local artist.

Thanks and tell your Mamma you love her.

Jim  jimhogggroup@cox.net    http://youtu.be/tfiXcyDWGso

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GARRISON KEILLOR WROTE THIS FOR HIS FACEBOOK SITE:

A person never stops asking What is the point? Why do I do what I do? Well, last night at an event a young man named Richard, in a wheelchair, body contorted from some debilitating disease, maybe ALS, hardly able to scrunch the words out, but brain still functioning, told me he was a huge FAN of Guy Noir and Lake Wobegon and Writers Almanac and he took such delight in regaling me with all the stuff he loved, Emmylou, the sound effects, the St. Olaf choir, the cowboys.  His head was rolling side to side, arms waving, hands frozen stiff, mouth gaping, spit flying, but he was transported with delight and laughing and laughing ----- this isn't the demographic one envisions ----- one envisions an audience of cool people including kewl teenagers and twentyish hipsters. But here is my listener, Richard. He lives in a group home, and evidently radio is an intense experience for someone trapped in a twisted unwieldy body. I felt sort of redeemed. I'm not a saintly person, nor even especially high-minded, but for Richard's sake, I'd like the show to be good. Other people can turn off the radio and go trotting off to a club; he can't. So he's going to be on my mind for awhile. Maybe we'll do a sketch about an action hero in a wheelchair.

- Garrison Keillor

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The moment that you all have been dreading is finally nigh . . . proof that the end times are near . . . the Mayans were right, it's this year . . . much to the consternation of all that is right and righteous . . . so much for truth, justice and the American way . . . The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz video has finally burst forth from the depths of mediocrity!!!!  "It Took A Woman Like You To Make A Man Outta Me"  is on the Internet and available for viewing by going to www.bagasseboyz.com and clicking on the "Video" tab.  The video was produced by Randy Rome Walsh of Stray Records Studio and is all his fault . . . he made us do it, he threatened to tell Mom about that little incident with the car if we didn't . . .  There is also a bonus feature, "The Making of 'It Took A Woman Like You . . .' showcasing the photo talents of Linda McLellan.  A couple of pointers that we learned (the hard way) at the Red Carpet Gala World Premiere last Saturday . . . be sure to be sitting down when viewing the video and have a glass of water and smelling salts handy . . . we're just sayin' . . .

And now is the perfect time to get back at that obnoxious brother-in-law or that annoying neighbor who keeps bugging you.  Send them link to this video and the odds are you'll never hear from them again.  We don't expect it to go viral, we expect it to go septic . . .

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Patrick Sylvest, "Collard Greens" from Randy Rome Walsh on Vimeo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgM583yfPdU

Patrick Sylvest dot com! Purchase CD's Here! www.reverbnation.com/patricksylvest

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FROM SEATTLE FOLKDJ JOHN SINCOCK:

This is the list of artists at 2012 FA conference recommended to each other by the DJs who attended the Friday luncheon.

(this list is in the order written down as the paper was passed around, with each person's own spelling and verbal comments that I was trying to quickly jot down)

Lucas Chaisson - young Canadian songwriter
Bradon Gates - Canadian songwriter
Natasha Borzilova - Russian-born songwriter, now in Nashville, 2 CDs at conference
JT Nero and Alison Russell - Chicago artists
Genticorum -
Melody Guy -  Nashville
Jimmy Robinson - LeoKottke-esque style with long sets
Joanna Cotton - Big voice SW with R+B influences
Eddie Berman - Louisiana SW with guitar and banjo accomp
Milk Drive - 4 part Austin TX
MAZ - Quebecois music with modern influences
Sierra Noble - Canadian fiddler, specializes in Meti styles
SHEL - 4 women group from Fort Collins CO, with creative arrangements and 3 part Vox harmonies Brad Yoder -
Sarah MacDougall - Whitehorse YKT SW
T. Buckley - Calgary SW
Dust Busters - younger trad music group, new CD with John Cohen coming out
Elizabeth Laprelle - Trad singer, honored with Mike Seeger scholarship
Jonell Mosser - Nashville soulful style, frequent session singer
Steve Dawson - multi-instrumentalist from Vancouver, heavily used as a sideman in Canada
Ghosts Along the Brazos - Austin TX
Kaia Kater - 18yo Canadian
Milk Carton Kids - Los Angeles duo
Bill Lestock -
Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys -
Humming House - 5 person string band
 Bishop/ Davidson - multi-instrumental duo Steve Pultz -San Diego CA
Harpeth Rising -

added by Steve Edge at the last moment:
Jim Byrnes and the Sojouners - Bluesman with a Gospel group The Sojourners
Sherman Downey - Newfoundland 3 piece band
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Les Kerr, Old Lighthouse

