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Entries Sought in Two Singer-Songwriter Competitions

Michael Kornfeld — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:18:59 +0000

The South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Club is accepting online applications for both its National Singer-Songwriter Competition and South Florida Singer-Songwriter Competition through October 31, 2025. A panel of preliminary judges will assess the submissions. Finalists in the national competition will be invited to perform and be evaluated by another panel of three judges during the annual South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Festival that is slated for January 30-February 1, 2026 at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds in Davie. Artists in the local competition will perform prior to the festival, while three winners will be invited to showcase their talents during it.

The entry fee for the National Singer-Songwriter Competition is $25 for two songs, while entrants in the South Florida Singer-Songwriter Competition — open only to singer-songwriters from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties — pay $15 for two songs. All entries must be wholly original, and AI must not have been used in writing the lyrics or composing the music. Entrants are required to submit lyric sheets, along with either a YouTube video or another URL where the song can be heard or a mp3 for the judges to assess. More information, along with online applications, may be found on the club’s website: sffolk.org.

Twelve finalists in the National Singer-Songwriter Competition will be invited to attend the festival (at their own expense) and perform on Saturday, Jan. 30. From among them, three winners will be chosen to perform in a round on Sunday and be invited back the following year as paid performers. Each of the three will also win $300. Ten to 12 finalists in the South Florida Singer-Songwriter Competition – depending on the number of entries received – will be invited to perform at Anne Kolb Nature Center in Hollywood on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 18. Three winners will be selected to perform in a round during the festival, and each will receive a cash prize of $200.

Since its inception, the South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Festival has been a combination of a music fest, family reunion, community gathering, and weekend musical retreat, according to its organizers. It will feature performances by a number of local and nationally touring artists on two stages, a wide array of jam sessions and workshops, family-friendly activities, and local food and arts & crafts vendors. All festival activities will take place under cover. Discounted tickets are available online until 6 p.m. on Jan. 26. While applications are continuing to be accepted from performing artists until Oct. 31, those already slated to perform include Danielle Ate the Sandwich, Alice Howe & Freebo, The Janzen Boys, Rod MacDonald, Mad Agnes, John McCutcheon, and mean Mary.

The South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Club (formerly the Broward Folk Club), which presents the festival, is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote folk & acoustic music and to provide a community for people who share a love for it.

Allison Russell, Maria Dunn Win Juno Awards

Michael Kornfeld — Mon, 16 May 2022 16:17:26 +0000

Allison Russell’s Outside Child was named Contemporary Roots Album of the Year and Maria Dunn’s Joyful Banner Blazing won Traditional Roots Album of the Year during the 2022 JUNO Awards ceremonies on May 15 at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto, Ontario. Members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) selected the award recipients in these and other categories.

A soulful Nashville, Tennessee-based, Montreal-born Scottish Grenadian Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and activist, Allison Russell is also a co-founder of Our Native Daughters and Birds of Chicago and was part of Po’ Girl. Outside Child is her debut solo album and was also recently chosen as Contemporary Album of the Year in the 2022 Canadian Folk Music Awards, while she was named English Songwriter of the Year and New/Emerging Artist of the Year in recognition of it.

Wrought with emotion, Outside Child features 11 original songs “about resilience and survival, transcendence and the redemptive power of art, community, connection, and chosen family,” says Russell, who faced abuse and trauma during her youth that music has helped her to overcome. She is also among the nominees for both Album and Artist of the year in the International Folk Music Awards to be presented by Folk Alliance International on May 18 in Kansas City, Missouri on the opening night of its annual conference.

Maria Dunn is a Scotland-born, Edmonton, Alberta-based singer-songwriter who describes herself as a storyteller through song and accompanies herself on both guitar and accordion. She writes melodic, often socially aware, songs about ordinary people, while her music fuses Celtic folk with elements of bluegrass and country.

Joyful Banner Blazing is Dunn’s first release in four years and her seventh in a career spanning more than 20 years. Produced by Sharon Johnson of the Juno Award-winning band The McDades (as were her six previous independent releases), Joyful Banner Blazing celebrates resilience, grace, gratitude, solidarity, joy, and the love that fires our actions to make the world a better place. Thrice nominated for Junos, Dunn won an Edmonton Music Prize for her previous album, 2016’s Gathering. Her songs have been recorded Niamh Parsons and The Outside Track, among others, while one of them (“God Bless Us Everyone”) appears in the Rise Again songbook.

A complete list of Juno Awards winners can be found, along with additional information, on line at junoawards.ca.

Paul Siebel, Singer-Songwriter, 1937-2022

Michael Kornfeld — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:18:13 +0000

Paul Siebel, a folk-country singer-songwriter whose songs have been covered by a number of better-known artists, died April 5, 2022. He was 84.

Born in Buffalo, New York in September 1937, Siebel taught himself guitar as a teenager and cited Hank Snow and Hank Williams among his inspirations. He later moved to New York City, where he was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene during the 1960s-early 1970s.

Although Siebel recorded a couple of albums (Woodsmoke and Oranges and Jack Knife Gypsy) for Elektra Records in 1970-1971, his songs received more attention when others covered them. Among the notable artists who have recorded his songs are David Bromberg, Willy DeVille, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Leo Kottke, Iain Matthews, Mary McCaslin, Bonnie Raitt, Rick Roberts, Linda Ronstadt, The Seldom Scene, Rosalie Sorrels, Happy Traum, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Kate Wolf. “Louise” was his signature song and has been performed and recorded by a number of artists over the years. “Spanish Johnny,” his expanded take on a poem by Willa Cather, was recorded by both Bromberg and Raitt. Most recently, The Flatlanders covered Siebel’s “The Ballad of Honest Sam” on Treasure of Love, its 2021 release.

(Here’s a link to listen to Bonnie Raitt’s recording of Siebel’s song “Louise.”)

Bromberg frequently accompanied Siebel during his live performances – including a June 9, 1978 concert at McCabe’s in Los Angeles, California that was recorded and released as a live album in 1981. Paul Siebel Live — featuring a mix of his own original songs and covers of country and blues classics — came out on Rag Baby Records, Country Joe McDonald’s label, and was Siebel’s last recording. Although he had stopped performing many years earlier, Elektra released a compilation CD in 2004 that features all 21 of the songs Siebel recorded on his two studio albums for the label.

Here’s a link to view a video of Paul Siebel performing during the Greenwich Village Folk Festival in 1993.

