Folk News

OurStage Launches Marketplace to Connect Artists with Talent Buyers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) via biz.yahoo.com

Published July 11, 2008, 8:12 am, Over one day ago

OurStage , a music discovery destination providing professional opportunities for up-and-coming talent, today launches Marketplace, an online resource which enables artists and bands to proactively find and apply for gigs, and industry professionals to easily find, validate and book artists for performances and music-related projects.

The Republic Tigers Set Out on Summer Tour; Kansas City-Based Outfit Hit the Road in Support of Acclaimed Debut Album, ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) via biz.yahoo.com

Published July 9, 2008, 9:56 am, Over one day ago

Chop Shop/Atlantic recording group the Republic Tigers have announced details of their upcoming live schedule. The Kansas City-based quintet is touring in support of its critically acclaimed debut album, "KEEP COLOR," which is now available in stores and at online retailers.

Danny Pelfrey Honored with a 2008 Emmy Award For Guiding Light and Leads the New Generation of 'Multi' Platform and ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) via news.yahoo.com

Published July 8, 2008, 9:00 am, Over one day ago

Danny Pelfrey is representative of a new generation of composers creating music for multiple platforms and diverse media, including television, digital mobile, video games, on-line, broadcast, music production library, motion picture and other branches of emerging media and platform.

Not too late to plan vacation in Maine this summer (AP via Yahoo! News) via news.yahoo.com

Published July 8, 2008, 5:35 am, Over one day ago

I spent the July Fourth weekend lying in a hammock on the shore of a pond in central Maine. I liked it so much, I'm going back in August. Big activities planned include listening for loon calls, watching the moon rise and picking sprigs of wild mint. Maybe I'll take a canoe out ? but only if I get really ambitious.

Los Angeles Jewish Symphony?s The Sephardic-Latino Connection, Showcasing Similarities Between Latino and Sephardic ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) via news.yahoo.com

Published July 11, 2008, 12:01 am, Over one day ago

The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony premieres "The Sephardic-Latino Connection" under the stars at the Ford Amphitheatre on Sunday, August 24 at 7:30 p.m., celebrating the similarity of impassioned cries of the cantors and those of the flamenco artists whose roots originate from Spain.

Mass choirs delight crowds at Latvian song festival (Reuters via Yahoo! News) via news.yahoo.com

Published July 8, 2008, 7:33 am, Over one day ago

Thousands of choral singers, dancers in traditional costumes and folk music lovers have descended on the Latvian capital this week for a massive festival which only comes round once every five years.

Half Price Books Unshelves Employee Talent in Exclusive Music CD: 'Music by the Book' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) via biz.yahoo.com

Published July 8, 2008, 1:21 pm, Over one day ago

Half Price Books, the nation's largest new and used bookstore chain, has released a compilation CD of 15 original tracks recorded by employee talent from across the country.

Review: Wi-Fi radios bring the world home (AP via Yahoo! News) via news.yahoo.com

Published July 9, 2008, 1:31 pm, Over one day ago

What are you going to listen to? Norway's 24-hour folk music channel Allttid Folkemusikk? The public hearings of the California Integrated Waste Management Board? Radio Banadir ? the Most Trusted News in Somalia?

Overseas iPhone 3G Review: Great But Not Perfect (PC World via Yahoo! News) via news.yahoo.com

Published July 9, 2008, 10:20 am, Over one day ago

Sick of all the iPhone hype yet? You're not alone. The good news is, the iPhone 3G has finally arrived and we can start figuring out if this phone warrants all the fuss.

Pickin? in the Panhandle Announces 2008 Lineup (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) via news.yahoo.com

Published July 9, 2008, 11:05 am, Over one day ago

West Virgina State BBQ & Bluegrass Festival attracts great talent.

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