Archive for the ‘Folk’ Category
Happy Canada Day from Classic Pop Icons
Written by admin on July 1, 2011 – 10:00 am -Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian readers. We hope you have a relaxing and fun day.
To celebrate Canada Day, here’s some tracks from five of Canada’s successful musical exports.
Joni Mitchell – “Big Yellow Taxi”
Tags: American Woman, Big Yellow Taxi, Born to be wild, Canada Day, Canadian Railroad Trilogy, Gordon Lightfoot, Heart of Gold, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Steppenwolf, The Guess Who
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Song of the Week #60 – “Diamonds & Rust”
Written by admin on June 27, 2011 – 8:14 am -| Joan Baez’s ode to Bob Dylan, “Diamonds & Rust,” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
“Diamonds & Rust” was the opening track of her hit album of the same name, released in April 1975, and was also released on single three months later |
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Tags: Blackmore's Night, Bob Dylan, Diamonds & Rust, Joan Baez, Judas Priest
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Happy 70th Birthday Bob Dylan
Written by admin on May 24, 2011 – 6:12 am -| Happy Birthday to the legendary American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan who reaches 70 years old today.
Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. |
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Folk singer Gil Robbins dies aged 80
Written by admin on April 10, 2011 – 5:56 pm - |
American folk singer, Gil Robbins, has died at his home in Esteban Cantu, Mexico, aged 80. Robbins’ best known work was with the early ’60s group The Highwaymen. |
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Bob Dylan plays first show in China
Written by admin on April 7, 2011 – 6:34 pm -Bob Dylan performed for the first time in China last night. The folk legend played a two-hour gig in front of a capacity audience of 5,000 at the Workers Gymnasium in Beijing.
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Promoters had tried to bring Dylan to China last year, but permission was denied by the country’s Culture Ministry. |
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