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Excerpted
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Guitar
magazine, November 2001, No. 107.
News
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BMG Entertainment, the world’s second-largest recording company,
has decided to use the embedded antipiracy technology MediacloQ™,
which will inhibit consumers from duplicating its compact discs.
Earlier this year, the first commercially available CD featuring
the protective technique, Charley Pride’s A Tribute to Jim Reeves,
was released by Music City Records. Learn more about antipiracy
efforts at www.sunncomm.com.
Sony Pictures Classics will release the documentary Grateful
Dawg on October 5 in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco,
with national distribution on following weekends. Directed by David
Grisman’s daughter, Gillian, the film focuses on the musical
relationship between Grisman and Jerry Garcia in the
1990s and includes full versions of many songs, interviews with
friends and family, and footage from live shows the two played around
the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, go to www.gratefuldawg.com.
David Grisman
and Jerry Garcia.
Photo by Susana Millmann.
The Acoustic Rainbow Radio Sampler helps labels and artists obtain
radio airplay by shipping CD compilations of acoustic roots music
to more than 1,500 radio shows on 1,300 stations worldwide. Apply
for inclusion on the next disc by sending a CD, DAT, or cassette
to Acoustic Rainbow Radio Sampler, c/o PoetMan Records USA, PO Box
200, Lexington, KY 40588. Learn more at www.acousticrainbow.com.
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Events
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International Guitar Night, featuring fingerstyle guitarists Peppino
D’Agostino, Brian Gore, Antonio Calogero, and Laurence Juber,
will play an AIDS hospice benefit on October 6 in Vallejo, California.
Advance tickets are available at (707) 644-5551. For more information
on other IGN events, go to www.well.com/user/bkg.
This year’s Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend (November 9–11 in
Roanoke, Virginia) features flatpicking stars David
Grier, Wyatt Rice, Jim Hurst, Richard Bennett, Brad Davis, and
Orrin Starr as well as many well-known banjo and mandolin
instructors. Register online for this three-day workshop at www.roanokebluegrass.com
or by calling (800) 413-8296.
The Lamb’s Retreat for Songwriters comes to the Birchwood Inn in
Harbor Springs, Michigan, November 1–4. Instructors include Stacey
Earle, Mark Stuart, Johnsmith, David Massengill, and Jack
Williams. Pep talks, performances, workshops, and open mics
highlight the extended weekend. Call Springfed Arts at (248) 589-3913
or go to www.springfed.org
for more information.
The Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference presents
three days of workshops and showcases, November 9–11 at the Split
Rock Resort and Conference Center in Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania.
Register online at www.nefolk.org.
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Great Reissues
Vanguard Records is in the process of rereleasing Joan Baez’
entire 14-album catalog. Joan Baez, Joan Baez Vol. 2, and
Noel were the first to receive the deluxe reissue treatment,
which adds new artwork, previously unreleased material from the
original recording sessions, and additional liner notes to the original
folk scare–era classics.
Mark Pritcher’s transcription book of Tone Poems II (published
by Mel Bay) lets guitarists and mandolinists delve deeper into David
Grisman’s classic collaboration with jazz guitarist Martin Taylor.
Art Edelstein’s book Fair Melodies, Turlough Carolan:
An Irish Harper (published by Noble Stone Press, www.sover.net/arte/fairm.htm)
contains everything you ever wanted to know about the blind
harpist, including a biography, an extensive discography, interviews
with well-known Celtic musicians, and a 21-track recording.
Check out the current Hit
List for reviews of new material by great acoustic artists.
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Cyber
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Expand and challenge your musical knowledge at www.emusicgames.com.
The site features more than 50 games covering 12 popular
music categories, and participants can win cash and prizes.
The Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit Washington,
D.C.–based organization dedicated to keeping the blues alive, is
auctioning the domain name www.acousticblues.com
to raise funds for blues workshops and concerts. Contact Steve or
Richard Levine at bluesbarbershop@yahoo.com
or visit the Web site for further details.
For an annual fee, you can post audio samples of your music, your
photo, and contact information at www.BookLiveMusic.com,
a searchable, online, live music resource of performing
musicians in the U.S. and Canada.
Check out the Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum at www.ukulele.org,
where you can keep up to date on all things ukulele. The site includes
a list of ukulele-related events, a reference section, and an online
museum shop where you can purchase CDs, books, and more.
The Acoustic Highway, an Internet streaming musical travelogue,
features artist profiles and performances of what the show calls
Real Organic American Music, and also introduces viewers to the
backroads of Memphis, Tennessee. The first episode was filmed in
August, to be broadcast soon. Find out more at www.acoustic.tv.
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music events and trade shows. Listed below are some things happening
in the next few weeks.
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