Archive for the ‘Folk’ Category
Humanitarian award for Neil Young
Written by admin on January 28, 2011 – 7:10 pm -| Neil Young will receive the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at this year’s Juno Awards. Young is being recognised for his work in co-founding the Farm Aid concert series and the Bridge School for children with severe speech and physical impairments. |
Tags: Allan Waters Humanitarian Award, Juno Awards, Le Noise, Le Noise Blu-ray, Le Noise DVD, Neil Young
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Happy 70th Birthday Richie Havens
Written by admin on January 21, 2011 – 1:48 pm -| American folk singer Richie Havens celebrates his 70th birthday today.
Havens released his first album in 1965 and remains an active live and studio performer to this day. His last album was “Nobody Left to Crown.” |
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Happy 70th Birthday Joan Baez
Written by admin on January 9, 2011 – 5:21 pm -| Happy Birthday to folk legend Joan Baez who is 70 today.
Joan was born in Staten Island, New York on January 9, 1941 and began her music career as a teenager performing in the coffee houses in the Boston-Cambridge area of Massachusetts. |
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Stars we lost in 2010
Written by admin on January 1, 2011 – 9:19 am -The New York Times has put together this excellent sound and image montage to pay tribute to the musicians who passed away in 2010, including Johnny Maestro, Alex Chilton, Lena Horne, Gregory Isaacs, Teddy Pendergrass, Solomon Burke and many more.
Tags: Alex Chilton, Gregory Isaacs, Johnny Maestro, Lena Horne, solomon burke, Stars who died in 2010, Teddy Pendergrass
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The 2011 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees
Written by admin on December 10, 2010 – 10:13 am -| The Beatles, Fats Domino, Otis Redding and Joan Baez are among the artists whose recordings will be entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.
The Grammy Hall of Fame Award was established by The Recording Academy’s National Trustees in 1973. The aim was to “honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old.” To date, 881 recordings have been inducted. |
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Tags: Al Green, Barbra Streisand, Fats Domino, Grammy Hall of Fame, Hank Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Baez, MusiCares person of the year, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, The Animal, The Beatles, The Box Tops, The Jackson 5, The Marvelettes, Willie Nelson
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