Sing Out! articles from March 2004

Sing Out! archives from March 2004

The first words ...(Editorial)
March 22, 2004

Sister, sister.(Broadsides: letters from our readers: thoughts, comments, criticism & ideas)(Letter to the Editor)
March 22, 2004

All in the family.(Broadsides: letters from our readers: thoughts, comments, criticism & ideas)(Letter to the Editor)
March 22, 2004

Tab, the real thing.(Broadsides: letters from our readers: thoughts, comments, criticism & ideas)(Letter to the Editor)
March 22, 2004

Back to our roots?(Broadsides: letters from our readers: thoughts, comments, criticism & ideas)(Letter to the Editor)
March 22, 2004

Odetta.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

By the time you read tiffs, Bernice Johnson Reagon will have retired from 30 years at the center of Sweet Honey in the Rock.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

The Grammy awards are coining up in early February and next issue we'll have a listing of the folkie winners, but right now we'd like to let you know about two very special honorees.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

We are sorry to report that New York City fingerstyle guitarist Andy Polon suffered a damaging stroke in mid-December.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

Ever thought about moving to Texas? If so, the new "Enjoy Texas Music" license plate might just be enough incentive to make the move.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

Our congratulations go out to bluegrass stalwart Del McCoury on his induction into the Grand Ole Opry in October.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

We've received word from Chris Stuart that bluegrass Gospel songwriter Harley Campbell, the author of "The Man in the Middle," "Satan's Choir," and "My Name is Judas," has developed prostate cancer and is having financial troubles with his health insurance deductible.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) held its awards ceremony on October 21.(People, Place & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

On January 10, activist singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn journeyed to war-torn Iraq as a part of a humanitarian fact finding mission beaded by Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit.(People, Places, & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

The 2003 Nammys (Native American Music Awards) were announced on November 15.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

Canadian folk and Western singer-songwriter Ian Tyson was formally presented with a Governor General's Performing Arts Award at a special ceremony in Ottawa on November 7.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

This year's Keeping the Blues Alive award winners were honored by the Blues Foundation at a banquet during the BluesFirst weekend in Memphis on January 31.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

The results of Guitar Center's second annual Chick Singer Night's songwriter contest, The Producer Project, are in.(People, Places, & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

The Jolly Rogues.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

We'd like to congratulate all the winners of thc Songwriters' Association of Washington's Mid-Atlantic Song Contest.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

Hats off to James Keelaghan for taking first place in the U.S.A. Songwriting Competition two years in a row.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

Last issue, we told you about the financial obstacles set before New York's venerable roots music club, The Bottom Line, because of their inability to pay rent to their landlord, New York University, for approximately two years now.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

We wanted to let you know about the awards and recognition that the English Folk Dance and Song Society has doled out in the past few months to some very deserving persons.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

Rev. Al Green, the late Vestal Goodman, BMI President Frances Preston and Sandi Patty were inducted early this month into the Gospel Music association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

The National Medal of Arts is the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government.(People, Places & Miscellnay)
March 22, 2004

Ontario's The Friends of Fiddler's Green was honored with the Estelle Klein Achievement Award at this year's Ontario Council of Folk Festivals Conference held October 17-19 in Toronto.(People, Places & Miscellany)
March 22, 2004

Canadian readers might be interested to know that VisionTV has launched a brand new folk music program this year.(Airwaves)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004

Long-time Pennsylvania folk DJ John McLaughlin 1s moving to Washington D.C.(Airwaves)
March 22, 2004

We received word from our longtime friend and contributor Bob Blackman that March of this year will mark his 20th anniversary as host of The Folk Tradition on WKAR-FM 90.5 in East Lansing, Mich.(Airwaves)
March 22, 2004

This year's Best of Bound for Glory award went to contemporary old-time brother act Y*ALL.(Airwaves)
March 22, 2004

After hosting the Local Folks show on WXOU, Rochester, Michigan, for seven years, Dan Hazlett has stepped down in order to more properly pursue his career as a performing songwriter.(Airwaves)
March 22, 2004