Quick Q & A with Annie Sumi

Michael Kornfeld — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 23:57:18 +0000

By Kathy Sands-Boehmer

Annie Sumi is an ethereal folk artist from Canada, whose intimate and expansive music invites listeners into a familiar otherworld. Inspired by the mirrored relationship between physical and emotional landscapes, the young, Ontario-based singer-songwriter’s music speaks of human experience through the language of the senses. She has toured across Canada, parts of the U.S. and Europe, and released three albums since 2015. Kathy Sands-Boehmer, chief innovator and merry-maker at Harbortown Music, recently asked Annie Sumi some questions about her music — including her latest recording, Solastagia, which was released last fall.

Annie Sumi showcases her talents during the 2018 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference (Photo: Jake Jacobson)
Annie Sumi has been on my list of potential interviewees for some time, and I was glad to have the opportunity to pose some questions to her—especially about the newest addition to her discography, Solastalgia. As you’ll see from my questions below, I was rather taken with the entire concept of this album. I highly recommend that you listen closely and listen to every track to fully absorb all the textures, nuances, and powerful lyrics at once.

Annie’s musical imagination soars in all her recordings but this latest offering is far and away her best yet. Annie articulates her love of nature and humankind, and it comes through in each and every note. A native of Whitby, Ontario, Annie has been playing her contemporary folk songs to audiences for the past several years and has won over artists from coast to coast. Her style definitely evokes an ethereal sense of wisdom beyond her years. Annie has collected numerous nominations for new and emerging artists in Canada and as music writer Sarah Greene of Exclaim says: “Sumi’s music has a mystical bent. With her pure voice, finger-picked guitar, and smiling banter, she communicated joy and wonder.” My humble advice: check out her music and find yourself a nice, comfortable place to just be in the present and listen to her. You’ll feel refreshed and happy that you did so after taking the time to listen. For more information about Annie, visit her website. Look for upcoming shows with Annie and Travis Knapp.

Here’s a video of “Over the Hills” which will give you an excellent glimpse into Annie Sumi’s music.

Can you please to explain the Rainer Maria Rilke quote “I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world” that sits atop your website home page. Is it the making of your music that makes this quote resonate with you?

This quote reminds me of the ways that sound reverberates out into the world. It also brings up images of when you drop a stone into a quiet lake, and the water ripples out – on and on – touching the distant shores. I suppose ruminating on this quote helps me to remember that every little thing that we do reaches out across the world energetically, and it inspires me to ‘drop stones in the water’ with good intention.

Tell us about your upbringing in Canada. Did you gravitate towards music at an early age? If so, did you pick up any musical instruments at that time and did you start to experiment with them?

I started learning piano when I was around six years old, and it was really fun until I got bored of playing classical music and found myself gravitating to more popular songs. I usually credit the singing to my Scottish heritage because everyone who came in and out of my Grannie’s house had to sing a “wee” song – that definitely encouraged the silly, playful, and performative parts of me! It wasn’t until I was in high school that I started experimenting on guitar. I took some lessons at the local school, The Music Scene, and then began writing my own tunes.

Did the fact that you are of mixed race affect your musical outlook on life? Did you have any particular influences that inspired you?

I like to think that the Scottish part of my family inspired the performative, sing-songy side of my writing; and, perhaps, the Japanese part of my family inspired the introspective, poetic parts of my writing! I think I am still understanding how being of mixed-race has informed my creative life, and the ways that I am interested in deepening my relationship to my ancestors.

Listening to your newest album, Solastalgia was a perfect opportunity for me to concentrate deeply on your music and appreciate the beautiful sounds and timely lyrics. I chose not to read anything about your album before listening and it brought me great comfort to realize that I had, in fact, tuned into your world and sonically experienced what you must have felt as you were creating the songs in Banff. Tell us a bit about your experience writing the songs amidst the beauty and wonders of Alberta.

Spending time in the mountains was profoundly beautiful. The landscape inspires so much awe – a perfect space to inhabit while writing. At the time I was writing this album, I was walking with grief and trying to soften the hard edges of my heart toward a deeper wisdom. I was in the throes of “global dread” and “environmental anxiety”, but, after reading Glenn Albrecht’s Earth Emotions, I felt more equipped to “name” my grief and walk beside it without allowing it to overtake me. Writing these songs were part of my process in rediscovering hope, awe, and wonder for this beautiful earth, and inspiration to continue trying to find meaningful ways of meeting the urgent call towards action.

Annie Sumi performs during the 2018 NERFA Conference (Photo: Ethan Baird)
You chose to entitle the album Solastalgia which means “a homesickness you have when are still at home” explaining that there is a disconnect between being on earth and remembering to take care of it. Do you have any practical advice to suggest how we can be better inhabitants and caretakers of this planet?

Joanna Macy has been an abundant well of inspiration and resource on my own journey of remembering. She often talks about how we cannot grieve or stand up for something that we do not love, or see ourselves connected to… For that reason alone, I feel like the most essential thing we can do as a species is to reconnect with the natural world and open our hearts to its beauty. Perhaps, then, as a collective, we would feel inspired to stand up against the capital-driven injustices that threaten these wild spaces and recognize that the people that have been protecting these lands deserve physical and financial support, media visibility, and national acknowledgment.

I was particularly taken with the meditative beginning track, “Circles” and how it works as a welcome to the rest of the album and slides smoothly into “Over the Hills.” The songs are very calming and speak to the listener as a way of imaging the people who inhabited the earth years and even centuries in the past. Did your imagination run wild as you created these songs?

This is a fun question! Ha-ha! My imagination tends to run wild, and this collection of songs definitely cultivated a space for the imagination to thrive! But I wasn’t thinking a lot about people that have inhabited this earth in the past… in fact, a lot of these songs were written with an intention to be as present as possible. I was hoping that it would inspire listeners to feel the power, magic, whimsy, desperation and joy accessible in this moment, and feel awake to their lives.

Annie Sumi (Photo: Michael Kornfeld)
strong>“Psychoterra” is another song that struck me as being cosmic on many levels. It feels like you were channeling indigenous people who inhabited the land, and the subtle percussion brings the listener right into the next song called “Mother.” Am I correct in assuming you are speaking of Mother Earth and that lyrics of that song address climate change and all that that means to us now and in the future?

Definitely. ‘Mother’ speaks to the body of the earth, and inquires if there is still time to rise and meet the challenges we face related to the declining climate. It was written in a moment when I was physically unable to stand up in protest, so I felt compelled to write this song.