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Robert Calmes/Drifthouse - Kennesaw Line

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Here's a great article on Clay Parker.

http://www.povhouma.com/Articles/2011/10/lv_15_1011.html

Patrick Sylvest

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Baton Rouge's own...Smithfield Fair: The Scent of Pencil Shavings
 
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DEM PHONES
 
 
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FROM SMITHFIELD FAIR

Two brand new videos: Where the Rippling Waters Flow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uvkLA5bJRM) & Plenty of Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvxo6K5_PIU&feature=related).

 
Special thanks to our friends Stuart Poulton, David Nall & Scott Rogers at First Concepts, Inc. in Baton Rouge for these. (They do such wonderful work on this and support the community with the Around Town Show.)
 
Hope you enjoy them and we hope to see you soon. Visit our website at www.smithfieldfair.com and our MySpace page at www.myspace.com/smithfieldfair
 
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Trouvère: Carl Kleinpeter ~ Lawrence King ~ Gary Ragan
The Folk Art And Music of Bruce Hornsby at the Manship Theatre Gallery
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Hi, all - I'm learning how to use the Windows Movie Maker and I've successfully created two shorts - both now uploaded to You Tube. (My mother always says, "Fools' names like fools' faces often appear in public places!)

The first, above, is a Smithfield Fair promotional piece

and the second is this pictoral history of Charmer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghDR3ILpKZQ

- the name before we changed to Smithfield Fair. I hope you'll enjoy it, but feel free to give me any feedback. Thanks. dbs

Dudley-Brian Smith Smithfield Fair/Charmer

 

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CAFE DES AMIS WANTS YOU!

My name is Rebecca Sharky. I am the GM of Cafe Des Amis in Breaux Bridge, LA.   I'd like for Cafe Des Amis to be considered as an alternative non-smoking venue to your folk friends. If you have any suggestions, please email me.

Thank you!

Cafe Des Amis <gm@cafedesamis.comwww.cafedesamis.com

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO BREATHE SECONDHAND SMOKE AT WORK.  WHY SHOULD I?
 
"I have been affected by secondhand smoke.  I remember one night I was playing in a club and I went to hit a high note and I almost blacked out on stage.  I had to hold the microphone to keep from falling down. There was so much smoke in the place that it had a negative impact on my singing."
--Deacon John
 
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SOUTHERN FOLKLIFE COLLECTION ONLINE RADIO

Music selections from  audio collections at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's  Southern Folklife Collection are now being streamed online. Visitors can  tune in to channels that feature music in five genres: old-time music;  country and bluegrass; folk revival; rhythm, blues, and boogie; and the  eclectic “SFC Mix.” The purpose of our radio stream is to make our holdings  available for educational use.

To listen  visit:

http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/sfc/index.php/streaming-radio/

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From Rik Palieri:

I thought you might want to check out this video clip from WCAX TV News about the CD  that I am featured on Singing Through The Hard Times , a Tribute To Utah Phillips.  Enjoy and pass it along

http://www.wcax.com/global/video.asp?clipId=4498158&autostart=true

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FOLKSINGERS ON THE RADIO

RECORDING STUDIOS IN LOUISIANA

http://masterdigital.com/studios/index.htm

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I've set up a Twitter account.  I have no idea where it will lead.   I will tweet this, retweet that, and see what happens next.  www.twitter.com/hootenannypower

--Taylor

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QUAKER BENEDICTION

When the song of the angel is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flocks,
The work of Christmas begins:
   To find the lost,
   To heal the broken,
   To feed the hungry,
   To release the prisoner,
   To rebuild the nations,
   To bring peace among brothers,
   To make music in the heart.


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SAVING CAJUN & ZYDECO HISTORY

Hundreds of early Rendez-vous des Cajuns broadcasts, featuring some of the greatest names in Cajun music, have now been preserved for all time.

As of the now, the first six years of performances — almost 300 episodes — have been digitally remastered by experts at the Center for Louisiana Acadian Studies at UL's Dupre Library.

"We helped to fund it, and they did the transfer," said Larry Miller, chairman of the Cajun Music Hall of Fame in Eunice.....

more:  http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20091226/NEWS01/912260308/Saving-Cajun-zydeco-history

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NOTE TO PERFORMERS:

This website is updated Saturdays, before the Hootenanny Power radio show at 9 pm on WRKF.  Please don't wait until Monday or Tuesday after the radio show to send me info on a performance that coming Friday.  It definitely won't make the show, and probably won't make the website.  tlcaffery at yahoo dot com

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The Fugitive Poets: I Am An Armadillo

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An Excellent Music Source:

www.villagerecords.com

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The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz: I Shall Be Released

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Vermont's Rik Palieri hosts Lyn Hardy

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Clarence's Cajun/Zydeco show is on WBRH, 90.3 fm, Saturdays 7-8 pm, and area Cajun and Zydeco radio info are always found at www.cajunradio.org , Cajun music jams at http://www.cajunradio.org/cajunjams.html, and don't forget the  Baton Rouge Blues Society and all its events and listings, at www.batonrougeblues.org

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Click here for the playlist from the most recent Hootenanny Power on WRKF
Click here for other recent playlists. (Sometimes, when the web host is down with overnight planned maintenance, this second link will have the latest playlist first!)

Latino music, art and cultural events are listed at www.LaTno.com, described as "A loose Spanglish acronym for 'La. T n.o.' - Lah-TEE-noh, the Louisiana (La.) and New Orleans (n.o.) connection."

For fun, traditional country music, check out the Old South Jamboree, Walker LA.  (I wish they had a website!)
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For this week's Hootenanny Power show, thanks to  Caffery Gallery www.cafferygallery.com
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Write me via e-mail if your upcoming folk music, blues, celtic, world, cajun, or similar event should be here. WRKF's signal covers much of South Central Louisiana, so I'd like to include as much info as I can about events listeners might want to know about throughout the state.
--Taylor Caffery, WRKF tlcaffery@yahoo.com

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Remember, The Neutral Ground Coffee House in New Orleans  is Louisiana's oldest regular folk venue.  There's ALWAYS somebody worth hearing on their schedule, year 'round (an assertion supported by NPR's interview with owner Philip Melancon on Saturday, Aug 2, 2003's Weekend Edition, with Philip playing Roy Rogers songs on accordion!)  If you'll be in the Nawlins area, be sure to check the Neutral Ground calendar at www.neutralground.org  (Since Katrina, the website has not shown a current schedule, but it has a guestbook for artists and customers to check in)

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MORE BATON ROUGE ROOTS RADIO

Rob Payer Rhythm Review WBRH 90.3 FM   Saturday / 7am-1pm
Tabby Thomas Tabby's Blues Box on WBRH 90.3 FM  Saturday / 1pm-2pm
Weekly Guest host Blues Buffet WBRH 90.3 FM Saturday / 2pm-3pm
Pat McBride, Louisiana Gumbo on WBRH 90.3  Saturday / 3pm-4pm
S.J. Montalbano, Roots of Rock & Roll on WBRH 90.3   Saturday / 4pm-7pm
Zia Tammami, Spontaneous Combustion & Cat's Corner  Sunday  KLSU 91.1  10am-2pm 
      WBRH 90.3  3pm-7pm
Noel Jackson, The Southern Soul Show on KBRH 1260 AM  / Sunday 11am-noon
Clarence Moritz Jr., Cajun and Zydeco Radio Show, KBRH 1260 AM / Sunday noon - 2 pm

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YOU'RE ON TOO LATE FOR ME, TAYLOR!

People do express that sentiment to me oftimes, but the station schedule is guided by all sorts of important considerations, and I'm happy to continue to have the opportunity to bring this alternative music to our area and support the touring performers in whatever way possible. Now, my friend Rich Warren in Chicago on WFMT hosts a show called The Midnight Special, which has been around since the 1950s, when the host was Mike Nichols. Rich loves the late-night hours for folk music, but he knows some folks can't listen to the radio at that time (asleep? out partying?), so he has detailed instructions for taping his show, which can be done on a video recorder (vcr). Recognizing that his station's FM frequency is different, and you'd want to tune to 89.3, here's a link to Rich Warren's "manual" for taping a two-hour radio show on your VCR. Thanks, Rich.

ANOTHER WAY:

Get an iPhone or Android phone.  Download the WRKF app.  When the show starts, hit pause on your app.  Play it later.


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