The annual CFMU (99.3, Hamilton, Ontario) Freewheeling Folk Benefit Concert will be held February 21 at Hamilton's Knights of Columbus Hall.(Airwaves)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004

Events.
March 22, 2004

Our good friend and music editor Grey Larsen has announced the launch of his new Irish Tune Bank in late 2003.(Resources)
March 22, 2004

Smithsonian Folkways.(Resources)
March 22, 2004

MP3.com.(Resources)
March 22, 2004

You don't have to be from San Francisco to benefit from the city's youth-oriented Exploratorium's new exhibit The Accidental Scientist: Music.(Resources)
March 22, 2004

Folk pas.(Resources )(Correction Notice)
March 22, 2004

The Folk Archive Resource North East.(Resources)
March 22, 2004

Our good friends at Rounder Records have announced that in May of this year, they'll be launching their brand new book division.(Trade News)
March 22, 2004

The English Folk Dance and Song Society has announced the republication of Vaughan Williams and A.L. Lloyd's legendary 1959 Penguin Book of English Folk Songs as Classic English Folk Songs.(Trade News)
March 22, 2004

Gibson.(Trade News)
March 22, 2004

Mike Green and Associates.(Trade News)
March 22, 2004

Joaquin Diaz: Montreal's Dominican merengue master.(Interview)
March 22, 2004

Ruthie Foster & Cyd Cassone: two souls.
March 22, 2004

Steve Tilston: there and back again.
March 22, 2004

Ginny Hawker: a singer at the heart of the song.(Interview)
March 22, 2004

Sacred steel: from hula to hallelujah.
March 22, 2004

Aubrey Ghent's steel.(Teach-in: Sacred steel: helpful hints & suggestions from instrumental masters)
March 22, 2004

Tongue blocking: the reverse slap.(Teach-in: Harmonica: helpful hints & suggestions from instrumental masters)
March 22, 2004

Right hand string assignments and "positions": helpful hints & suggestions from instrument masters.(Teach-in: guitar)
March 22, 2004

Jim Moray: sweet.
March 22, 2004

Singing against the school of the Americas.(Appleseeds)
March 22, 2004

Readers respond.(The Folk Process)
March 22, 2004

The Songfinder: a reader-assisted song search service.
March 22, 2004

Best friends.(The Endless Tale)(Short Story)
March 22, 2004

Dog tales.(The Endless Tale)
March 22, 2004

News.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004

Subversive children's music!! Oh, no!!(Kidsbeat: ideas don't music for children & the people who make it)
March 22, 2004

Between Midnight and Day: The Last Unpublished Blues Archive.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004

C.F. Martin and His Guitars, 1796-1873.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004

Ramblin Man: the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004

Turning Silence into Song.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004

They Came Singing: Songs from California's History.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004

Easy Klezmer Tunes: Classic Tunes from Eastern Europe Arranged for Beginners on All Instruments.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004

Sources for reviewed books.(In Print)
March 22, 2004

The Jubilee Singers and Their Songs.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004

Rural Roots of Bluegrass: Songs, Stories and History.(Book Review)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

Dave Swarbrick. Swarb! Forty-Five Years of Folk's Finest Fiddler.(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

Sources for reviewed recordings.
March 22, 2004

Kate Rusby Underneath the Stars.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

Meridian Prime.(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

June Tabor An Echo of Hooves.(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

Ashley Hutchings Human Nature.(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

Various Hamish Henderson Tribute Album: A' the Bairns O Adam.(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

John Tams Home.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

The Woods Band Music from the Four Corners of Hell.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

The Tannahill Weavers Amish Light.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

Teada.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

Peatbog Faeries Welcome to Dun Vegas.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

Christy O'Leary and Bert Deivert Song's Sweet Caress.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

Capercaillie Choice Language.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

North Cregg Summer at My Feet.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004

Danu The Road Less Traveled.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004