Can you give us some insight into your song “Fleur?” I love the strong female characterization! I love the power in your voice–you set the tone perfectly but I want to know what prompted you to write this intriguing song.

“Fleur” was inspired by Louise Erdich’s character in her novel Tracks. The character depicts a strong, Indigenous woman that is connected to some primordial powers that allow her to retaliate against her oppressors. “Fleur” was so intriguing that I felt compelled to write about her journey and the ferocity of her character.

How would you compare the music on Solastalgia to the songs on your other albums?

I think Solastalgia is the most conceptual body of work that I have written up to this point. I had a very clear idea of how to weave textures throughout the album that linked the beginning, middle, and end. I wonder if writing 80% of this album in the same place contributed to the thematic nature of the album!

Is there any kind of musical project that you would love to do that you haven’t done yet?

There are hundreds of musical projects that I would love to do and haven’t done yet! So, I will report back when those snippets of experimental sounds come into fruition in some way!

Kathy Sands-Boehmer
Kathy Sands-Boehmer is an enthusiastic and tireless presenter, promoter and supporter of independent musicians. For years, she booked and promoted artists, new and old, at a well-respected 225-seat venue north of Boston, Massachusetts; was an active leader of the Boston Area Coffeehouse Association (BACHA), and a past board member and vice president of Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA). She has mentored, coached, and managed a variety of artists and formerly co-hosted a podcast, Through the Musical Cosmos. Kathy recently launched Harbortown Music as a resource for musicians and venues – building community, while promoting and presenting high-quality music and also hosts livestreams under its banner – occasionally partnering with AcousticMusicScene.com’s Michael Kornfeld. This and many previous Q & A interviews are archived on her blog, Everything Sundry, as well as in the Featured section of AcousticMusicScene.com.

Winners Named in 2020 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition

Michael Kornfeld — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 19:30:40 +0000

Six singer-songwriters have been named as winners in the 2020 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. They were chosen by a panel of judges from among 24 finalists who performed two songs each during the New Folk Concerts that streamed online October 10 and 11 on the Kerrville Folk Festival’s website, Facebook page and YouTube channel as part of a Virtual Celebration held in place of the annual event on the Quiet Valley Ranch in the Texas Hill Country.

Andy Baker (Gobles, MI), John John Brown (Pawling, NY), Abigail Lapell (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Louise Mosrie Coombe (Williamsburg, MA), Michael Prysock (Dallas, TX), and Shanna in a Dress (Boulder, CO) will each perform short sets during a Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Winners concert as part of the second weekend of the 2020 October Virtual Celebration on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 17, beginning at 1:30 p.m. CDT/ 2:30 p.m. EDT/11:30 a.m. PDT.

Shanna in a Dress
About 30 hours after learning that she was one of the winners in Kerrville New Folk, Shanna in a Dress said: “I’m really happy! I think the voice I try to squelch in my head is often asking ‘Is my songwriting special? Do people think I’m any good?’ and to be validated in such a huge way (top 6 out of 700+ entries) makes me want to hold onto this feeling for as long as I can. The funny flip side of song contests is that they are so subjective and every contest I’ve entered and lost I’ve needed to mentally coach myself back from disappointment with ’’How can you really actually judge songs against each other? I’m sure mine just slipped through the cracks!’ So my ego stays in check by remembering that there are plenty of songs in that huge pool of entries that are just as deserving of this nice ‘winner’title I just got.”

Here’s a link to a video of Shanna performing “Daddy’s Little Girl,” one of her winning songs: https://youtube.com/watch?v=c4UVb9BXe4s

Shanna told AcousticMusicScene.com that being named a New Folk Winner is “very exciting and also a bit of a double-edged sword- because of the pandemic it’s kind of the worst year to win! Normally (I’ve heard)
you get really tight with your fellow New Folk class, get to play on the mainstage during the Kerrville Folk Festival, and go on a two-week tour with the other winners. I LOVE LOVE LOVE people and connecting with them in thefestival environment, and I’m definitely disappointed I don’t get to do that.”

Noting that this was her first year being part of New Folk, Abigail Lapell told AcousticMusicScene.com: “it’s been really incredible, despite being a really different experience from most years. Our hosts Lindsey and Deb [Rouse] and the whole Kerrville team, along with all the finalists, have worked really hard to make it feel like a community, despite gathering remotely. I know we all wished we could be together at Quiet Valley Ranch, but I’m so glad we were able to capture a bit of that magic over the virtual airwaves.”

Lapell said that the biggest highlight for her was “ discovering so many new-to-me musicians and getting to check out everyone’s songs. I feel truly honoured (Canadian spelling, represent!!!) to be among such a talented group. I also got to check out some of the other festival performances last weekend, which was really inspiring. Everyone involved did a great job pulling off an amazing festival under challenging circumstances.”

Abigail Lapell (Photo: Jen Squires)
“Being part of the New Folk family this year has helped keep me connected to the wider music world despite not being able to gather in person,” she continued. “Not getting to tour and perform live has been really hard this year, especially during the summer festival season. (Actually, my P2 work visa to play in the U.S. is about to expire, unused. American musicians might not realize how much time, paperwork and expense goes into getting one of those things!) And personally, I’ve actually been avoiding doing virtual concerts — I LOVE that audiences and performers are finding ways to connect online, but I’ve found it just isn’t a great fit for me personally. So this felt like such a nice way to come out of my shell a bit and connect with musicians all over the place (including a couple other Canucks!) as well as our super lovely judges and all the Kerrville Folk Family. “

Here’s a link to view a video of Abigail Lapell performing “Down by the Water,” one of the two songs that she submitted to the New Folk Competition:

https://youtu.be/NUgySaZ3NeQ

Expressing thanks to all of the finalists for sharing their “works of art,” Tom Prasada-Rao, a past Kerrville New Folk Winner and one of this year’s three judges, said: “It really doesn’t matter whether you are declared a winner or not because you are all winners.” Sharing similar sentiments, Bernice Lewis, also a past Kerrville New Folk winner who served as a judge, said that just being part of the competition “inspired me to write better songs and be a better musician.”

Established in 1972 at the urging of Peter Yarrow, the Kerrville New Folk Concerts have become a highlight of the annual festival that is geared towards singer-songwriters of various musical styles and is the longest continuously running festival of its kind in North America. This year’s festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, festival organizers hosted an online festival featuring virtual concerts and campfire song circles that were streamed online on three successive Saturdays in late May-early June. Although the festival was tentatively rescheduled for Oct. 8-18, those plans also had to be scrapped due to the ongoing health crisis. In its place, a Virtual Celebration has been taking place online via the festival’s website, Facebook page and YouTube channel over two successive weekends and continues Oct. 17-18.

