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		<title>A Quick Q &amp; A with John McCutcheon</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/03/07/a-quick-q-a-with-john-mccutcheon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Appalachian music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foklk music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCutcheon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter John McCutcheon has collected a legion of fans since he first started recording and performing in the mid-1970s. As Kathy Sands-Boehmer maintains, "McCutcheon skillfully combines his great storytelling with poignant and evocative songs which continue to inspire young and old alike."

[To read Kathy's quick Q &#038; A interview with John McCutcheon, click on the headline.] ]]></description>
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		<title>Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 03-05-10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carolina Chocolate Drops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carrie Newcomer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smither]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louise Mosrie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumford and Sons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patty Larkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red House Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roots Music Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rounder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah McQuaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signature Sounds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Carolina Chocolate Drops' Genuine Negro Jig has moved up to the top spot on the Roots Music Report's Folk Radio Chart, while Cliff Eberhardt's 500 Miles - The Blue Rock Sessions now occupies the number two position. The weekly radio airplay charts  are compiled for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations.  The latest Folk chart is posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission.

[To see the current Top 50 Folk Album Chart, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiegrrl, Philadelphia Songwriters Project Contests Open for Entries</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/02/13/indiegrrl-philadelphia-songwriters-project-contests-open-for-entries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/02/13/indiegrrl-philadelphia-songwriters-project-contests-open-for-entries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards & Contests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiegrrl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia Songwriters Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[songwriting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submissions are now being sought in both the 2010 Indiegrrl and Philadelphia Songwriters Project Songwriting Contests.

[To read the full article, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Liz Longley is Top International Acoustic Music Awards Winner</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/02/10/liz-longley-is-top-international-acoustic-music-awards-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards & Contests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acoustic Long Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alathea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El McMeen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk Alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henhouse Prowlers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Livingston Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Longley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meghan Trainor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Brandmeir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain Stage NewSong Contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Trews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Liz Longley is the overall grand prize winner in the sixth annual International Acoustic Music Awards competition. The young singer-songwriter from Pennsylvania, who grew up listening to Joni Mitchell and Karla Bonoff, also captured first place in the competition’s Folk category for “When You’ve Got Trouble.”

[To read the entire article, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 02-05-10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smither]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliff Eberhardt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Rawlings Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dualtone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folk muisc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter O'Brien & Peter Toole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roots Music Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signature Sounds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Roots Music Report</em> compiles weekly radio airplay charts for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations.  The latest Folk chart is posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission.

[To see the current Top 50 Folk Album Chart, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Winners Named in 52nd Annual Grammy Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/31/winners-named-in-52nd-annual-grammy-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News - U.S. National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bela Fleck]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Poole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammy Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Les Texmaniacs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Levon Helm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loudon Wainwright III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mamado Diabate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New West Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rounder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smithsonian Folkways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Earle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Townes Van Zandt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanguard Records]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the winners in the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy -- including those in the recently renamed and expanded American Roots Music field -- were announced online prior to televised ceremonies on January 31 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

[To view the full article and see the list of winners, click here.]]]></description>
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		<title>Cactus Cafe at UT in Austin Faces Closure</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/31/cactus-cafe-at-ut-in-austin-faces-closure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News - U.S. National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Austin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cactus Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folk music venues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Russell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The nationally renowned Cactus Café on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin may be closing later this year. Citing a desire “to minimize the impact of budgetary reductions on students and to protect student core services,” the Texas Union board of directors on Friday announced plans to “phase-out” the intimate live music venue that has attracted a wide array of local, regional, national and international touring acoustic artists since it opened in February 1979. The board's plans are slated to take effect in August.

[To view the full article, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Music Awards Presented</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/30/irish-music-awards-presented/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards & Contests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Appleseed Recordings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donal Lunny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish Music Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish Music Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McSherry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Whelan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maired Nesbitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orla Fallon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screaming Orphans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seamus Kennedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The High Kings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tommy Sands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The second annual Irish Music Awards were presented by the Irish Music Association on January 27 at O’Malley’s Pub in Weston, Missouri. Harpist and singer Orla Fallon, formerly of Celtic Woman and Anuna, won awards in all four categories in which she was nominated. Irish folk musician Donal Lunny -- who has been a part of such groups as Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts and Mozaik, played on a number of Christy Moore albums, and has produced albums for other artists -- was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

[To see a complete list of award recipients, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 01-29-10</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/29/roots-music-report-folk-radio-chart-01-29-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acoustic Radio Waves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A.A. Bondy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly of Dust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chip Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smither]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliff Eberhardt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compass Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Rawlings Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dualtone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter O'Brien and Tony Poole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red House Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roots Music Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Shannon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signature Sounds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Roots Music Report</em> compiles weekly radio airplay charts for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations.  The latest Folk chart is posted here with permission.

