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From: rachelw@spider.co.uk (Rachel Willmer)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Info request: Albion Day, Edinburgh, Orkneys...
Date: 28 Jul 92 17:16:26 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.folk
Distribution: rec
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK

>>>>> On 27 Jul 92 21:53:58 GMT, dan@codex.UUCP (Dan Breslau) said:

Dan> After that, we're going up to Edinburgh for a week or so.  Aside from
Dan> the Festival itself (which doesn't look like it has much folk-oriented
Dan> stuff), are there any folk music or dancing activities (associated with
Dan> the Fringe, perhaps) going on around that time (roughly August 17-21).

There's some good stuff at the Fringe, the Acoustic Music Centre
especially: 
	Blo Na Gael
	Palaver
	Artisan 
	the McCalmans
	Brian McNeill's one man show
	Judy Small
	Kieran Halpin
	Tam White
	Sileas
	Dougie McLean
	Rory McLeod

Other places have got
	Clan Alba (recommended!)
	Altan
	Avalon
	Boys of the Lough
	Capercaillie

... and I've only got to page 30 of the Fringe programme!

The Fringe office address is
	180 High Street
	Edinburgh
	EH1 1QS

	Tel: 031 226 5257 or 5259
--

Rachel Willmer                             Spider Systems 
rachelw@spider.co.uk                       Spider Park, Stanwell Street
+44 31 554 9424                            Edinburgh, Scotland
From: bearce@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Phil Bearce)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:57:12 GMT
Subject: HEAR Music Catalog
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk

I wanted to mention to the collective net-folk about this catalog I
recently recieved.  It's called HEAR.  This is my kind of eclectic
music all in one place.  People like Little Village, Willie Dixon, 
McCoy Tyner, Lyle Lovett, and Nanci Griffith to mention only a few.
I'm not trying to sell anyone on this company and I'm not associated
with them, but I was pretty much impressed.  

They tend to be a bit pricey, i.e. $13.95 - $15.95 for CD's and usually
$10.95 for tapes, but they send you a free sampler CD with every order.
I just ordered a Joni Mitchell Video and Donald Fagen's New York Rock 
and Soul Revue, and they sent me this cool sampler with Emmy Lou Harris,
Allen Toussaint, Luka Bloom, K..D. Lang and more.  15 cuts from music they
sell.

Sorry about getting up on my soap box, but if you're interested, e-mail
me and I send you the address.

Phil-

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From: kayo@sequent.com (Kayo Parsons-Korn)
Subject: Re: Eugene Country Fair
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 18:52:20 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.191415.26911@microsoft.com> deaneri@microsoft.com (Dean Ericksen) writes:
>In article <13474@mindlink.bc.ca>, Peter_Ronald@mindlink.bc.ca (Peter Ronald) writes:
>> I spoke briefly today with a woman who was at the fair last weekend. She said
>> it was spectacular. Are there any folks out there who attended and can tell us
>> what it was like?
>
>I have attended for the last couple of years, and while I've heard that
>the crowds are getting too big, the event is magnificent.  Pure bliss.
>Lots of acoustic musicians everywhere; drum circles, theatrics and the
>full spectrum of folk music.  The atmosphere is warm and unassuming.
>Clothes are optional, the food is terrific, and the crafts are imaginative.
>I hate to recommend the fair too highly, I'd hate for urban mobs to
>storm the gate next year, still, it's too good to miss.  See you all
>there next year...
>-Dean
>deaneri@microsoft.com
>
Actually, its called the Oregon Country Fair. I performed there this year.
It was the first time I had ever gone to the fair. It is truely an
experience, although the crowds are getting pretty large too.

The fair is located in a large stand of old oaks and maples with 
hazelnuts and other smaller trees and shrubs. Carved out of this forest
are winding trails with craft booths on either side. All the booths are
actually permanent wooden structures, each individual. It truely gives it
a flavor of a medieval fair. There are about 8 stages, all accoustic,
except for the main stage. Various performers play at the stages all day,
as well as improptu among the booths. All the crafts are handmade and
exceptional. No junk here. And the food is equally wonderful. Lots of
ethnic foods.

As earlier posted, clothes are optional. Something you might want to
consider if you are offended by nudity. Everything is very hippie too.
Wear your tie-die and berkenstocks if you want to blend in.