For more information on the Kerrville New Folk Competition and to view a full schedule of the festival’s 2020 October Virtual Celebration — including evening concerts and virtual campfires — visit https://www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org/oct2020-virtual-lineup.

2020 Kerrville New Folk Concerts Go Online

Michael Kornfeld — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:02:49 +0000

Twenty-four songwriters who were named as finalists in the 2020 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters will perform the two songs they submitted during Virtual New Folk Finalists Concerts slated for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10 and 11, beginning at 1:30 p.m. CDT.

Chosen from among more than 700 submissions from around the world, the finalists were announced earlier this year. The New Folk Concerts – established in 1972 at the urging of Peter Yarrow — are usually a highlight of the annual 18-day-long singer-songwriter-focused Kerrville Folk Festival in late May-June on the Quiet Valley Ranch Campgrounds in the Texas Hill Country. However, this year’s festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, festival organizers hosted an online festival featuring virtual concerts and campfire song circles that were streamed online on three successive Saturdays in late May-early June. Although the festival was tentatively rescheduled for Oct. 8-18, those plans also had to be scrapped due to the ongoing health crisis.

In its place, a Virtual Celebration will take place online via the festival’s website, Facebook page and YouTube channel over the weekends of Oct. 10-11 and Oct. 17-18. Hillary Adamson will serve as emcee of the 2020 New Folk Concerts that will feature videos submitted by each of the 24 finalists. Featured performing songwriters on Saturday, Oct. 10 (in order of appearance) are Eliza Edens (Williamstown, MA), T Buckley (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), Aubryn (Nashville, TN), Andy Baker (Gobles, MI), Sadie Gustafson-Zook (Boston, MA), Ryan Davenport (Taylor, TX), China Kent (Denver, CO), Nick Depuy (New Canaan, CT), Louise Mosrie Coombe (Williamsburg, MA), Chad Elliott (Lamont, IA), Justina Shandler (Roanoke, VA), and Russ Parrish (Burnsville, MN). The Oct. 11 lineup features John John Brown (Pawling, NY), Claire Kelly (Nashville, TN), Michael Prysock (Dallas, TX), Shanna in a Dress (Boulder, CO), Daniel Elixir (Brixey, MO), Nancy Beaudette (Cornwall, Ontario, Canada), Clint Alphin (Nashville, TN), Anne E. DeChant (Avon Lake, OH), Susan Cattaneo (Medford, MA), Jeremy Facknitz (Colorado Springs, CO), and Abigail Lapell (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).

Following the virtual New Folk Concerts, six songwriters will be selected as 2o020 New Folk Winners by a panel of judges comprised of Stuart Adamson, Bernice Lewis and Tom Prasada-Rao. The six, to be announced during the virtual Sunday evening concert on Oct. 11, will receive cash honorariums and other prizes, as well as the opportunity to return the following weekend to each perform 15-minute sets during a n online New Folk Winners Concert the following Saturday afternoon, Oct. 17, beginning at 1:30 p.m. CDT.

For more information of the Kerrville New Folk Competition and to view a full schedule of the festival’s 2020 October Virtual Celebration – including evening concerts and virtual campfires – visit https://www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org/oct2020-virtual-lineup.

Global Music Match Launches August 31

Michael Kornfeld — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 19:28:59 +0000

Fourteen music export organizations from around the world have partnered to launch a new pilot initiative designed to continue raising the profile of local artists in international music markets during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Known as Global Music Match, the innovative six-week program extends from August 31-October 11, 2020.

96 acoustic, folk, roots, traditional, and world music artists from 14 countries are taking part in what could be the largest online matchmaking of musicians ever undertaken, according to Sounds Australia, a founding partner with Showcase Scotland Expo and Canada’s East Coast Music Association (ECMA), along with 11 other export organizations and showcase events.

Breaking artists/acts into a new territory or country can be a challenging process during the best of times and is even more difficult now. As envisioned by its founders, the Global Music Match program is designed as a unique response to the limitations imposed on the music industry – particularly the live music sector – at this time. It makes use of one of the only available platforms – social media and peer-to-peer collaboration – to increase networks, exposure and audiences for export-ready artists internationally – helping to lay the groundwork for future international touring opportunities.

The Global Music Match program (globalmusicmatch.com, hashtag #globalmusicmatch) will also support participating artists to enhance and improve their social media and interviewing activity, as well as encourage cross-border collaboration by connecting musicians from around the world, according to Folk Alliance International, a Kansas City-MO-based nonprofit organization that is also taking part in the new initiative.

Participating artists have been grouped into 16 teams, and no two acts from the same country are paired together. Aided by music industry coaches, one artist/band from each country will introduce another artist /band from their team to their social media followers each week to cross-promote each other’s music and careers to their respective audiences, until all of the artists have been presented.

“I’m so incredibly excited to be participating in this groundbreaking global initiative,” said Lisa Schwartz, festival & artistic director for the Philadelphia Folk Festival and president of the Folk Alliance International board of directors. She is coaching a team comprised of MariTe K from Italy, Cemelesal from Taiwan, Riley Pierce from Australia, RURA from Scotland, Lady Nade from England, and 9Bach from Wales. “What an incredible way to make new friends, invite new fans, and use music as the connective tissue,” she added. Schwartz urges people to “follow #globalmusicmatch and discover new artists and their music, and see firsthand how we can all be together even when forced to be apart.”

Crys Matthews is among the participating artists/acts in the Global Music Match program. (Photo: Jeff Fasano)
Crys Matthews — a prolific, genre-bending singer-songwriter and grand-prize winner of the 2017 NewSong Music and Performance Competition — also looks forward to participating in the pilot program. “It’s a wonderful concept and a great way to encourage connection during the COVID-19 pandemic,” she said.

Matthews is one of six Folk Alliance International (FAI) alumni artists based in the U.S. who have been selected and placed on different global teams. The others are Sean Ardoin. Calvin Arsenia, Gina Chavez, Charlie Lowry, and SaulPaul. FAI aims to serve, strengthen, and engage the global folk music community through preservation, presentation and promotion.

