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From: Iskandar Taib <ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Loreena McKennitt
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:52:07 -0500

In article <1992Apr15.054655.8616@cs.dal.ca> bulger@ug.cs.dal.ca (Fred Bulger) writes:
>In article <11423@mindlink.bc.ca> Crawford_Kilian@mindlink.bc.ca (Crawford Kilian) writes:

|   Loreena McKennit has gone unrecognized far too long.  Only recently has she
|gained recognition here in Canada, thanks to her being signed to a major record
|company ... Warner Brothers.  I don't know where she stands in other parts of 
|the world, but I think she will make quite a name for herself in the inter-
|national music scene.  She is blessed with the most beautiful voice  that my 
|ears have ever had the pleasure of listening to, and has the musical ability
|to back it up... with numerous instruments.  She is more closely associated with
|the Celtic and/or troubadour harp ( does anybody know the difference ?) but

I think "Celtic Harp" is a term that encompasses everything from 
the ancient Celtic wire strung harps to my neo-Irish Walton's harp
with its rounded, thin shelled soundbox to Lyon and Healy's Troubadors.

Troubadors are, IMHO, simply large diatonic (therefore "folk") harps 
fashioned after the more recent neo-Celtic harps and made by one 
or the other makers of concert pedal harps (eg. Salvi or Lyon and Healy).
They share the traits of the concert harps (string tension, string 
spacing, rounded back).

|also plays keyboards, accordian, tin whistle, bodhran, ukalin, and several 
|others ... and quite well I might add.  Impressive, but I think her voice is
|what captures me - not the range or clarity of it, but the expressiveness with 
|which she is able to integrate it into her music.  
|    As to her style of music, it is very refreshing.  This is kind of odd given
|that she tends towards traditional Celtic music, but she serves this genre of
|music well and has provided  wonderful treatments of traditional songs of
|the British Isles.  Her rendition of "Anachie Gordon" is stunning, as are her
|other "cover tunes" "greensleeves", "Bonny Portmore", "Kellswater", "She Moved
|Through the Fair", and a host of others. 

Whoa! Anachie Gordon you say...

I've _gotta_ get the CD..

Mebbe she's in Sylvia's catalog...






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From: skurz@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Jan Skurzynski)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 18:52:07 GMT
Subject: Newport Folk Fest info???
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk

Hi folks!

Looking ahead into the summer months I am considering making my first trip
to the Newport Folk fest weekend of August 8.  Thanks to good old United
Frequent Flyer tickets I'll be bringing my partner (we have an accoustic
duo that plays around Idaho regularly) as well as a couple of friends who
are good pickers and back us up on occaision.  So with that as an intro I
have a few questions for those "in the know" about Newport:
	*What dates (exactly) does the festival run?
	*What kind of facilities are nearby for lodging, airports, etc.
	 and how early do you need to book them?
	*Is there much jamming around campfires type of stuff at NFF?
	*How much are the tickets this year?
	*Is there anyplace in the (semi-) near vacinity that we could
	 try to line up a night or two of gigging (demo stuff available)?
	*Any new word on confirmed line-up? -I've heard that Little River,
	 David Wilcox, Patty Larkin and Suzanne Vega are confirmed already.
	*Anyone have an address/phone number for folks in charge that I 
	 can call and get tickets/info from?
	*Any suggestions for other things to do or places to see while 
	 there? (I am planning on renting a car).

Thanks for any help that you can give....

Jan Skurzynski
 
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: air@cs.cmu.edu (Alex Rudnicky)
Subject: 1992 Coal Country Convention
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 16:56:39 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon


	       The 12th Annual COAL COUNTRY CONVENTION
			    May 1-3, 1992
		Camp Soles near Somerset, Pennsylvania

A weekend of old-time music and dance featuring the HEARTBEATS, 
the RED HOTS, the SCREAMIN' L7's and ZYDECO NORTON.  With calling 
by FRED PARK, DOLORES HEAGY and RON BUCHANAN.  And performances 
by the AFRICAN DRUMMERS & DANCERS and the COAL COUNTRY CLOGGERS.

This year's convention features workshops on clogging, squares,
african, zydeco and swing dance, along with music workshops for dance
band and individual instruments.  The weekend starts Friday at 7:30
with a potluck dinner, followed by a square dance from 9:30 to 2.  All
day workshops and performances on Saturday, with a square dance from 8
to 1:30, followed by a Zydeco dance from 1:30 to 3.  Sunday ends with
a "farewell" dance.

Camp Soles is about 90 min east of Pittsburgh and about 4 hrs from the
Cleaveland, Washington and Baltimore areas.  The camp has heated
cabins and hot showers.  It boasts good wood floors and is situated 
is a pleasant mountain area, with a lake and horseback riding.

The cost is $93 for the whole weekend and includes both room and
board.  Children 6-12 pay $25 and those under 6 get in for free.  

Registrations are due by the 15th of April.


------------------------- REGISTRATION FORM -------------------------------

Name: ______________________________________  Sex: M  F  Veggie:  Y  N

Address: _____________________________________________________________

City:________________________ State:______ ZIP: _______

Phone Number(s): _____________________________________________________

I would also like to register the following people, realizing that all
confirmations will be mailed (only) to me:

NAME					     Sex (M/F)  Veggie (Y/N)

__________________________________________   _____      ____

__________________________________________   _____      ____

__________________________________________   _____      ____

Please list names as you would like them to appear on your buttons.
Please also indicate childrens's ages.

We will assign cabins; please indicate your rooming preference and
whether there is anyone that you wish to room with:

1. Doesn't matter		Female-only		Male-only

2. Please assign me to the same cabin as:

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

Please make your cheque payable to Coal Country Convention and mail
it, with this registration form, to:

	Coal Country Traditions
	P.O.Box 99191
	Pittsburgh, PA 15233-4191

If you would like more information, please call 412 321 4462 and leave
a message indicating a good time to call you back.
From: derek@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Derek Gross)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Songs about taxes
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:20:43 GMT
Organization: folk brunch, wrur 88.5 fm

Gerry Myerson writes:
>The Beatles (remember the Beatles?) did a number called Taxman [...]

And the Deighton Family covered it... should fit nicely into a folk show.
--
Derek Gross                              "... Beans. Baked beans. Quality. ..."
derek@psych.rochester.edu                                           - Bob Dylan
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: dinsmm@marcus.its.rpi.edu (Michael John Dinsmore)
Subject: ??? St. John's Alley - Singer ??? 
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 01:06:59 GMT


Hi there.
I need some help.  I am looking for the artist who sang this song.
I guess you would classify it as modern folk.  It's a guy singing
with a acoustic guitar - a fast upbeat tempo.

I would really like to know who did this.  Thank you for all your
help.  Reply to:
    ___  ___    
   /  |\/  |\  Michael Dinsmore
  /   |/   ||  dinsmm@rpi.edu
 / /|   /| ||  Michael_Dinsmore@MTS.RPI.EDU
/_/ |__/ |_||  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
\_\/\__\/\_\|  Computer and Systems Engineering  

Here is some of the lyrics:
........
Was a certian narrow street
with an ugly history.
At the far end of this alley,
lay  a market square.
Running errends for my mom
often brought me there.

chorus:
Run hard, through St. Johns alley.
You're just a little boy,
you got no business in there.
Run hard, through St. Johns alley,
cuz years of tainted memories 
hanging in the air on hard.

Well you know when it hears this
what a young boys mind will do.
Every door became a mystery,
every face became a clue.
I crossed my fingers in my pocket
hoping no one would notice me.
As I made my way over                  
the cobblestones so carefully.
Where drunken men from the riverboats,
sing there river songs.
How they fasinate me,     
how they move me along.

chorus
na-na-na-na -nah-na-nah-nah-nah-nah

guitar work (acoustic)

Well, now I am an old man,
getting older against my will,
every morning i get upand take my 
place here at the sill.
Keeping watch down on the alley
so when a young boy makes his way,
I can call down from my window,
let the young boy here me say:

chorus
From: skurz@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Jan Skurzynski)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Billy Ed Wheeler info???
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:12:14 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID

Hi all!

One of the recent postings referenced a song by Billy Ed Wheeler.  My duo
performs one of his songs, "Coal Tattoo", that I learned years ago off a
Judy Collins album.  But I know absolutely nothing about the man at all;
history, other music, current status, etc.   Could some of you folks who
know a bit about him take the time to enlighten me???

Thanks,

Jan Skurzynski

BTW-- "Coal Tattoo" has become a favorite of a lot of our audiences 
around here and it's one of our favorites as well...my partner came up 
with a cool arrangement that starts with the Judy Collins version and
builds from there...lots of fun!
From: jdalin@devildog.att.com (Jimmy Dalin)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Discount strings
Date: 8 Apr 92 12:15:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T IMS - Piscataway, NJ (USA)

In article <KOJOHNSO.92Apr7131543@prodigy.javelin> kojohnso@prodigy.javelin (Kory Johnson) writes:
>A friend that lives in NH gave me the name of a company that will sell
>strings for $24/(dozen sets).  I would appreciate any comments on the 
>company, as I am VERY interested in pursuing it.
>
>Euphonon _______ 
>Box 100
>Orford, NH  03777

I am extremely skeptical that they could sell sets of name brand strings for
$2 apiece.  More important, however, is the fact that strings can get stale
after a long period of time, even when never used and still in the wrapper.
Unless you're fanatic about changing your strings frequently, you'd be
better off buying them fresh in smaller quantities.  If they do indeed sell
name brands for $24 per dozen, disregard everything I've said (funny - lots
of people seem to do that) and buy 'em.
-- 
Jim Dalin            "No Salga Afuera"  
AT&T                    N.Y.C.T.A.
ATTMail id: !jdalin            
Compuserve: 72260,1573 
Xref: sparky rec.music.folk:3226 rec.music.misc:14205
From: tbd@neuro.duke.edu (Tristan Davies)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk,rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: Cheryl Wheeler on TNN
Date: 13 Apr 92 20:59:58 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.folk
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <1992Apr8.161428.26503@gvl.unisys.com> wrp@ivy.unisys.com (Bill Pringle) writes:

-->According to the Philadelphia T.V. Guide, Cheryl Wheeler will be a
-->guest on "Miller and Company" this Fri., 4/10, at 1:00 PM.

Will this repeat?  I missed it, and I'm really sorry I did.

Tristan

-- 
e-mail: tbd@neuro.duke.edu
Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center

"grblb blabt unt mipt speeb!! oot piffoo blaboo..." -- Opus
From: n9040513@henson.cc.wwu.edu (aldridge andrea)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Touring Schedule for Lewis, Pint & Dale
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:42:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Apr10.204219.17822
Organization: Western Washington University

Herein is the schedule for the East Coast tour of Tom Lewis, William Pint,
and Felicia Dale, collectively known as (logically enough) LEWIS, PINT & DALE.
They are consumate musicians who do a variety of folk, including sea chanteys,
songs of their own, Kipling put to music by Peter Bellamy, Irish, Scottish, 
CANADIAN...lots of good stuff.  Go listen.  It's worth the drive.

April 11  Murphy's Pub, Seattle, WA               206-547-6689
May   1   Sweet Folk All, Kingston, ONT           613-542-3246
May   2   Old Sod Folk Music Soc. Ottowa, ONT     613-237-2254
May   3   Mariposa/Flying Cloud, Toronto, ONT     416-778-9063
May   8   Mundy's Bay, Midland, ONT               703-534-7059
May   9   Vital Spark Folk Club, Whitby, ONT      416-434-1714
May   10  House Concert, Sarnia, ONT              519-542-9872 <--I used to
May   14  The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI                  313-761-1451  live there!
May   22  Old Vienna Kaffeehouse, Worcs., MA      617-791-5876
May   29  The Turning Point, Piermont, NY         914-359-1089
May   31  Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA      804-595-0368
June      Ramblin' Conrad's, Norfolk, VA (T.B.C.) 804-461-3655
June  12  Sedalia Center, Bedford, VA             703-586-5000
June  13  Fiddle & Bow Soc. Winston-Salem, NC     919-727-1038
June  16  Washington Navy Yard Washington, DC     202-433-4882
June  19  Greater Washington Folk Soc., DC        301-587-7174
June  24  O'Friel's Irish Pub Wilmington, DE      215-444-0194
June  28  Central Park, Schenectady, NY           518-374-2668
July  17-19 South Country Fair, Lethbridge, ALTA  403-553-3070

They have several recordings out, headlining Lewis or Pint-and-Dale with help
from the unheadlined, and all are very, very good (I own them all--'nuff said.)