Definitely worth the trip. But there is no camping at the fair grounds
at night, so if you want to stay more than one day, you will have to
make arrangements at a nearby campground or motel.

Kayo Parsons-Korn
Sequent Computers

Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: greg@netcom.com (Greg Bullough)
Subject: Re: Bodhran lessons
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 16:03:59 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: pa

In article <84118@netnews.upenn.edu> zippy@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Michele M. Batter) writes:
>
>I just got a bodhran as a wedding gift,
 
I'm at a loss. I just don't know which of the possible remarks to make.
 
:-)
 
Greg
From: betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Rocky Mountain Folks Festival lineup
Date: 28 Jul 92 02:04:15 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston

In article <1992Jul27.143959.5815@col.hp.com> judym@col.hp.com (Judy Miller) writes:

>Here's the lineup for the 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival,
>Estes Park, CO   Aug. 21, 22 & 23:

[lots of names deleted]

>Bill Morrissey <==== I haven't warmed up to his voice yet  ;-)
I think Bill Morrissey is one of the best all-around performers
on the circuit today. He can be heart-wrenching ("Handsome Molly") or
(wry and on-target "Car and Driver") or just plain silly. I am always
a bit startled to hear that dry, worldly voice come out of that
innocent face!

>John Gorka     <==== YES!  I just love it when he "Gorks" his guitar
   We have different tastes. John Gorka is just one too many
angst-ridden-New-yorker-with-the-complex-intellectual-blues for me. 
>Laurie Lewis & Grant Street
  Saw her the day before yesterday at the Lowell Folk Festival. Lots
of fun!  A lively fiddler with a strong, sure voice and a range of
rockin' country material. Drew some comparisons to Alison Kraus; although you
could not confuse them, they are both in the same vein. Strong band,
too. I wish I had seen the rest of her set! She's only a modest
yodeller though. 

>Nanci Griffith      <==== I finally get to see her in concert.
>I keep thinking she must be better live
>than what I've heard on CD so far.
I don't think anything she has done recently has had the edge of
her first few albums. I've seen her on TV recently and , well, she's
good but not exciting. 
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Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:31:03 -0400 
From: Lori Cole <lc1r+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Melodeon players - recommendations, anyone ?

By melodeon, do you mean single row button accordeon?  If so, and you
are interested in Irish-style melodeon playing, you'll have to wait with
baited breath until Tom Doherty's record comes out (I know it's in the
works).  He's a 79-year-old (but you'd never know it to look at him)
player, originally from Donegal, who's been living in Brooklyn for
years.  Two-row players hold him in the highest regard for doing with
one what they do with two, and for impeccable rhythm and phrasing.  Says
Joe Burke, "He's some kind of genius."  And lord, the man has boundless
energy and seems to take such joy in playing!  You might want to write
Green Linnet (for whom he's recording) and urge them to get it done
ASAP.  Your man is in astonishing physical shape for a septuagenarian,
but one never knows, do one?

You can also hear several cuts of him playing with daughter, Maureen, on
flute on the "Fathers and Daughters" record on the Shanachie label.

Lori Cole

Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: afd@bellcore.com (Alex F. Dietz)
Subject: Re: Loudan Wainwright III
Reply-To: afd@bellcore.com
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 13:48:34 GMT


LWIII back in the old US of A and living around Westchester county again.
(Someone please help me out here!)  He plays at a place just north of NYC
called "The Turning Point" in Piermont NY.  Twice a year or so, plus appearances
at local folk festivals.  He's still composin', playin', and sharp as ever.


> Also does anyone have a discrography, I have/know of
> 1. First Album (schooldays etc)
> 2. Second Album (very similar stuff)
> 3. attempted Mustache (Dead skunk etc)
> 4. Love Songs?

I don't have a list with me.  If I remember I'll post my collection tomorrow.
I'd be interested in a full listing too - I'm never sure if my own recordings
are complete or not.

Ummm- is "First Album" the name or the first album?  The earliest album I have
is "Album III."

-A Dietz
Bellcore, Morristown NJ

Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: wegeng.henr801c@xerox.com
Subject: Philadelphia Folk Fest Line Up
Originator: wegeng@antlia
Organization: Xerox
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:43:36 GMT

Here is the line up for the Philadelphia Folk Festival.  The dates are
August 28-30.  For specific info about ticket prices, camping, etc. call
them at 1-800-556-FOLK (215-242-0150).