In addition to ECMA, FAI, Showcase Scotland Expo, and Sounds Australia, Global Music Match is supported by the following export organizations: Catalan Arts (Spain), English Folk Expo, FOCUS Wales, LUCfest Taiwan, Music Estonia, Music Finland, Music Norway, Puglia Sounds (Italy), and Spectacle vivant Bretagne (Brittany, France).

NERFA Celebrates 25 Years of Music and Community at Its Annual Conference, Nov. 7-10

Michael Kornfeld — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 14:50:37 +0000

Some 700 performing artists, presenters, promoters, agents and managers, folk DJs, and others actively engaged in contemporary and traditional folk music are expected to converge on the Crowne Plaza in Stamford, Connecticut, Nov. 7-10, 2019 for the 25th Annual Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference. AcousticMusicScene.com will again have a major presence as it hosts afternoon and late-night song swaps in addition to its popular Midnight Hoot at the close of the conference’s first day.

Besides several jam-packed days and nights of music showcases, song swaps/in-the-rounds, open mics and informal jam sessions, the NERFA conference will also feature a children’s concert, informative panel discussions and workshops, one-on-one mentoring and peer group sessions, communal meals, awards presentations, an exhibit hall, a community meeting with NERFA’s volunteer board of directors, a community sing, a welcoming party, a 25th anniversary celebration, and lots of opportunities for schmoozing and networking. Singer-songwriter Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul & Mary fame) will be the conference’s keynote speaker.

Booking gigs may be the primary objective of some performers who attend the conference; and many presenters and folk DJs do scout out new artists and those whom they have not previously heard and seen in live performance. However, the conference experience is much more than that; it’s really about forging connections, building community, and taking advantage of learning opportunities that can help enhance and enrich their professional and personal lives.

Workshops and Panel Discussions Abound

The conference’s programming committee, under the leadership of Ethan Baird, NERFA’s board secretary, has arranged a diverse array of workshops and panel discussions. Recognizing the popularity of its On the Griddle instant critique sessions during which a panel of folk DJs and presenters listen to the first 60 seconds of a number of songs and provides snap feedback, NERFA will offer two new panels inspired by them and focusing on artist blurbs/bios and videos.

Among some two-dozen other scheduled workshops and panel discussions are A-OK: Mental Health & Well-Being for Working Artists, A Dynamic Duo! – Artists & Venues Working Together to Create Unforgettable Shows, F rom Cents to Sense: Smart Financial Planning for the Independent Artist, Gold Records! – Learn from he Masters & Produce Dynamic Audio Projects that Shimmer & Shine, Good Vibrations: Your Voice, Singing & Powerful Vocal Techniques, Home Sweet Home: Best-Laid Plans to Create Magical & Successful House Concerts, The Insider’s Guide to Music Management, The Jack Hardy Songwriter’s Method, Start a Creative Revolution! – Using the Arts to Start Creative Change, Vance Gilbert’s Famous Performance Critique, and Women in Folk: A Multigenerational Reflection. Sonny Ochs, a longtime folk DJ and sister of the late troubadour and activist Phil Ochs, will again host a Wisdom of the Elders session; this time it will feature veteran folk DJs Wanda Fischer, John Platt and Rich Warren. Yoga sessions also will be offered each morning, while MusiCares will be on site again to fit folks for custom earplugs.

Noel Paul Stookey Keynotes the Conference on Saturday Night

Noel Paul Stookey (Photo: Kevin Mazur)
Noel Paul Stookey has been changing the world, one song and one key social concept at a time since the platinum-selling folk-singing group Peter, Paul and Mary took the music world by storm in the 1960s – performing perhaps most notably at the civil rights March on Washington in 1963 but equally present at benefit concerts given in support of grassroots organizations, labor unions, peace movement rallies, anti-nuclear and environmental gatherings and political candidates throughout the 1970s and well into the 1990s.

Today, Noel still performs occasionally with Peter Yarrow (Mary passed away in 2009), as well as doing solo shows in which he continually introduces new songs that deal specifically with major issues facing us in these times. He also invests time and energy in his national nonprofit organization, Music to Life, founded with his daughter, Liz Stookey Sunde, which connects activist artists of all genres with the resources they need to revitalize their communities through music. In reference to the well-known Chinese curse: ‘May you live in interesting times,’ Noel laughs: “Well baby, we are there. We communicate
these days through social media about those.

Juried Showcases Slated for Friday and Saturday Nights

Taking center stage during the conference will be 14 artists/acts selected by a panel of judges – with each to perform a 15-minute formal showcase set on Friday and Saturday nights – the most coveted performance opportunity at the conference. Friday night’s lineup includes (in order of appearance) The New Students, Meghan Cary, Tui, Corey Laitman Trio, Les Royal Pickles, Roger Street Friedman, and Megan Burtt. Slated to showcase their talents on Saturday night are Damn Tall Buildings, Annie Sumi, Alastair Moock, Sophie Buskin, Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, Alisa Amador, and Matt Nakoa Trio.

Following the formal showcases, attendees will shuffle between three conference ballrooms in close proximity to one another to catch short sets by 30 additional artists/acts who also were selected by the judges. Performing in these semi-formal showcases on Friday night are (in alphabetical order) Marc Berger, Blue Plate Special, The Bombadils, Katie Dahl, Marion Halliday, Lily Henley, JANTURAN, Mara Levine, James Maddock, Jeffrey Martin, Peter Mulvey, Kalyna Rakel, Martin Swinger, Tragedy Ann, and Rupert Wates. Saturday’s semi-formal showcase artists include Jeremy Aaron, Cricket Blue, Kala Farnham, Kora Feder, Matt Harlan, Lynne Hanson, Diana Jones, MOSA, David Newland with Siqiniup Qilauta/Sunsdrum, Ordinary Elephant, Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints, Piper & Carson, Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Katherine Rondeau, and Ken Tizzard. Like the formal showcases that immediately precede them, nothing else is allowed to compete with the semi-formal showcases during the conference.

On Thursday evening, the conference’s opening night, the Suzi Wollenberg Folk DJ Showcase will feature short performances by 16 artists/acts chosen by DJs. Listed in order of appearance, they are The Scooches, Kalyna Rakel, Willa Mamet, The Promise Is Hope, Scot Krokoff, Mark & Jill, Nico Padden, John John Brown, Heather Mae, Robinson & Rohe, Eli Smith, Kathleen Healy, Dan Whitener, Jenner Fox, Carol Crittenden, and Mark Stepakoff.

