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• When is a Folk Festival Not a Folk Festival?

  

  Writing this generated images of Pete Seeger wielding a fire axe, but it is something that has been bothering me for quite some time and I had to let it out. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Sarah Jarosz

  

  FIRST ALERTNEWS JUST ARRIVED FROM SUGAR HILL RECORDS Sarah JaroszThe SinclairChurch StreetCambridge, MASaturday, September 14, 20138pm“Sarah Jarosz emerged on... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, Sept.18- 22

  

  the notloB Music Blog is New England-focused, but once in a while a festival or event comes along that deserves mention. This is certainly one of them!p.s.... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Tony Watts' 4th Tuesday Bluegrass Jam at Cantab Lounge

  

  BLUEGRASS4th Tuesday JamCantab LoungeCentral SquareCecilia's Choices has returned from the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival. Is there a better way to settle back... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Bluegrass Monday at Outside the Box

  

  Day three of Boston's free festival bring three bluegrass bands to the Common.Free Outside the Box Festival Boston Common... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Remembering Tuli Kupferberg (September 28, 1923 - July 12, 2010)

  

  Tuli Kupferberg obituaryKey figure in the US 1960s counterculture Simon Warner The Guardian, Monday 26 July 2010 13.38 EDThttp://www.guardian.co. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Rest in Peace, Toshi Seeger

  

  Pete Seeger speaks with attendees at an event at Dia:Beacon April 11 to celebrate Pete Seeger's release of a new audio book. In the background is Seeger's... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• notloB Parlour Concerts Seeks New Home

  

  After six years and 51 concerts at the Loring-Greenough House, notloB Parlour Concerts will no longer be produced at at the historic venue. We thank the... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

  

  Just as the NSA has no business intercepting our electronic communications, the federal government has no business running a "public" radio corporation.Get the... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Gee, the Privilege of Paying $26 Bucks (for Volunteering and T-shirt) to Work 6-...

  

  For a 5-6 year period I was a Falcon Ridge "Folk" Festival volunteer. A friend tipped me off* to the festival's current expectations for their volunteers, thing... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Caution: Sound "sexy" Or "au Currant", but You Are Going to Damage Your Vocal...

  

  The basis for this posting is a February 3, 2013 series of entries in my "Celtic Music in New England" Facebook group. Direct link. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• How to Make a Great Song Suck, and Vice Versa

  

  In these two pair of videos we see how a great artist can make a sucky song great, and how marginally talented pop artists can make a great song suck. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Summer Hoot at Ashokan

  

  notloB Parlour Concerts is on Summer hiatus, so where can one go for notloB-caliber entertainment? Spend three days in the beautiful Catskills at the Ashoken... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Outside the Box Brings Nine Days of Entertainment for All to Boston

  

  I have recently joined the Outside the Box Festival staff, which came onto my radar just a week or so ago. We had a staff/volunteer meeting tonight, where it wa... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• What Does Passim Mean to You?

  

  Received by email from Dan Hogan via passim.ccsend.com Dear Jeff, I want to thank you for your involvement with Passim and to ask for your support as our new... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Think Before You Donate to "public" Radio

  

  With so many local community and independent college radio stations out there, it is a wonder that anyone listens to corporate commercial or corporate, so-calle... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• "BIG News Everybody! Joining Us at the 2013 Philadelphia Folk Festival: Todd...

  

  Todd RundgrenMulti-instrumentalistTodd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• New England and Beyond Summer Solstice Celebrations

  

  Summer Solstice is one of the great turning points of the year, when the sun is at its peak and the days abound with the promise of life’s fullness. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Grant Gordy Darol Anger Joe Walsh Karl Doty Quartet! 5/31

  

  notloB Parlour Concerts presentsFriday, May 31, 8pmThe Grant Gordy Darol Anger Joe Walsh Karl Doty Quartet!The venue is a private residence in the greater Bosto... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• notloB Recommends Lily Henley and Peter Rowan

  

  More fabulous artists coming to our music-bless community. notloB recommends....Lily Henley and her band: Duncan Wickel (John Doyle, The Duhks) on 5-string... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC