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orinoco
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response 25 of 40:
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May 28 15:30 UTC 2002 |
(A friend of mine who tends to oversleep likes to joke that he runs on Newfie
time.)
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ea
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response 26 of 40:
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May 29 02:15 UTC 2002 |
The Great Big Sea concert on CBC is Sunday, June 2, at 8pm Eastern. CBC
is Channel 9 broadcast, 21 cable (if you're in Ann Arbor)
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krj
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response 27 of 40:
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Aug 6 13:05 UTC 2002 |
This coming weekend, August 9-11, is the Great Lakes Folk Festival in
downtown East Lansing, Michigan. This is the successor to the
National Folk Festival's residency in East Lansing for the previous
three years. I was really looking forward to this, but I don't
think I can navigate it on crutches. Web page for the festival
is: http://www.greatlakesfolkfest.net
Performers include Chicago-Irish fiddler Liz Carroll and Quebecois
band Matapat, plus former Solas singer Karan Casey.
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krj
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response 28 of 40:
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May 3 19:35 UTC 2003 |
Today's broadcast of "The Folk Show" on WCBN was being announced
as the last one. Carol Mohr was named in the roll of former
program hosts.
Today's host suggested that gentle prodding of the radio station
might encourage them to bring "The Folk Show" back at a future date,
but it's definitely gone for the summer.
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krj
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response 29 of 40:
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Aug 7 22:51 UTC 2003 |
Wow, this item has barely moved since I announced *last* year's festival...
Downtown East Lansing hosts the Great Lakes Folk Festival this weekend,
Friday August 8 through Sunday August 10. The biggest names at the
festival will be bluegrass/old-time legend Ralph Stanley (one performance
only, 8 pm Saturday), the Barra MacNeils (Scottish folk/pop from
Cape Breton), Irish-American singer Cathie Ryan, and African thumb-piano
player Stella Chiweshe. There's also Scandinavian music, Cajun,
traditional American folk, and probably more.
http://www.greatlakesfolkfest.net
The festival is located in the heart of downtown East Lansing; its
east edge is approximately where El Azteco is, and it stretches
west towards the bus station and Valley Court Park. Four stages, and
some craft and food areas.
The festival is free, though roving gangs of official fundraisers
will try to get you to donate some money.
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krj
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response 30 of 40:
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Aug 12 05:59 UTC 2003 |
((Quite a wonderful festival. I scribbled some notes and will hope to
enter them here in a couple of days.))
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anderyn
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response 31 of 40:
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Aug 12 16:04 UTC 2003 |
Bummed I missed it, but Bruce was feeling less than willing to drive. :-(
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mcnally
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response 32 of 40:
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Aug 19 22:34 UTC 2003 |
I remember, when passing through Banff (or maybe Canmore, AB) earlier this
summer that they were advertising a folk festival with several performers
I've heard Ken write about (although right now Mary Gauthier is the only
one who springs to mind..) However, the festival's probably over by now..
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void
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response 33 of 40:
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Feb 8 04:49 UTC 2004 |
Dunno if anyone else has found this yet, but I thought some of you
would dig it:
http://www.folkalley.com/
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eeyore
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response 34 of 40:
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Feb 15 01:47 UTC 2004 |
I fouind it about a year ago, and I adore it. Mostly. I'm still a little
irritated with how repetitive it gets with some of its songs, but I have
found several cool artists.
Funny...I found them, listened for quite a while, and then suddenly stopped.
Right about the time I dumped a bunch of cds onto the computer and hit
random....:)
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dbratman
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response 35 of 40:
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Feb 25 07:16 UTC 2004 |
So who are your favorite folk-music artists?
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mcnally
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response 36 of 40:
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Oct 5 17:39 UTC 2004 |
The same group that organizes "The Monthly Grind", our favorite monthly
musical event herre in Ketchikan, is apparently coordinating a concert
next month by American folksinger Gordon Bok. Since we get a fairly
limited number of outside performers travelling through and since this
sounds potentially interesting I'm planning on buying a couple of tickets
but I wonder if anyone here is familiar with his music and can tell me
anything about it.
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cmcgee
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response 37 of 40:
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Oct 5 21:01 UTC 2004 |
Gordon Bok does wind-swept folk music from the coast of Maine. I love his
songs. Big on meaning, and sailing, and water, and other cool stuff.
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mcnally
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response 38 of 40:
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Oct 5 21:27 UTC 2004 |
That sounds like what the poster promised, and it should go over big
here in SE Alaska, where boating is a very popular pastime and many of
the residents have worked one or more jobs aboard a boat of some sort
(usually a fishing vessel) at some time in their lives.
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dbratman
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response 39 of 40:
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Oct 8 06:20 UTC 2004 |
By all means go to the Bok concert. I don't know the Maine coast, but I
have been to SE Alaska's, and his songs would go very well with it. Enjoy!
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tod
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response 40 of 40:
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May 5 18:16 UTC 2005 |
He had alot of stuff in the 70's based on Irish folk.
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