Judges for this year’s official juried showcases were Sarah Craig (Caffe Lena), Dan Gottfried (Voices in the Heights), Joe Mercadante (Steeple Coffeehouse), Ron Olesko (Folk Music Notebook), Jess Razzi (Razzi Entertainment), Kimberly Sinclair (SpinCount), and Matt Smith (Passim).

Following the juried and folk DJ showcases each evening, AcousticMusicScene.com will join dozens of presenters, performers and others in hosting guerilla showcases in their hotel rooms that extend through the early morning hours. Some guerilla showcases also are slated for Friday and Saturday afternoons. Musicians also may well stake out other areas of the hotel and jam.

 AcousticMusicScene.com Midnight Hoot Features Nearly 50 Artists and Singing Folk DJs 

An overflow crowd will likely descend on the AcousticMusicScene.com suite (2031) on Thursday overnight for its popular Midnight Hoot. Extending from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., this hoot is a pre-arranged, round-robin song swap featuring several singing folk DJs (Wanda Fischer, Ellen Stanley and Jon Stein) and some 45 artists/acts – each performing one song.

Now in its 13th year, the Midnight Hoot is intended to shine a spotlight on several folk DJs who also enjoy singing, while providing them, presenters and others with an opportunity to get a small sampling of the music of a lot of artists in a short period of time. A house band comprised of Bob Beach (harmonica), Mark Dann (bass), Genevieve (keyboards), Lily Henley (fiddle), ad Nick Russo (banjo and other instruments) will be there for anyone who desires accompaniment.

While Michael Kornfeld, AcousticMusicScene.com’s editor & publisher, hosts the Thursday-Saturday overnight showcases, his friends Mira Shapiro and Hank Stone will serve as guest hosts on Friday afternoon. A series of song swaps on Friday overnight will be topped off by a Long Island Sounds celebration featuring performances by nearly a dozen LI-based artists. As in recent years, the musical festivities in the AcousticMusicScene.com suite will wrap up on Saturday overnight with an extended “O Canada” song swap. Carrying their instruments and the maple leaf, a number of talented Canadian artists and acts will march into the room at 2 a.m. singing their national anthem.

Schedules for the AcousticMusicScene.com showcases appear below.

AcousticMusicScene.com Midnight Hoot (Room 2031)

Thursday Night 11 p.m. – 2:30 a.m.

(One song per artist/act and folk DJ, not listed in order of appearance.)

Host: Michael Kornfeld

Artists: Jeremy Aaron, Andy & Judy, Jordi Baizan, Bob Beach, Carol Crittenden, Alyssa Dann, Amy Dee, Neale Eckstein, Jane Fallon, Lindsay Foote, Gina Forsyth, Jenner Fox, Freebo, Gathering Time, Genevieve, Claudia Gibson, Kyle Hancharick, Matt Harlan, Gerry Hazel, Lily Henley, Gina Holsopple, Alice Howe, Brian Kalinec, Fiora Laina, Corey Laitman, Peter Lehndorf, Mara Levine, Rob Lytle, Kipyn Martin, Mosa, Mother Banjo, Dan Navarro, The Promise Is Hope, The Rix, Stephen Robinson, Tina Ross, Rachael Sage, Eric Schwartz, The Scooches, Hank Stone, Garret Swayne, Kristina Vaughn, Rupert Wates, Dan Whitener & Blue Plate Special, Billy Woodward

Folk DJs: Wanda Fischer, Ellen Stanley, Jon Stein

House Band: Bob Beach (harmonica), Mark Dann (bass), Genevieve (keyboards), Lily Henley (fiddle), Nick Russo (banjo & other instruments)

Lily Henley will showcase her talents in the AcousticMusicScene.com suite on Friday afternoon and also is part of the house band during the Midnight Hoot on Thursday overnight.

Friday Afternoon

Hosts: Mira Shapiro and Hank Stone

2:00 Marc Berger
]2:15 Nathans & Ronstadt
2:30 Lily Henley
2:45 Connor Garvey
3:00 The Rix
3:15 Lea Morris
3:30 Steve Robinson and Hank Stone
4:00 Alice Howe
4:15 Rob Lytle
4:30 The Malvinas
4:45 Freebo

Friday Night

Host: Michael Kornfeld

11:45 MMM Good Music: Meghan Cary, Gathering Time, Marion Halliday, Mara Levine

12:30 Texas Troubadours: Jordi Baizan, Matt Harlan, Brian Kalinec

1:00 A Trio of Duos: Gathering Sparks, The Levins, The Promise Is Hope

1:30 British New Yorkers: James Maddock, Rupert Wates

2:00 Long Island Sounds: Roger Street Friedman, Scott Krokoff, Ray Lambiase, Nico Padden, Matt Ponsot, Quarter Horse, Steve Robinson, Nick Russell, Hank Stone, Linda Sussman, Christine Sweeney

Saturday Night

Host: Michael Kornfeld

11:45 All Keyed Up: Genevieve, Matt Nakoa, Rachael Sage, Eric Schwartz

12:30 A Pair of Duos: The Early Risers, Ordinary Elephant

1:00 Banjocentric: Banjo Nickaru & The Scooches, Mother Banjo, Dan Whitener

1:30 Women’s Voices: Abbie Gardner, Sharon Goldman, Grace Pettis

2:00 O Canada: Noah Derksen, Ken Dunn, Gathering Sparks, James Gordon, Lynne Hanson, Graham Lindsey, John Muirhead, David Newland, Piper & Carson, Kalyna Rakel, Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Saffron A, Angela Saini, Siqniup Qilauta/Sunsdrum, Greg Smith, Annie Sumi, Ken Tizzard

“I hope that attendees will share a meal and/or a song with new friends they don’t yet know, embrace the spirit of community that NERFA represents, and have a great conference experience,” said Michael Kornfeld, president of NERFA’s board of directors and editor and publisher of AcousticMusicScene.com. He expressed thanks to Courtney Rodland, who assumed the role of interim conference director one year ago when Dianne Tankle, NERFA’s founder and conference director since its inception, stepped down. “Aided by a core group of key volunteers, Courtney has sought to create a conference that builds upon what has been successful in the past, while moving NERFA into our second quarter-century,” he said.

[Here’s a link to a short song video by Neale Eckstein featuring images and scenes from the 2017 NERFA Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt-A_DnX1OY.]

NERFA (www.nerfa.org) is a regional affiliate of Folk Alliance International (www.folk.org), a nonprofit organization that aims to serve, strengthen and engage the global folk music community through preservation, presentation and promotion. NERFA’s geographic boundaries extend from the eastern provinces of Canada south to the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. More extensive information on the organization and its annual conference may be found online at www.nerfa.org.

Editor’s Note: My thanks to Hank Stone for his assistance in setting up the AcousticMusicScene.com showcase room and for guest-hosting Friday afternoon song swaps, along with Mira Shapiro — and to Amy Blake, Arpie Maros and Sybil Moser for the loan of folding chairs.

In addition to hosting the AcousticMusicScene.com Midnight Hoot and other showcases and leading a community meeting with the NERFA board of directors as its president, I will moderate a workshop entitled Write It Right, Alright? – Blurbs On The Griddle and participate in a panel discussion on self-promoting your project to the Folk DJ Chart. New this year, I also was among a small group of people offering pre-conference mentoring sessions via phone for conference attendees. Mine focused on strategic communications and public relations topics for artists, as well as how to get the most out of the conference.

Finalists Named in 2014 Wildflower! Performing Songwriter Contest

Michael Kornfeld — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:30:47 +0000

Performing songwriters from the states of Maine and Texas dominate the list of ten finalists named this week in the 2014 Wildflower! Performing Songwriter Contest. Each will perform two songs on the Singer Songwriter Stage during the 22nd annual Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival at Galatyn Park in Richardson, Texas, just a few minutes north of Dallas. Billed as North Texas’ largest music festival, it takes place, May 16-18.

The ten finalists, selected by a panel of judges, based on both songwriting craft and presentation, are Marc Douglas Berardo (Westerly, RI), Ben Bochner (Eugene, OR), Carolyn Currie (Cumberland, ME), Robin Hackett (Frisco, TX), Jen Hajj (Carlsbad, CA), Drew Kennedy (New Braunfels, TX), Libby Koch (Houston, TX), Paddy Mills (Cape Elizabeth, ME), Heather Styka (Durham, ME) and Ellen Tipper (Appleton, ME).

After showcasing their talents on the festival’s Singer Songwriter Stage on Saturday afternoon, May 17, four winning songwriters will each receive $500 in cash and perform in a Sunday afternoon song swap on the same stage.

Last year’s Wildflower! Performing Songwriter Contest winners were Terry Holder (Olympia, WA), Daniel Makins (San Angelo, TX), Ashlee Rose (San Antonio, TX), and Michael Terry People’s Choice Award-winner Chris Alvarado (Santa Rosa Beach, FL).

Other artists slated to perform on the Singer Songwriter Stage during the festival include Butch Morgan, Bill Ward/2-Bit Palomino, Albert and Gage, and Marcia Ball on Friday; Lost and Nameless Orchestra, BettySoo, Steve Seskin, Beth Wood, Chris Rosser, Ellis, The Laws, and Hal Ketchum on Saturday. BettySoo, Wood and Morgan will be joined by fellow past performing songwriter contest winner Robby Hecht for a Sunday afternoon song swap, while multiple Grammy Award-winner Michael Martin Murphey, best known for his hit “Wildfire,” closes out the stage on Sunday evening.

In addition to its Singer Songwriter Stage, Wildflower! features several other outdoor stages with an eclectic array of musical artists, the Wild! Marketplace, a Taste of Texas Food Garden, a Kidz Korner, and more. Three-day festival passes, priced at $30, may be purchased online via clicknprinttickets or at the gate, for $30 until May 16, while single-day adult tickets are available for $20 at the gate and online. For more information, including performance schedules, visit www.wildflowerfestival.com.

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 05-07-10

Michael Kornfeld — Sat, 08 May 2010 19:32:47 +0000

Roots Music Report compiles weekly radio airplay charts for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations. The latest Folk chart is posted here with permission.

TW LW Artist CD Title Label Location

1 1 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS GENUINE NEGRO JIG NONESUCH NC

2 2 RUTH MOODY THE GARDEN RED HOUSE CANADA

3 12 STORYHILL SHADE OF THE TREES RED HOUSE MN

4 4 MARY GAUTHIER THE FOUNDLING RAZOR & TIE LA

5 37 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER THE AGE OF MIRACLES ZOE MD

6 5 JAKOB DYLAN WOMEN AND COUNTRY SONY CA

7 9 NATHANIEL RATELIFF IN MEMORY OF LOSS ROUNDER CO

8 7 MUMFORD & SONS GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD RED UNITED KINGDOM

9 8 ANAIS MITCHELL HADESTOWN RIGHTEOUS BABE VT

10 3 RED MOLLY JAMES SELF NY

11 11 LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III 10 SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRESSION CUMMERBUND CA

12 16 KAJSA VALA YOUR TRAIN HIGH HORSE DENMARK

13 14 WPA WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION RED CA

14 15 OTIS GIBBS JOE HILL’S ASHES WANAMAKER TN

15 17 DAVID OLNEY DUTCHMAN’S CURVE SELF TN

16 6 JOE PUG MESSENGER LIGHTNING ROD IL

17 13 VARIOUS ARTIST WATERBUG ANTHOLOGY NINE WATERBUG

18 10 MARK ERELLI LITTLE VIGILS HILLBILLY PILGRIM MA

19 19 BROOKS WILLIAMS BABY O! RED GUITAR BLUE MUSIC MA

20 18 A.A. BONDY WHEN THE DEVIL’S LOOSE FAT POSSUM NY

21 22 ERNIE HENDRICKSON WALKING WITH ANGELS SELF IL

22 0 SALLY SPRING MADE OF STARS

23 20 GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS LOST CHANNELS NETTWERK CANADA

24 0 GINNY HAWKER AFTER IT’S GONE ROUNDER

25 33 ROSE COUSINS THE SEND OFF OLD FARM PONY CANADA

26 36 MATT THE ELECTRICIAN ANIMAL BOY SELF TX

27 21 KARLA ANDERSON BRAND NEW DAY INDELIBLE CANADA

28 39 CHIP TAYLOR YONKERS NY TRAIN WRECK NY

29 40 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON STARLIGHT AND STONE NEW WEST TN

30 23 THE JOHN HARTFORD STRINGBAND MEMORIES OF JOHN RED CLAY / COMPASS TN

31 0 PETER MAYER GOODBYE HELLO LFM

32 0 DAVID ROBERT KING TAKE ME HOME SELF

33 0 GUY CLARK SOMEDAYS THE SONG WRITES YOU DUALTONE TN

34 42 CLIFF EBERHARDT 500 – MILES THE BLUE ROCK SESSIONS RED HOUSE PA

35 43 CHRIS SMITHER TIME STANDS STILL SIGNATURE SOUNDS MA

36 44 DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE A FRIEND OF A FRIEND ACONY TN