-- 
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
<>  Andrea Aldridge   IRC:  Folkie   E-Mail: n9040513@henson.cc.wwu.edu   <>
<>  WWU--452 Edens Hall North/Bellingham, WA 98225 USA     206-734-0270   <>
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Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: dinsmm@marcus.its.rpi.edu (Michael John Dinsmore)
Subject: Anyone here familiar with folk music?
Keywords: help
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 22:19:44 GMT


Hi there.
I need some help.  I am looking for the artist who sang this song.
I guess you would classify it as modern folk.  It's a guy singing
with a acoustic guitar - a fast upbeat tempo.
I think the name of the song is "St. John's Alley" but I'm not sure.
I would really like to know who did this.  Thank you for all your
help.  Reply to:
    ___  ___    
   /  |\/  |\  Michael Dinsmore
  /   |/   ||  dinsmm@rpi.edu
 / /|   /| ||  Michael_Dinsmore@MTS.RPI.EDU
/_/ |__/ |_||  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
\_\/\__\/\_\|  Computer and Systems Engineering  

Here is some of the lyrics:
........
Was a certian narrow street
with an ugly history.
At the far end of this alley,
lay  a market square.
Running errends for my mom
often brought me there.

chorus:
Run hard, through St. Johns alley.
You're just a little boy,
you got no business in there.
Run hard, through St. Johns alley,
cuz years of tainted memories 
hanging in the air on hard.

Well you know when it hears this
what a young boys mind will do.
Every door became a mystery,
every face became a clue.
I crossed my fingers in my pocket
hoping no one would notice me.
As I made my way over                  
the cobblestones so carefully.
Where drunken men from the riverboats,
sing there river songs.
How they fasinate me,     
how they move me along.

chorus
na-na-na-na -nah-na-nah-nah-nah-nah

guitar work (acoustic)

Well, now I am an old man,
getting older against my will,
every morning i get upand take my 
place here at the sill.
Keeping watch down on the alley
so when a young boy makes his way,
I can call down from my window,
let the young boy here me say:

chorus
 



Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: bobsoron@world.std.com (Bob Soron)
Subject: Re: John Prine on TV
Followup-To: rec.music.folk
Summary: Twice in one night, too
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 03:24:12 GMT

In article <7APR199223012438@utkvx4.utk.edu> sachs@utkvx4.utk.edu
(Hilary Sachs) writes:
>John Prine (and Jimmie Dale Gilmore) are going to be on
>Austin City Limits this week. Check your PBS guide
>for day/time (here in TN it's Sat. at 9pm).
>
>Hilary

Prine will also be on The Nashville Network's fine "American Music
Shop" Saturday night at 10 p.m. ET. He'll share the half-hour with
John Wesley Harding. This is one of three shows I can watch on TNN
-- the other two are The Texas Connection (which isn't anywhere nearly
as good as it was last year) and Austin Encore, reruns of old Austin
City Limits concerts.

N.B. on the Prine Austin City Limits: Some areas' long pledge breaks
threw off the ACL schedule. Boston, for instance, is a week behind;
the Prine/Gilmore show should be aired the 18th here.

Bob Soron
bobsoron@world.std.com
"With velcro, gravity is obsolete!" -- Mister Boffo
From: aschwart@acs.ucalgary.ca (Arthur Schwartz)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: A song fragment request
Date: 11 Apr 92 17:12:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: acs.1992Apr11.171225.25575
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <22652@dog.ee.lbl.gov> mike@fionn.lbl.gov (Michael
Helm) asks about Ewan McColl's "School Day's Over": 

>Was this song written for a musical play?  I don't seem to have a version
>of him doing it to confirm or refute that.

During the sixties, Ewan McColl wrote and performed a series of
programs on BBC radio centered around the theme of people and
their work.  "Shoals of Herring" was one of his songs created for
that series. "School Day's Over" might be another.  It's
certainly typical of that part of McColl's output.