Mike Agranoff
Jim Albertson
Peter Alsop
Jay Ansill Quintet
Leo Arons
Beausoleil
Rory Block
Hanny Budnick
Guy and Candy Carawan
Johnny "Clyde" Copeland
Mike Cross
Catie Curtis
Ani DiFranco
Roger Deitz
Iris Dement
Dr. Joe
Boukman Eksperyans
Fairfield Four
Jean Farnworth
Jim Femino
Laurie Freelove
Terry Garland
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen
John Gorka
Hard Travelers
Sharon Katz & Soweto Soul
Killbilly
Kingsessing Morris Men
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Christine Lavin
Magenta of Ireland
Taj Mahal
Bruce Martin
Iain Matthews
Michael Miles
Mike Miller
Bill Morrissey
Heather Mullen
Jackie Pack
Patchwork: A Storytelling Guild
Pierce Pettis
Quilt
Ranch Romance
Red Clay Ramblers
John Roberts & Tony Barrand
Leon Rosselson
Peter Rowan & Jerry Douglas
Dan Ruvin
Saffire
Chris Shaw
Darden Smith
Chris Smither
Sukay
The Story
Susan Werner
Lucinda Williams
Robin & Linda Williams
Winnie Winston
Zulu Spear

/Don
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Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: toml@xrxedds.UUCP (Tom Love)
Subject: Re: Hartford on the river
Organization: Xerox EDDS, Herndon, Va.
	<84186@netnews.upenn.edu>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 22:32:37 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.154222.12937@henson.cc.wwu.edu> lopresti@henson.cc.wwu.edu (lopresti robert) writes:
>>Isn't he [John Hartford] actually a licensed river boat pilot?
>
>Yes, he is.  I interviewed him back in '77 on the deck of the Julia Belle
>Swain, a paddlewheel riverboat based in Peoria, and we spent quite a bit of
>time talking about the fading glory of the big riverboats.  If I get a chance
>one of these days, I'll type in a transcript.
>

man, talk about the synchronicity of the net.  in the past two weeks i
(a) saw john hartford perform at the birchmere in alexandria va, and
(b) saw the julia belle swain leave for a two-day excursion from
leclaire iowa (a couple of miles upstream from the quad cities, my
home town/area).

hartford was excellent at the birchmere.  he was dryly humorous, in
good voice, and instrumentally super - esp on fiddle.  played lots of
old favorites, recent stuff, and tons of requests.  

he's coming back again in october, according to 'dirty linen' magazine.

i happened to learn that the julia belle swain operates out of a small
town near my home town while at the hartford concert - picked up a
brochure.  we paid it a visit while out there last week.  it runs up
the river to galena, spends the night at a ski resort (chestnut), and
then returns the following day. it's $200 for adults, and includes
live entertainment, meals, and accomodations.  hartford rides, pilots,
and performs on it a few times a year - in fact next week (the 4th of
aug, from memory) he'll be on board.  last week a chicago performer
named art thieme was aboard.  i plan to find out when he's on next
year and go along for the ride.  there's an 800 number to call for
info and reservations - i don't have it with me, but anyone interested
could drop me a note and i'll send it to them.

best wishes.


--
Bash to fit, file to hide, paint to cover.


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Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: greg@netcom.com (Greg Bullough)
Subject: Re: Vancouver Folk Festival
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 17:08:37 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <13844@mindlink.bc.ca> Robert_Broughton@mindlink.bc.ca (Robert Broughton) writes:
>> Peter Ronald writes:
>> 
>> With any luck, even some of the men in attendance may have learned from
>> Saffire
>> (or other performers) about the reality of sexism and why humour is one way
>> of
>> dealing with rage.
>
>
>Peter, I was treated like shit by my ex-wife. Hearing Saffire sing "Don't Treat
>Your Man Like a Dog" resurrected some bad memories that should stay buried. I
>didn't find anything at all funny about this song. It's an extremely
>insensitive piece of "art".
 
And what makes it really ridiculous is that it's not an artifact of some 
distant time; this is someone's opinion for the here-and-now.
 
Can anyone trot out that old Woody Guthrie quote about "I'm out to stamp
out songs that run people down," etc. Seems appropriate here.
 