37 47 EILEN JEWELL SEA OF TEARS SIGNATURE SOUNDS MA

38 48 ASSEMBLY OF DUST SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED ROCK RIDGE MUSIC NY

39 49 SHEARWATER THE GOLDEN ARCHIPELAGO MATADOR CANADA

40 0 AJ DOWNING WAY BACK HOME CHARKANSAS MI

41 50 INDIGO GIRLS POSEIDON AND THE BITTER BUG IG RECORDS GA

42 0 JOHNSMITH GRAVITY OF GRACE ELIXIR WI

43 0 JACKSON BROWNE SHRINK INSIDE RECORDINGS CA

44 0 SARAH MCQUAID WHEN TWO LOVERS MEET / I WON’T GO HOME ‘TIL MORNING (DOUBLE CD) SELF UNITED KINGDOM

45 0 PETER BRADLEY ADAMS LEAVETAKING SARATHAN NY

46 0 JOHN DENVER ESSENTIAL JOHN DENVER RCA LEGACY CO

47 0 MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD ALL REBEL ROCKERS EPITAH TX

48 0 KEITH REID PROJECT THE COMMON THREAD ROCKVILLE United Kingdom

49 0 MINDY SMITH HIGHS AND LOWS (SINGLE) VANGUARD TN

50 0 RITA HOSKING COME SUNRISE SELF RELEASE TX

For the Week of May 07, 2010


TW	LW	Artist	CD Title	Label	Location
1	1	CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS	GENUINE NEGRO JIG	NONESUCH	NC
2	2	RUTH MOODY	THE GARDEN	RED HOUSE	CANADA
3	12	STORYHILL	SHADE OF THE TREES	RED HOUSE	MN
4	4	MARY GAUTHIER	THE FOUNDLING	RAZOR & TIE	LA
5	37	MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER	THE AGE OF MIRACLES	ZOE	MD
6	5	JAKOB DYLAN	WOMEN AND COUNTRY	SONY	CA
7	9	NATHANIEL RATELIFF	IN MEMORY OF LOSS	ROUNDER	CO
8	7	MUMFORD & SONS	GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD	RED	UNITED KINGDOM
9	8	ANAIS MITCHELL	HADESTOWN	RIGHTEOUS BABE	VT
10	3	RED MOLLY	JAMES	SELF	NY
11	11	LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III	10 SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRESSION	CUMMERBUND	CA
12	16	KAJSA VALA	YOUR TRAIN	HIGH HORSE	DENMARK
13	14	WPA	WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION	RED	CA
14	15	OTIS GIBBS	JOE HILL’S ASHES	WANAMAKER	TN
15	17	DAVID OLNEY	DUTCHMAN’S CURVE	SELF	TN
16	6	JOE PUG	MESSENGER	LIGHTNING ROD	IL
17	13	VARIOUS ARTIST	WATERBUG ANTHOLOGY NINE	WATERBUG
18	10	MARK ERELLI	LITTLE VIGILS	HILLBILLY PILGRIM	MA
19	19	BROOKS WILLIAMS	BABY O!	RED GUITAR BLUE MUSIC	MA
20	18	A.A. BONDY	WHEN THE DEVIL’S LOOSE	FAT POSSUM	NY
21	22	ERNIE HENDRICKSON	WALKING WITH ANGELS	SELF	IL
22	0	SALLY SPRING	MADE OF STARS
23	20	GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS	LOST CHANNELS	NETTWERK	CANADA
24	0	GINNY HAWKER	AFTER IT’S GONE	ROUNDER
25	33	ROSE COUSINS	THE SEND OFF	OLD FARM PONY	CANADA
26	36	MATT THE ELECTRICIAN	ANIMAL BOY	SELF	TX
27	21	KARLA ANDERSON	BRAND NEW DAY	INDELIBLE	CANADA
28	39	CHIP TAYLOR	YONKERS NY	TRAIN WRECK	NY
29	40	KRIS KRISTOFFERSON	STARLIGHT AND STONE	NEW WEST	TN
30	23	THE JOHN HARTFORD STRINGBAND	MEMORIES OF JOHN	RED CLAY / COMPASS	TN
31	0	PETER MAYER	GOODBYE HELLO	LFM
32	0	DAVID ROBERT KING	TAKE ME HOME	SELF
33	0	GUY CLARK	SOMEDAYS THE SONG WRITES YOU	DUALTONE	TN
34	42	CLIFF EBERHARDT	500 – MILES THE BLUE ROCK SESSIONS	RED HOUSE	PA
35	43	CHRIS SMITHER	TIME STANDS STILL	SIGNATURE SOUNDS	MA
36	44	DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE	A FRIEND OF A FRIEND	ACONY	TN
37	47	EILEN JEWELL	SEA OF TEARS	SIGNATURE SOUNDS	MA
38	48	ASSEMBLY OF DUST	SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED	ROCK RIDGE MUSIC	NY
39	49	SHEARWATER	THE GOLDEN ARCHIPELAGO	MATADOR	CANADA
40	0	AJ DOWNING	WAY BACK HOME	CHARKANSAS	MI
41	50	INDIGO GIRLS	POSEIDON AND THE BITTER BUG	IG RECORDS	GA
42	0	JOHNSMITH	GRAVITY OF GRACE	ELIXIR	WI
43	0	JACKSON BROWNE	SHRINK	INSIDE RECORDINGS	CA
44	0	SARAH MCQUAID	WHEN TWO LOVERS MEET / I WON’T GO HOME ‘TIL MORNING (DOUBLE CD)	SELF	UNITED KINGDOM
45	0	PETER BRADLEY ADAMS	LEAVETAKING	SARATHAN	NY
46	0	JOHN DENVER	ESSENTIAL JOHN DENVER	RCA LEGACY	CO
47	0	MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD	ALL REBEL ROCKERS	EPITAH	TX
48	0	KEITH REID PROJECT	THE COMMON THREAD	ROCKVILLE	United Kingdom
49	0	MINDY SMITH	HIGHS AND LOWS (SINGLE)	VANGUARD	TN
50	0	RITA HOSKING	COME SUNRISE	SELF RELEASE	TX
For the Week of May 07, 2010