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Local Latin Flavor (East Bay Express)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 01:43
Coda series showcases the diversity of the Bay Area's Latin musicians. by j. poet The Latin music scene in the Bay Area has produced innovative bands like Mazacote, Michael Spiro's Tanaóra, Ray Obiedo's Urban Latin Jazz Project, and the Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet. Yet finding gigs is another matter. In the Seventies, there were dozens of Latin music venues like Señorial and Cesar's Latin ...
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St. Patrick's Day '10 Event Listings (SF Weekly)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 01:11
St. Patrick's Day in San Francisco isn't entirely about green beer and trashed frat boys. Okay, so it's mostly about green beer and trashed frat boys. But there is a wider variety of options than simply heading to the nearest O'Somebody's and powering down Guinness pints. From fun runs to church ...
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Special Concert at WOMAD (Scoop.co.nz)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 00:38
Collaborating at a distance has been a new experience for leading New Zealand chamber music ensemble NZTrio.
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Murray McLauchlan to headline Easter Seals Telethon (The Guardian)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 18:58
  Eleven-time Juno winner Murray McLauchlan is the featured performer for the 2010 Easter Seals Telethon on CBC Television at 2:00 p.
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More than $13,000 raised by FriendFest 2010 (Kutztown Area Patriot)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 17:36
With more than 700 attendees, 50 volunteers and 30 vendors, the FriendFest 2010 Benefit Wine and Beer Festival raised about $13,000 to help fund the many programs and services at Friend Inc. Community Services in Kutztown.
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Baez books in-town concert (St. Cloud Times)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 16:14
Joan Baez has been added to Paramount Theatre's lineup of summer concerts.
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Video Premiere: She & Him: "In the Sun" (Pitchfork)

Yahoo Alt-Country News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:47
Zooey Deschanel doesn't just act and sing. She dances , too. And hula hoops! All of her various talents are on display in this high school musical-style video for She & Him 's new single "In the Sun" . Deschanel's second LP with producer and arranger M. Ward is called Volume Two and it's out March 23, via Merge . (April 5 on Domino in the UK.) Money-back guarantee: This is the most downright ...
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Ryan Adams: The Pizza Place (Pitchfork)

Yahoo Alt-Country News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:17
Last week, we learned about the existence of the Toronto eatery Sky Blue Sky Sandwich Company , a spot where every item on the menu is named after a Wilco tune. But Sky Blue Sky isn 't the only restaurant where menu items are named in honor of an alt-country mainstay's body of work. Reader Josh Wyrick has tipped us off to the existence of the Greensboro, North Carolina pizza place Sticks ...
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The Good Lovelies nominated for Juno (Northumberland Today)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:12
NORTHUMBERLAND — The local folk music trio, The Good Lovelies, has been nominated for a Juno Award. The category is Roots & Traditional Album of the Year for a group, and The Good Lovelies' self-titled, first, full-length CD is the nomination.[...]
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ECMA discoveries in Cape Breton: Talented singer-songwriters, a new generation of fiddlers and high-energy performers (The Telegram)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:16
It is impossible to attend the East Coast Music Awards and Conference, which clewed up Sunday night in Cape Breton, without coming home with a few new artists of interest from outside of your own province.
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Fred Wedlock obituary (Guardian Unlimited)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:13
Bristolian folk singer, actor and TV presenter known for his hit The Oldest Swinger in Town British folk clubs during the 1960s and 70s played host to the "folk comedians", who combined a love of folk music with a natural ability to make an audience laugh. Jasper Carrott, Mike Harding and Billy Connolly all started off in folk clubs. Fred Wedlock, who has died of a heart attack aged 67, was ...
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Botswana : Dikakapa, No Surprise (AllAfrica.com)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 09:20
It should not surprise that it is the traditional dance troupes that have been making headway on the international scene. Dikakapa now represents the traditional arts constituency of Botswana at the Kora awards. Machesa and Culture Spears also get regular play on the South African radio stations.
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Ántonios Nicolaidis, graduate student, dies at 29 (Baltimore Sun)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 08:42
Ántonios Nicolaidis, a doctoral student at the University of Athens who was active in Baltimore's Greek community, died of complications from surgery Feb. 23 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The East Baltimore resident was 29.
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Four Shillings Short performs in Clearlake and Middletown (Lake County News)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 07:08
LAKE COUNTY – Four Shillings Short will perform in Lake County in two separate performances in March and April.
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30th St. Patrick’s Parade coming to W-B on Sunday (Times Leader)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 06:51
WILKES-BARRE - The city will hold its 30th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, and Mayor Tom Leighton said the event will be bigger and better than ever.
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30th St. Patrick’s Parade coming to W-B on Sunday (Times Leader)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 06:51
WILKES-BARRE - The city will hold its 30th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, and Mayor Tom Leighton said the event will be bigger and better than ever.
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Baez books in-town concert (St. Cloud Times)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 06:45
Joan Baez has been added to Paramount Theatre's lineup of summer concerts.
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The Avett Brothers gear up for Michigan Theater show (The Michigan Daily)

Yahoo Folk Music News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 03:59
The Avett Brothers are conventional folk musicians like Jackson Pollack was a conventional painter. The band, like Pollack, turns tradition on its head, choosing bits and pieces for themselves before moving forward into the wild unknown. read more
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Sammamish band wins Sound Off! - signs up for Bumbershoot (Sammamish Reporter)

Yahoo Alt-Country News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 01:33
The Sound Off! win caps what has been a thoroughly satisfying year for the heralded Plateau group, during which they postponed college and career plans, spent many hours in practice rooms and recording studios, and sculpted their alt-country sound which is starting to catch the ear of labels and venue bookers around the state.
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