Greg
From: Peter_Ronald@mindlink.bc.ca (Peter Ronald)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Vancouver Folk Festival
Date: 29 Jul 92 04:03:50 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

I want to touch quickly on the festival highlights for me.

Ani Difranco, a 21-year old firecracker from NYC earned an instant following
for her from-the-gut songs and delivery. Very personal songs and a distinctive,
driven guitar/voice sound. I'd certainly watch out for her.

the barely works and Mother Tongue vied for most exuberant energy. the barely
works were onstage when the power went off Friday night, so they didn't get to
fully deploy their romping celtic roots sound then. I really enjoyed their
workshops, however, as obviously did the legions of t-shirted fans. Mother
Tongue is an eclectic mix of African, Caribbean and North American sounds
culminating in a great unifying, percussion-driven euphoria. Joyous!

Blues guitarists John Cephas and Phil Wiggins were spectacular. This is the
second VFMF I have seen them at and I applaud the festival for bringing them
back. The blues roots won't be forgotten as long as these two are around.

I had never heard Eileen McGann or Chris Williamson before so this was a
tremendous ear-opener.

Complementing them was Heather Bishop, whose show-closing set on Sunday night
left me feeling very pleased indeed. Her few words between songs set the tone
with her wish for a healing of the imbalances in our world, between men and
women, between our economies and the environment, between each other.

Buffy Sainte Marie's mainstage and workshop were the stand-out IMHO. She did
several of her clasics including "Universal Soldier" and "Until It's Time For
You to Go." She also featured "Fallen Angels" (as a previous post mentioned,
she took this one apart in a workshop and displayed its full message) and "Bury
My Heart At Wounded Knee" from her recent work. I was struck by her unrelenting
activism and her unquenchable energy and power.

There was not enough (or I did not catch) bluegrass, celtic or spontaneous
jamming, IMO. There were however acts from Portugal, Greece, Honduras, Bolivia,
Tuva, India and Madagascar (just to name a few). I value the exposure to new
sounds and rhythms. This may be the best place to have theat experience.

All this plus the regular Vancouver Festival bliss made this winning weekend
for me. I can't wait for the 16th annual!
--
Peter Ronald - @TEC Information Services  *  Rainforest Summer '92
peter@mindlink.bc.ca or tec@web.apc.org   *  Come to Clayoquot Sound this year!
From: rost@rgb.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: MELANIE folk singer of the sixties????????????????
Date: 31 Jul 92 15:31:10 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


>In article <1992Jul30.172620.17247@ncsu.edu> dachamb@eos.ncsu.edu (DUANE ALFORD CHAMBLEE) writes:
>>I would like to know what happened to Melanie? Don't remember her last name
>>she sang Animal Crackers. Thanks for any information.
> 

She sort of semi-retired in the mid seventies, made one or two "comeback"
recordings in the 80s as well as some touring, doing more rock-oriented
material.  She claimed in interviews that she was always really a rock singer
but got trapped into that folkie pigeonhole, etc.  She came through Boston a
year or two ago if I remember correctly.

I always thought her albums were spotty at best but she certainly had her
moments, like an edge-of-sanity cover of "Wild Horses".  The hippy-dippy stuff
I could do without.  She should have married Donovan  8^)  8^)

					Brian Rost @rgb.enet.dec.com

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From: darsie@eecs.ucdavis.edu (Richard Darsie)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Altan information
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:24:07 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis

In article <al.711929561@iris>, al@iris.claremont.edu (Aotearoa) writes:
> 
> I picked up Altan _Harvest Storm_ because of an off-the-cuff recommendation
> by someone who's musical tastes I respect.  It is very beautiful.
> 
> I realize that this band may be discussed all the time on this list, but
> could someone please mail or post any information you might have on this
> band and their works?  Any further recommendations of Altan works?  Any
> pointers to other bands currently playing traditional Irish music?  Do
> they ever tour the states?

Yes, they tour frequently. ALL of their recordings are GOOD.  They have
three previous recordings (at least in the US - don't know if they've
recorded in Ireland):

Altan
Horse with a Heart
The Red Crow

They've been called "The new Bothy Band", which I think has some
accuracy although their style is rather different.  They have the
same energy and drive that the Bothy Band had.

--richard

Richard Darsie
darsie@eecs.ucdavis.edu

"Since the beginning of man, the hours between the coming of night
and the coming of sleep have belonged to the tellers of tales and
the makers of music."
From: ebstokes@maxwell.crd.ge.com (Ed Stokes)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: The Darlins (of Andy Griffith show...)
Date: 28 Jul 92 20:18:14 GMT
Organization: GE Corp. Research & Development, Schenectady, NY

In article <1992Jul28.173756.24699@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> as081@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steve R. Smith) writes:
>
>Are there any recordings available by the band that appeared from
>time to time on the Andy Griffith show as the "Darlins"? ...

The band was the Dillards. They have been recording continuously
since the Andy Griffith days, though most of their releases in
the 70's and 80's were closer to the Eagles than the Darlins. Two
of their early recordings which come to mind are "Back porch
bluegrass" and "Alive...almost", both on Vanguard from ~1965 or so.
They just released a compilation CD of early recordings called "There
is a time". Also, just released a CD of new, acoustic material called
"Let it fly", including a song called "the Darlin boys"
("new, acoustic" as opposed to "new acoustic").

I saw them last year at the Winterhawk bluegrass festival, and they
put on a real good show, even though many of the jokes were the same
as on the mid-60's live album mentioned above. With the exception of
the banjo player (Doug Dillard), the original group is back together
and in fine form, as of summer 1991 anyway. Doug Dillard leads his own
band last I heard, called the Doug Dillard band of all things.

I'd have to recommend "There is a time" as the seminal Dillards
primer.

Ed Stokes
ebstokes@crd.ge.com
From: trimper@edsi.plexus.COM (Greg Trimper)
Newsgroups: rec.music.video
Subject: Megadeath and Public Enemy - MTV is a bunch of racial mf's
Date: 26 Jul 92 14:10:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: edsi.1992Jul26.141040.8376
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI

Here in the US, I noticed about an hour ago that MegaDeth's "Symphony of
Destruction" is not only still in wide play, but is now on their
bogus "Top 20."  In case you don't know, this is a video where
a black preacher assasinates either the president or a candidate in
the name of JFK, or some such.  They even showed an interview clip where
one of the members of MD said something like "sometimes you need an
assasination" or something like that.


WHY does this really yank my chain?  A few months ago, with a LOT
of hype, they played Public Enemy's "By The Time I Get to Arizona," where
Chuck D assasinates the governor of AZ in the name of MLK.  BUT, they only
played it once, and they talked about how violent it was, etc etc blah
blah. ONCE.  And I can't get any of the local video shows to play it
either.  I've tried.  Every Friday.  They will NEVER play it.

So, I have to wonder:
Is it okay that MegaDeath can assasinate the president, because they are
white?

Is it not okay for PE to assasinate the Gov. of AZ, because they are black
and he is white?

OR is that nobody really listens to lyrics of white musicians, but always
take the lyrics of rap music SERIOUSLY because obviously the black race is
planning a white genocide through messages sent through rap music.  Cop
Killer, and all.

Well, I got 25 days to do it....
Greg Trimper   trimper@edsi.plexus.com  
Newsgroups: rec.music.video
From: niguma@ug.cs.dal.ca (Gordon Niguma)
Subject: Liquid Television on MuchMusic
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 21:06:01 GMT

  Lately I've been seeing some short animated (I think) films on MuchMusic
that don't really seem tos serve Much purpose. They're titled Liquid Television.
Can anyone tell me what they're all about?
  Also I've been seeing a short animated film of a dog listening to an old
record player with some Chrissy Hyde/Pretenders song in the background and then
the dog gets sucked into the record player and they play some footage of a 
rock star giving a socially conscious quote (I've seen Neil Young discussing the
commericialism of rock and Chrissy Hyde talking about being a vegetarian). Can
anyone give anymore on these segments (Who? What? When? Why? type answers would
be great).

					Thanks,
					Gord Niguma
					(fav band: Van Halen)

Newsgroups: rec.music.video
From: holtslander@skyfox.usask.ca
Subject: RE: Help! Name Our Rock Band!
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:55:02 GMT

howbout "Impudent Dogs"
Newsgroups: rec.music.video,alt.rock-n-roll,alt.rock-n-roll.hard,alt.rock-n-roll.metal,alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy