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11th Annual Americana Music Festival
REGISTER NOW FOR THE 11th ANNUAL AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE Your registration includes access to all daytime conference activities, evening festival showcases, and one ticket to our esteemed Americana Honors & Awards show at the historic Ryman Auditorium. click here to REGISTER. For more information or assistance in registering for... »
Folk Music Rocks In New Book
From indigenous music to Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen singing ³This Land Is Your Land² side-by-side at the pre-inaugural concert for our first African American president‹folk music has been at the center of America¹s history. International award-winning author Stephanie P. Ledgin delivers an exciting new overview of folk music–its history, personalities and more–in her... »
The Johnny Cash Project
NEW YORK, NY – The Johnny Cash Project, an online global collective art project and visual testament to the life and career of Johnny Cash, “The Man In Black,” celebrates its official launch today, with over 5,000 frames submitted to the dynamic website in the three weeks since the site’s... »
Rediscovered Treasure
MAC WISEMAN has been a very important part of the Country and Bluegrass music scene for many decades recording a tremendous amount of successful albums that have contained a long list of big hits in both genres. Towards the end of 1970, MAC and LESTER FLATT talked about teaming up for... »
“Ain’t No Grave” Debuts at #3 in the U.S
Los Angeles, CA — Johnny Cash’s American VI: Ain’t No Grave, the Man in Black’s “final victory,” according to USA Today, enters the Billboard 200 Albums charts next week at #3, marking the highest debut of the week with more than 54,000 units sold. The album also debuted in the #2... »
Folk Alley Crosses 100,000 Threshold
South Carolina – There’s strength in numbers and the voices that join together on FolkAlley.com are quickly becoming a chorus heard around the world. Folk Alley is the antidote to the Auto-Tune-riddled music scene that ignores a human desire for songs created from melody, storytelling and honest musicianship. The global ... »
Event to Feature Music Makers Trail Presentation and Vocal Groups
Staunton, VA. The Staunton Music Guild (SMG) will be hosting Don DePoy and Martha Hills of the Shenandoah Valley Mountain Music Makers Association (SVMMMA) at the next general meeting on Tuesday, March 30 at 6:30 pm. Downtown at the Clocktower, 27 W. Beverley, is providing the use of their music venue,... »
Merlefest Early Bird Ticket Deadline Extended
WILKESBORO, N.C. The deadline for Early Bird ticket prices to MerleFest 2010, presented by Lowe’s, has been extended to Tuesday, April 6, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. That is the last day to purchase 4-day and 3-day tickets at the Early Bird price, representing an average 10% discount. Ticket purchases can be ... »
Crooked Road Get’s Distinctive Listing
Southwest Virginia’s “Crooked Road” region has been named one of the 2010 America’s Dozen Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For ten years the National Trust has used the Dozen Distinctive Destinations program to highlight how historic preservation helps communities create a sustainable future and a strong economy... »
Wear Black For Cash’s Birthday
Nashville, TN - Help celebrate what would have been Johnny Cash’s 78th birthday on Friday, February 26, the day that his final studio album, American VI: Ain’t No Grave (American Recordings/Lost Highway), is officially released, and Wear Black for Johnny. Fans from all over the world are being invited to help celebrate Johnny Cash’s life, music, and... »