[To see the current Folk Top 50 album chart, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Q &amp; A with Beaucoup Blue</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/28/a-quick-q-a-with-beaucoup-blue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adrian Mowry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaucoup Blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Mowry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Beaucoup-Blue-sepia.jpg"><img src="http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Beaucoup-Blue-sepia.jpg" alt="" title="Beaucoup Blue sepia" width="210" height="263" class="alignright size-full wp-image-2177" /></a>Beaucoup Blue is a gifted father and son roots-Americana duo from Philadelphia with a growing repertoire of rousing blues and soulful songs. Kathy Sands-Boehmer posed a few questions to them recently.

[To read Kathy's Q &#038; A interview with Beaucoup Blue, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Honors the Legacy of Lester Flatt</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/27/congress-honors-the-legacy-of-lester-flatt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News - U.S. National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Foggy Mountain Breakdown"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Monroe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bluegrass pioneer Lester Flatt, who died in 1979, is best known for having been a lead singer and guitarist with Bill Monroe back in the 1940s and for the two decades he spent with banjoist and fellow Bluegrass Boys alum Earl Scruggs as Flatt and Scruggs – a partnership that produced such bluegrass classics as “Foggy Mountain Breakdown.”  The U.S. House of Representatives, on Jan. 26, agreed to a sense resolution recognizing Flatt’s invaluable contribution to American art and the indelible legacy he left on bluegrass music.

[To see the full text of the resolution, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Q &amp; A with David Francey</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/23/a-quick-q-a-with-david-francey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian folk music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian singer-songwriters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Francey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Sands-Boehmer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Francey is one of Canada’s most revered folk poet-singers. As Kathy Sands-Boehmer notes, his songs and stories resonate with audiences from all over the world.

[To read Kathy's recent Q &#038; A interview with David Francey, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 01-22-10</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/23/roots-music-report-folk-radio-chart-01-22-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Caroline Herring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chip Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smither]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliff Eberhardt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Rawlings Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dualtone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folk music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter O'Brien and Tony Poole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red House Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roots Music Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Lee Guthrie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Shannon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signature Sounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smithsoinain Folways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Roots Music Report</em> compiles weekly radio airplay charts for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations.  The latest Folk chart is posted here with permission.

[To see the current Folk Top 50 Chart, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Entry Deadline Nears for 2010 Music2Life Songwriting Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/20/entry-deadline-nears-for-2010-music2life-songwriting-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/20/entry-deadline-nears-for-2010-music2life-songwriting-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards & Contests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buffy Sainte Marie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christine Lavin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Mattea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerrville Folk Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music for social change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music2Life Contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noel Paul Stookey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Winter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Yarrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Domain Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socially relevant music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 1 is the entry deadline for the annual Music2Life Songwriting Contest.  Established in 2000, the songwriting contest is sponsored by the Public Domain Foundation, a nonprofit organization launched by Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul &#038; Mary) more than 30 years ago to encourage the making and use of music for social change. 

[To read the entire article, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Kate McGarrigle, Canadian Folksinger-Songwriter, 1946-2010</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/20/kate-mcgarrigle-canadian-folksinger-songwriter-1946-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna McGarrigle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian folk music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EmmyLou Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate McGarrigle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Ronstadt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loudon Wainwright III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martha Wainwright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rufus Wainwright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOCAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the McGarrigle Sisters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian folksinger-songwriter Kate McGarrigle, who performed with her sister Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters for three decades, has died at age 63.  Besides being an acclaimed and award-winning artist in her own right, McGarrigle was the mother of artists Rufus and Martha Wainwright through her previous marriage to singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III.  McGarrigle, who had been battling a rare form of cancer, died at her Montreal home on Monday night, January 18.

[To read the entire article, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 01-15-10</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/16/roots-music-report-folk-radio-chart-01-15-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acoustic Radio Waves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chip Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smither]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Rawlings Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dualtone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folk music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roots Music Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signature Sounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WPA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Roots Music Report</em> compiles weekly radio airplay charts for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations.  The latest Folk chart is posted here with permission.

[To view the current folk radio airplay chart, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe Val Bluegrass Festival Near Boston Set for Feb. 12-14</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/14/joe-val-bluegrass-festival-near-boston-set-for-feb-12-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bluegrass & Beyond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News - Northeast U.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bluegrass festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bluegrass music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Bluegrass Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Val]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Val Bluegrass Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rounder Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Hull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Boston Bluegrass Union hosts the 25th annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, February 12-14, at the Sheraton Framingham in Framingham, Massachusetts.  The indoor festival, located 18 miles west of Boston, will feature regional and nationally touring bands, more than 40 master classes and workshops (for which pre-registration is required), directed slow jams and plenty of picking opportunities throughout the weekend.

[To read the entire article, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>South Florida Round Up Set for January 17</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/09/south-florida-round-up-set-for-january-17/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/09/south-florida-round-up-set-for-january-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festival Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Carol Webb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill and Kate Isles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Bukstel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida musical events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folk festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folk music in Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hans York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Broward Folk Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work O' The Weavers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Broward Folk Club hosts a one-day special event featuring nine continuous hours of music on Sunday, January 17.  Called the South Florida Round Up, and held in place of a South Florida Folk Festival this year, the event is set for noon to 9 p.m. at The Round-up, 9020 West State Road 84 in Davie, Florida. 

[To read the entire article, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 01-08-10</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/08/roots-music-report-folk-radio-chart-01-08-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acoustic Radio Waves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A.A. Bondy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly of Dust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chip Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smither]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Rawlings Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dualtone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eilen Jewell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fat Possum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter O'Brien and Tony Poole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roots Music Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signature Sounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WPA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Roots Music Report</em> compiles weekly radio airplay charts for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations.  The latest Folk chart is posted here with permission.

[To view the current folk radio airplay Top 50 chart, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Showcase Deadline Nears for Singer Songwriter Cape May</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/04/showcase-deadline-nears-for-singer-songwriter-cape-may/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/04/showcase-deadline-nears-for-singer-songwriter-cape-may/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conferences of Note]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music conferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Singer Songwriter Cape May]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SS Cape May]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than 130 acts, from solo artists to full bands, will be selected to showcase at 15 venues over two nights during the third annual Singer Songwriter Cape May music business conference set for March 26-27, 2010 in the historic Victorian-lined New Jersey seaside resort community.  January 14 is the deadline for singer-songwriters in all genres to submit showcase applications.

[To read the entire article, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 01-01-10</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/01/roots-music-report-folk-radio-chart-01-01-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/01/roots-music-report-folk-radio-chart-01-01-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acoustic Radio Waves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albert & Gage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly of Dust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smither]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dualtone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eilen Jewell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kieran Kane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kris Kristofferson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter O'Briend and Tony Poole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roots Music Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signature Sounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Furtado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WPA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Roots Music Report</em> compiles weekly radio airplay charts for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations.  The latest Folk chart is posted here with permission.

[To view the current folk radio airplay chart, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Island AcoustiCalendar for January-Early February 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2010/01/01/long-island-acousticalendar-for-january-early-february-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Acoustic Long Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asylum Street Spankers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babylon Village Arts Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BACCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bartini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bartini Bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaucoup Blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Carney's Jug Addicts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Staines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boulton Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Drew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denise Romas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Django Reinhardt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East River String Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folk concerts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk Music Society of Huntington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk Music Society of New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gathering Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glen Roethel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Coffeehouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Palate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grey Horse Tavern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grounds and Sounds Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Manx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard Fishman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Island Songwriters Showcase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jalopy Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Iadanza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hartford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Platt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Korb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kili]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landmark on Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Last Licks Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long Island concerts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucky 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martha Clara Vineyards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open mics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Times Coffeehouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Over a Cardboard Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Wictor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Geremia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ponkiesburg Pickin' Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Pronsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Bruey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rocky Divello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonoma Coffee Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southpaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spike Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephane Wrembel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuart Markus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Eclectic Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Kennedys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Village Lanterne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wiyos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vail-Leavitt Music Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WFUV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zot's Dream]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Detailed listings for more than 120 concerts, open mics, jam sessions, workshops, and other musical happenings slated to take place during January and early February in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk appear in this installment of AcousticMusicScene.com’s Long Island AcoustiCalendar. 

