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Take
a bluegrass break in Paris—Texas, that is. The Red River Valley
Bluegrass Club (www.redrivervalley.iwebland.com)
hosts the Spring Break in Paris Bluegrass Festival,
March 19—20, featuring the James King Band, Lost Highway,
and others.
Guitarists John Stowell,
Russell Malone, and Jerry Hahn share the bill with Slide Hampton,
Paquito D'Rivera, Jane Monheit, and others at the Lionel
Hampton Jazz Festival, February 25—28, at the University
of Idaho, Moscow. Get details at www.jazz.uidaho.edu.
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The
nuts and bolts of planning and developing your music career—from
recording demos and maximizing touring to sussing out industry politics
and corporate labyrinths—is covered by former Rykodisc president
George Howard in his new book Getting Signed! An Insider's
Guide to the Recording Industry (Berklee Press, www.berkleepress.com).
Wondering what that
1951 Gretsch Constellation is worth? Look it up in the eighth edition
of the Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars (Blue
Book Publications, www.bluebookinc.com).
The 592-page resource, which includes manufacturer and luthier contact
information, is also available on CD-ROM.
Music industry lawyer
Don Passman has again updated his heralded 1991 primer All
You Need to Know About the Music Business (Free Press,
www.simonsays.com)
with new information about music downloads and streaming, royalty
computation in the digital age, piracy, new electronic frontier
laws, and other hot issues.
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In
Memory
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Legend
has it that on June 7, 1957, while living alone in a trailer outside
Knoxville, Tennessee, his vacuum cleaner and television just repossessed,
Don Gibson picked up his guitar and wrote two country
classics, "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Oh Lonesome
Me." A Grand Ole Opry star and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee,
Gibson also penned the Patsy Cline hit "Sweet Dreams"
and the self-effacing "A Legend in My Time." The Shelby,
North Carolina, native died in Nashville, Tennessee, on November
22 at age 75.
Jack Emerson,
who started Praxis International Recording in the early 1980s and
cofounded E-Squared Records with renegade country singer-songwriter
Steve Earle, died November 23 at home in Nashville after a six-month
battle with a respiratory illness. He was 43. Emerson, who was the
original bassist for Jason and the Scorchers, was remembered at
a December 12 benefit concert in Nashville featuring Billy Joe Shaver,
Steve Earle, Jason and the Scorchers, John Hiatt, Webb Wilder, and
others.
Renaissance woman Elizabeth
Papapetrou—author, poet, musician, massage therapist,
Web designer—died in Gainesville, Florida, on October 13 at
age 50 after suffering an aneurysm. An occasional AG contributor,
Papapetrou was planning to publish her autobiography, Belonging,
in 2003 and had posted much of her life story on her website (www.elizabethpapapetrou.com).
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Contests
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The
Third Annual University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost
College Guitar Ensemble Festival (March 25—27, Brownsville,
Texas) is holding an ensemble competition for students
of all levels, as well as professionals, in duo, trio, quartet,
and large ensemble categories. For registration information contact
Dr. Michael Quantz at (956) 983-7527 or mquantz@utb.edu.
The first prize package in the JoAnn Falletta International
Guitar Concerto Competition includes $5,000, a performance
with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and a possible record deal
with Fleur de Son Classics. The deadline for CD submissions is March
15. Call (716) 706-0242 or visit www.guitarfestival.org
for details.
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The
One World Beat Global Music Festival (www.oneworldbeat.org)
will bring together musicians from more than 20 countries in live
webcast concerts, March 19—21. Supported by the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and
other organizations, the festival benefits Keep a Child Alive, which
provides medical assistance to children living with HIV/AIDS in
the developing world.
Kent State University's
radio station, WKSU, has launched Folk Alley (www.folkalley.com),
streaming traditional and contemporary folk music
24 hours a day. The site also includes host/station announcer Jim
Blum's weblog, music news updates, reviews, and a listener feedback
forum.
An Internet connection
and a Quicktime player are all you need to catch up on the latest
videos of northern European folk music—333
and growing, including groups like Väsen and Värttinä—at
TVFolk.net (www.tvfolk.net).
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Click
here to meet the Acoustic Guitar team at a wide variety upcoming
music events and trade shows. Listed below are some things happening
in the next few weeks.
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Excerpted from Acoustic
Guitar magazine, March
2004, No. 135.
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