-- 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |Art Schwartz			   artsch@educ.ucalgary.ca|
     |Department of Educational Policy	        (403) 220-5697    |
     |  & Administrative Studies	   FAX: (403) 282-3005    |
From: gt2641c@prism.gatech.EDU (Gordon Partridge Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: album info
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:08:26 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

-- 
Gordon Partridge Smith
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:	  ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt2641c
Internet: gt2641c@prism.gatech.edu
From: Fuzzy@colonel.Corp.Sun.COM (Michael Shames/Contractor)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: john hartford
Date: 7 Apr 92 18:17:04 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: damserver-bb.corp.sun.com

In article <23562@scorn.sco.COM> stewarte@sco.COM (nibbled to death by an okapi) writes:
>>anyone out there a fan of john hartford?  i haven't seen him mentioned
>I've seen Hartford here on the West coast twice in the last few years.
>Last year he performed at the Strawberry Music Festival.  He seemed 
>to have a bad sore throat, as he couldn't sing his high notes and 
>his generally subdued vocal style was even more so.  Nonetheless,
>he completely won the crowd over -- he's a true performer.
>Both times he's played solo, switching between fiddle, banjo and
>occasional guitar, and beating rhythm with his feet (he even had
>a mike down at floor level to pick it up).

	actually he goes a step further. he not only has a foot mike but
	also travels with a "step board" - a sheet of wood that has the
	exact tone he wants.
	i have seen similar things used by pro cloggers

		mike shames
From: gt2641c@prism.gatech.EDU (Gordon Partridge Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Kottke:Home and Away
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:48:54 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Leo Kottke:  Home and away is showing on PBS Saturday night
at 11:00 Atlanta Time.  Check your local listings for
yours and find out who to cheer for.


-- 
Gordon Partridge Smith
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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Internet: gt2641c@prism.gatech.edu
From: Crawford_Kilian@mindlink.bc.ca (Crawford Kilian)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Loreena McKennitt
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:36:36 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

This may be an old topic to many of you, but as new participant in this
newsgroup I'd be grateful for any information/opinion on Loreena McKennitt. I
discovered her latest album, The Visit, just before it won the Juno award in
roots/folk a couple of weeks ago. I've also picked up a couple of her earlier
albums, so I can see quite an interesting development. I'd be interested now to
learn what others think of her work and what kind of context that work belongs
in.
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: lopresti@henson.cc.wwu.edu (lopresti robert)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Billy Edd Wheeler
Date: 15 Apr 92 16:08:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Apr15.160829.27012
Organization: Western Washington University


Jan asks about BIlly Edd Wheeler, a great country song writer.  I don't
know much about him.  I have one of his albums...I think the title
is Wild Mountain Flowers.  If not, I'll put in a correction tomorrow.

He wrote a song I like even better than COal Tattoo, called The COming
of the Roads... About the effects mining and modernization has on
the mountains and those who live there.  It's in RISE UP SINGING, just
across the page from Coal Tattoo, and both are on the album I mentioned
above.  

Garrison Keillor wrote an article called, I believe, "Country Golf," about
playing golf in Nashville.  It appeared in his book WE ARE STILL MARRIED.
Once of the country musicians he was golfing with was Wheeler, so he was
around five years or so ago.  The article tells you a bit about him.

Rob
lopresti@henson.cc.wwu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: wlm@panix.com (William Moran)
Subject: Re: Richard Thompson and his audience
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 05:57:46 GMT
Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY


Yes, the Free Bird requests are a joke. At a Ludin Wainrite (a joke)
show last week, after he refused to play much of his old stuff (as Richard
Thompson does), the calls for Drinks before Dinner and Free Birds were about
even.


Bill Moran
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: stuart@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Stuart Halliday)
Subject: Euphonon Strings
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 21:46:19 GMT

I have ordered from Euphonon on occasion and have been very satisfied with
their strings for both freshness and longevity.  They do not come
individually packaged as sets; rather, you get a coil of E's, A's, etc.,
each, which you can make into packaged sets (I used sandwich baggies).  For
an extra charge, as I recall, Euphonon will send them straight--that is,
not coiled.  They have a catalog/price card they will send on request.
They sell all kinds of strings and wordworking instruments as well.

I'm not connected with Euphonon in any way except as a satisfied customer.

Stuart Halliday
From: lkistler@pyred.mis.pyramid.com (Larry Kistler)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Flanders and Swan
Keywords: Follow me, Follow!
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:12:23 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Pyramid Technology, Mountain View, California

This may not be the right newsgroup for this question but I don't know where else to ask.

Does anyone know the lyrics to a wonderful tune by Flanders and Swan about two hippopotami that fall in love?  If so, I would much appreciate getting them via email.

The refrain goes:  "Mud, mud, Glorious Mud!  There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.  So follow me, follow.  Down to the hollow and there we shall wallow in Glorious Mud!"

Larry Kistler
lkistler@pyramid.com
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk