News - Powered by Yahoo NewsFolk artist Yusuf Islam to sing about deportation
British folk singer Yusuf Islam hopes to return to the United States in December to record a song inspired by his deportation three years ago, he said on Friday.
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:01:25 GMT - (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival
Lerner's film is a no-frills document of Dylan in full performance, chronicling a tale of an artist growing up and away from his folk base, leaving the idealistic folkies in the dust. It also charts an odyssey from songs of innocence to songs of experience.
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:43:55 GMT - (filmcritic.com)
Strange Folk populate park
The Strange Folk Indie Art and Crafts festival may not be that well known yet, but for those who showed up for the 2007 edition of the event on Sept. 22, the trip was well worth the effort.
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:48:15 GMT - (St. Clair County Journal)
Vietnamese folk nusic charms Australians
VietNamNet Bridge - A performance of ?ca tru? (ceremonial) folk songs by Viet Nam?s Dynamic Students Association in Sydney on Thursday drew a warm response from the audience.
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:23:24 GMT - (Vietnam Net)
POP, ROCK, FOLK
BILLY BRAGG: Though nearly 50 years old, blue-collar folk-punker Bragg is sure to deliver poignant messages and catchy tunes tomorrow at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th St.; (212) 277-7179. GINA GERSHON:The rocker/singer/indie...
Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:03:30 GMT - (New York Post)
The Bonus: Youkilis gains folk hero status in Beantown
Everywhere Kevin Youkilis goes, he hears it.
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:03:14 GMT - (Sports Illustrated)
More Big Town folk & jazz
MUSICAL MEMORIES: All right, next week we get on with our life, we promise - although if these Long Beach-based folk-era (and jazz-era, too) memories of readers keep coming in, we might lapse into the past one more time.
Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:41:31 GMT - (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
World Premiere of 'Black Pearl Sings' Tugs at Roots of Folk Music, in Houston
The 29th season of Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston, TX, features the world premiere drama with music, Black Pearl Sings, by Frank Higgins, Oct. 17-Nov. 4.
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:42:33 GMT - (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
Folk Music
Since 1992, Deep Blue Organ Trio has been working tirelessly to keep the flames of classic organ jazz burning. They?ve held down a weekly gig at Chicago?s Green Mill and have released two highly acclaimed discs for Delmark Records: Deep Blue Bruise (2004) and Goin? to Town: Live at the Green Mill (2006). On Folk Songs , the trio?s first release for Origin Records, guitarist Bobby Broom, drummer ...
Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:10:52 GMT - (All About Jazz)
'Hyenas' preying on elderly folk
Criminals who prey on the elderly are described as hyenas by one of the PSNI's most senior officers.
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:03:42 GMT - (BBC News)