http://www.acousticmusicscene.com News & Commentary for the Folk, Roots & Singer-Songwriter Communities Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:33:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2011/02/21/quick-q-a-with-aoife-clancy/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2011/02/21/quick-q-a-with-aoife-clancy/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:07:46 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=3461 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2011/02/21/quick-q-a-with-aoife-clancy/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2011/02/20/a-quick-q-a-with-mary-gauthier/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2011/02/20/a-quick-q-a-with-mary-gauthier/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:54:59 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=3425 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2011/02/20/a-quick-q-a-with-mary-gauthier/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2011/01/16/sonny-ochs-reflects-on-her-brother-phil-and-a-new-film-about-him/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2011/01/16/sonny-ochs-reflects-on-her-brother-phil-and-a-new-film-about-him/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:46:31 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=3288 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2011/01/16/sonny-ochs-reflects-on-her-brother-phil-and-a-new-film-about-him/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/11/27/the-peter-yarrow-sing-along-special-airs-on-pbs-stations/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/11/27/the-peter-yarrow-sing-along-special-airs-on-pbs-stations/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:41:29 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=3115 The Peter Yarrow Sing-Along Special, featuring some of America’s favorite folk songs performed by Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary, Yarrow’s daughter Bethany and cellist Rufus Cappadocia, Grammy Award-winning artists Mary Chapin Carpenter and Keb’ Mo', and percussionist Billy Jonas, airs on PBS stations through December 2010. Yarrow spoke with AcousticMusicScene.com recently. 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Kathy Sands-Boehmer posed a few questions to them recently. [To read Kathy's Q & A interview with Beaucoup Blue, click on the headline.]]]> http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/28/a-quick-q-a-with-beaucoup-blue/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/23/a-quick-q-a-with-david-francey/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/23/a-quick-q-a-with-david-francey/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:39:10 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=2131 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/23/a-quick-q-a-with-david-francey/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/13/a-quick-q-a-with-eilen-jewell/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/13/a-quick-q-a-with-eilen-jewell/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:26:15 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=2005 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/13/a-quick-q-a-with-eilen-jewell/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/09/23/q-a-with-ty-greenstein-of-girlyman/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/09/23/q-a-with-ty-greenstein-of-girlyman/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:04:52 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=1794 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/09/23/q-a-with-ty-greenstein-of-girlyman/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/08/21/q-a-with-greg-greenway/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/08/21/q-a-with-greg-greenway/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:33:15 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=1651 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/08/21/q-a-with-greg-greenway/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/08/05/q-a-with-singer-songwriter-antje-duvekot/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/08/05/q-a-with-singer-songwriter-antje-duvekot/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:16:23 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=1566 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/08/05/q-a-with-singer-songwriter-antje-duvekot/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/29/getting-to-know-nels-andrews/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/29/getting-to-know-nels-andrews/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:39:45 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=1433 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/29/getting-to-know-nels-andrews/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/14/getting-to-know-melissa-greener/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/14/getting-to-know-melissa-greener/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:32:32 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=1311 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/14/getting-to-know-melissa-greener/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/10/a-quick-q-a-with-stevie-coyle/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/10/a-quick-q-a-with-stevie-coyle/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:23:08 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=1273 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/10/a-quick-q-a-with-stevie-coyle/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/01/getting-to-know-abi-tapia/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/01/getting-to-know-abi-tapia/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:29:50 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=1217 AcousticMusicScene.com featured Abi Tapia in a late-night showcase during the 2008 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference, and I was delighted to introduce her during her first Long Island concert appearance in May. A very talented Americana-style singer-songwriter with a beautiful voice, Tapia will perform at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Hillsdale, New York in July as one of the emerging artists voted "Most Wanted to Return" by festival-goers last year. Kathy Sands-Boehmer posed a few questions to her recently. [To read Kathy's short Q & A interview with Abi Tapia, click on the headline.]]]> http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/06/01/getting-to-know-abi-tapia/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/05/19/abbie-gardner-is-folk-winner-in-john-lennon-songwriting-contest/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/05/19/abbie-gardner-is-folk-winner-in-john-lennon-songwriting-contest/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 15:09:54 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=1191 By Michael Kornfeld Abbie Gardner, a gifted New York area singer-songwriter and dobro player, who also is part of the rootsy female Americana trio Red Molly, is the Lennon Award winner in the folk category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Her winning song, “The Mind of a Soldier,” now competes with the winners in the contest’s 11 other categories for the $20,000 Maxell Song of the Year Award, to be announced in July. “I wanted to write a war song, but not from the perspective of either side, not something preachy or political, something more personal that people can relate to,” says Gardner of her award-winning song. She recalls listening to a lot of radio news reports about the war in Iraq while driving in her car and being bothered by the way in which “everyday I would usually just hear a number of how many people had died. It was just like a weather report.” “The Mind of a Soldier,” which can be heard on her MySpace page, seeks to address the human element. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]]]> http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/05/19/abbie-gardner-is-folk-winner-in-john-lennon-songwriting-contest/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/05/15/phil-henry-wins-2009-smaf-songwriter-contest/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/05/15/phil-henry-wins-2009-smaf-songwriter-contest/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 18:34:16 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=1166 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/05/15/phil-henry-wins-2009-smaf-songwriter-contest/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/05/13/quick-q-a-with-jenee-halstead/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/05/13/quick-q-a-with-jenee-halstead/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 17:03:26 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=1109 The River Grace, whose sound is rooted in the past yet beckons the progression of Americana, has received considerable airplay by folk radio DJs across the country in recent months. Ethan Baird, a Boston area musician like Jenee, recently posed a few questions to her. 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And although the San Marcos, Texas-based singer-songwriter calls The Spiritual Kind, her ninth independent release, a folk record, Hendrix -- no relation to 'that Hendrix,' although her dad's name is Jim -- professes to like all styles of music, and her own musical stylings cannot be easily pigeonholed. Kathy Sands-Boehmer recently posed questions to this gifted artist. [To read Kathy's Q & A with Terri Hendrix, click on the headline.]]]> http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/03/31/a-quick-q-a-with-terri-hendrix/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/03/23/q-a-with-matt-and-shannon-heaton/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/03/23/q-a-with-matt-and-shannon-heaton/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:32:40 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=712 Guitarist-singer Matt Heaton and Irish flute player-singer Shannon Heaton have been playing music together since 1992, although the two did not begin to focus their creative energies on their duo until 2003. Since then, they have released four albums. Their latest is a collection of traditional love songs and tunes entitled Lovers Well. Kathy Sands-Boehmer recently posed questions to Matt and Shannon. [To read the article, click on the headline.]]]> http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/03/23/q-a-with-matt-and-shannon-heaton/feed/ 0 http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/03/19/a-quick-q-a-with-raina-rose/ http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/03/19/a-quick-q-a-with-raina-rose/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:45:39 +0000 Michael Kornfeld http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/?p=669 Kathy Sands-Boehmer speaks with Raina Rose. A 2007 Kerrville New Folk winner, the young Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter is a native of Portland, Oregon. Raina Rose is currently touring the East Coast with Rebecca Loebe, another talented young singer-songwriter. [To read the Q & A with Raina Rose, click on the headline.]]]> http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/03/19/a-quick-q-a-with-raina-rose/feed/ 0