Editor's Note: Links to websites and online calendars covering other parts of the New York metropolitan area, the Northeast and beyond appear in the Regional Calendars section of AcousticMusicScene.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Nominees Named for Irish Music Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/31/nominees-named-for-irish-music-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/31/nominees-named-for-irish-music-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards & Contests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bad Haggis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Whelan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic Woman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherish The Ladies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christy Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connachttown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donal Lunny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dublin City Ramblers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaelic Storm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish harp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish Music Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McDermott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Whelan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liam O'Connor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Carroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luka Bloom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maired Nesbitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Hayes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie MacMaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orla Fallon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screaming Orphans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seamus Kennedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seven Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switchback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Chieftain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The High Kings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Indulgers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rum Brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wolfe Tones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tommy Makem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Van Morrison]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Online voting continues through January 8 on nominees in 17 categories for the second annual Irish Music Awards presented by the Independence, Missouri-based Irish Music Association. 
Harpist and singer Orla Fallon is nominated in four categories, while Luka Bloom, Martin Hayes, The High Kings, Van Morrison and The Wolfe Tones each received two nods. 

[To see the list of nominees, click on the headline.]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Celtic Music Fest Set for Jan. 8-9, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/30/boston-celtic-music-fest-set-for-jan-8-9-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/30/boston-celtic-music-fest-set-for-jan-8-9-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celtic Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News - Northeast U.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbara McOwen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BCMFest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Irish]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual Boston Celtic Music Fest (BCMFest), now in its seventh year, returns to its roots January 8 and 9 with a “back-to-basics” focus on dyed-in-the-wool  core traditions of Celtic music and those who help keep the Boston area’s rich heritage of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and other Celtic music and dance traditions alive.

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		<title>Tim Hart, Steeleye Span Founder, 1948-2009</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/30/tim-hart-steeleye-span-founder-1948-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ashley Hutchings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British folk music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British folk-rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairport Convention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay and Terry Woods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maddy Prior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Carthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentangle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Kemp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Hart, who founded the seminal British folk-rock group Steeleye Span with Maddy Prior forty years ago, died on December 24.  He was 61 and had been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer a year ago.

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		<title>Vic Chesnutt, Singer-Songwriter, 1964-2009</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/27/vic-chesnutt-singer-songwriter-1945-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News - U.S. National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristin Hersh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vic Chesnutt, a prolific songwriter and independent recording artist who was a favorite of critics and fellow musicians, died on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, in an Athens, Georgia hospital.  He was 45 and had been in a coma following an apparent overdose of muscle relaxants earlier in the week.

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		<title>Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 12-25-09</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/25/roots-music-report-folk-radio-chart-12-25-09/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smither]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dualtone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eilen Jewell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kieran Kane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter O'Brien and Tony Poole]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Roots Music Report</em> compiles weekly radio airplay charts for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations.  The latest Folk chart is posted here with permission.

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		<title>Nominees Named for 36th Annual SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/19/nominees-named-for-36th-annual-spbgma-bluegrass-music-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bluegrass & Beyond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bluegrass music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dailey & Vincent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darrin Vincent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Dailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhonda Vincent & The Rage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rounder Records]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dailey &#038; Vincent and Rhonda Vincent &#038; The Rage both scored eight nominations in the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) 36th Annual Bluegrass Music Awards.  Winners will be announced during an awards show on February 7, 2010 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The awards show is a centerpiece of the organization’s annual national convention.

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		<title>Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 12-18-09</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/19/roots-music-report-folk-radio-chart-12-18-09/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chip Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smither]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliff Eberhardt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compass Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Rawlings Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dualtone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eilen Jewell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exene Cervenka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk DJ]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guy Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter O'Brien and Tony Poole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roots Music Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Shannon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Roots Music Report</em> compiles weekly radio airplay charts for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations.  The latest Folk chart is posted here with permission.

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		<title>Ann Arbor Folk Festival Slated for Jan. 29-30</title>
		<link>http://www.acousticmusicscene.com/2009/12/17/ann-arbor-folk-festival-slated-for-jan-29-30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kornfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festival Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann Arbor Folk Festival]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jay Farrar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patty Larkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Po' Girl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richie Havens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosanne Cash]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tickets are currently on sale for the Ann Arbor Folk Festival that takes place January 29-30 at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Now in its 33rd year, the two-night event featuring traditional and contemporary artists is a fundraiser for The Ark, Ann Arbor’s nonprofit home for folk, roots and ethnic music.  

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