http://singout.wordpress.com A Folk Music Community News Service from Sing Out! Wed, 15 May 2013 15:22:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://singout.wordpress.com SingOutNewsServicehttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SingOutNewsService/~3/bbQvyjRQVhU/ http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/upcoming-festivals-mid-may/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 15:22:09 +0000 sonewseditor http://singout.wordpress.com/?p=1110 Some great folk music and arts festivals happening this weekend, be sure to check out what&#8217;s going on in your local community! If you have any info about local events or some pictures you&#8217;d like to share, let us know at info_at_singout.org! Sing Out! provides an international listing of folk music festivals and camps, which [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=singout.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2910505&#038;post=1110&#038;subd=singout&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SingOutNewsService?a=bbQvyjRQVhU:U6eLI4JFQmQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SingOutNewsService?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SingOutNewsService/~4/bbQvyjRQVhU" height="1" width="1"/> http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/upcoming-festivals-mid-may/feed/ 0 sonewseditor philadelphia-folk-festival-crowd-600 http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/upcoming-festivals-mid-may/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SingOutNewsService/~3/WojqHvSm7a4/ http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/afropop-worldwide-celebrates-25-years-with-concert/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 14:59:58 +0000 sonewseditor http://singout.wordpress.com/?p=1105 Afropop Worldwide is celebrating 25 years on public radio and they’d love if you and your friends would join them on Sept. 19 in New York City for their 25th Anniversary Concert Gala, featuring Grammy nominee and African lute virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba from Mali. Atendees will have plenty of time to hang [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=singout.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2910505&#038;post=1105&#038;subd=singout&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SingOutNewsService?a=WojqHvSm7a4:UHnHbDq4pvs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SingOutNewsService?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SingOutNewsService/~4/WojqHvSm7a4" height="1" width="1"/> http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/afropop-worldwide-celebrates-25-years-with-concert/feed/ 0 sonewseditor afropop_logo_25years_01_custom-4e0e4e75bde1247d4a0b7d5792a78371b6597065-s6-c10 http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/afropop-worldwide-celebrates-25-years-with-concert/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SingOutNewsService/~3/nELmSbrCw8k/ http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/upcoming-festivals-may/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 17:15:08 +0000 sonewseditor http://singout.wordpress.com/?p=1097 Alongside our listing this week, we&#8217;ve got the unfortunate news that the Sarasota Blues Festival in Florida will need to take a hiatus for this year. More info here. Sing Out! provides an international listing of folk music festivals and camps, which can be found at http://www.singout.org/fests.html.  A truncated list this week but our friends [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=singout.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2910505&#038;post=1097&#038;subd=singout&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SingOutNewsService?a=nELmSbrCw8k:n5HtB14dV-o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SingOutNewsService?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SingOutNewsService/~4/nELmSbrCw8k" height="1" width="1"/> http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/upcoming-festivals-may/feed/ 0 sonewseditor philadelphia-folk-festival-crowd-600 http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/upcoming-festivals-may/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SingOutNewsService/~3/WfxSh1dhSGo/ http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/roots-musician-sid-selvidge-passes/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 19:15:25 +0000 sonewseditor http://singout.wordpress.com/?p=1086 I was deeply saddened this evening to learn that Sid Selvidge, the great Memphis folk and blues artist, passed away today after a battle with cancer. Sid had an astounding knowledge of traditional and contemporary roots music. In addition to his solo work, he played in several bands and was the executive producer of the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=singout.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2910505&#038;post=1086&#038;subd=singout&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SingOutNewsService?a=WfxSh1dhSGo:24jqJ0bgqZc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SingOutNewsService?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SingOutNewsService/~4/WfxSh1dhSGo" height="1" width="1"/> http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/roots-musician-sid-selvidge-passes/feed/ 0 sonewseditor SidSelvidge1 SidSelvidge2 SidSelvidge3 http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/roots-musician-sid-selvidge-passes/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SingOutNewsService/~3/AKE_0sPIpvU/ http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/happy-94th-birthday-pete/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:29 +0000 Mark D. Moss http://singout.wordpress.com/?p=1079 May 3rd is Pete Seeger&#8217;s birthday &#8230; and we&#8217;re pleased to be able to help celebrate his 94th with this brand new song written and performed by his sister Peggy especially for the milestone. Check out the song below &#8230; then sing it and share it! Peggy writes: &#8220;I&#8217;ve always marveled at Pete&#8217;s ability to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=singout.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2910505&#038;post=1079&#038;subd=singout&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SingOutNewsService?a=AKE_0sPIpvU:73F4ozzj_4A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SingOutNewsService?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SingOutNewsService/~4/AKE_0sPIpvU" height="1" width="1"/> http://singout.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/happy-94th-birthday-pete/feed/ 0 Sing Out! 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