From: Sue Cavendish [suecavendish_at_blueyonder_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 05 February 2010 14:08
Subject: NetRhythms & the Music Awards Season

Hello Everyone - Welcome back to NetRhythms

www.netrhythms.com

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No Spring flowers in the garden yet however the music awards are in abundant bloom:
BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS 2010

Lifetime Achievement Award: Nanci Griffith and Dick Gaughan Good Tradition Award: The Transatlantic Sessions Folk Singer Of The Year: Jon Boden Best Duo: Show of Hands Best Group: Lau Best Album: Hill of Thieves - Cara Dillon Best Original Song: Arrogance Ignorance and Greed - Steve Knightley (performed by Show of Hands) Best Traditional Track: Sir Patrick Spens - Martin Simpson Horizon Award: Sam Carter Musician Of The Year: John Kirkpatrick Best Live Act: Bellowhead Folk Club Of The Year: The Magpies Nest www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2010/
Watch clips of winners performing
(available for the next 5 days at)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qfxwj

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The 52nd GRAMMY MUSIC AWARDS.
Some winners from the American Roots category:

Best Contemporary Folk Album
Townes - Steve Earle [New West Records]

Best Traditional Folk Album
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project Loudon Wainwright III [2nd Story Sound Records]
Best Americana Album
Electric Dirt - Levon Helm [Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records]
Best Bluegrass Album
The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo - Steve Martin [Rounder]
Winners of all 100 plus categories can be found at www.grammy.com/
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OSCAR nomination for RYAN BINGHAM'S THE WEARY KIND!

Over two years ago the awesome music writer Ross Fortune reviewed Bingham's debut album, Mescalito. With news just in of the Oscar Nomination for THE WEARY KIND from movie Crazy Heart, I've pulled his review from our Archives. Ross knew a star when he heard him - as we all do now. Read the review at www.netrhythms.co.uk See Weary Heart performed by Bingham at www.youtube.com/watch?v=zelvaxvTaUk
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The Latest Album Reviews - FEBRUARY 2010 www.netrhythms.co.uk/reviews.html
Original Soundtrack - Crazy Heart (New West) Anne Hills - Points Of View (Appleseed) Pierre Bensusan - À La Carte (Dadgad Music) Cliff Richard - Just About As Good As It Gets! (Smith & Co.) Gerry Rafferty - Life Goes On (Hypertension) Paul Curreri - California (Tin Angel) Karl Culley - Bundle of Nerves (3 Minutes of Madness) Various - The Village (Proper) Jeff Lang - Half Seas Over (ABC Music/Universal) Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch) Pete Seeger - Live In '65 (Appleseed) Anna Shannon - Over Land (Chloë Productions) Various - Folk Awards 2010 (Proper) Dayna Kurtz - American Standard (Munich) Laura Veirs - July Flame (Bella Union) Beth Nielsen Chapman - Back To Love (BNC) Danny and the Champions of the World - Streets Of Our Time (Loose) Ramblin' Jack Elliott - A Stranger Here (Anti) Ian King - Panic Grass And Fever Few (Fledg'ling) Robby Hecht - Late Last Night (Own label) Jubal Lee Young - The Last Free Place In America (Reconstruction) Demolition Sky -1202 (LongMan) Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll - Beneath The Black Tree (English Fiddle) Rusalnaia - Rusalnaia/ Rusalnaia Live (Camera Obscura/Own Label) Nancy Wallace - Old Stories (Midwich) Sarah MacDougall - Across The Atlantic (Copperspine Records) Sonja Kristina - Harmonics Of Love (Market Square) String Sisters - Live (Compass) Blue Rodeo - The Things We Left Behind (Continental Song City) Eilidh Grant - Masks And Smiles (EAG Productions) Sue Foley - Queen Bee (Retroworld) Katy Moffatt - Trilogy (Retroworld) Sheelanagig - Baba Yaga's Ball (Big Badger Records) Kimber's Men - Kimber's Men In Port (A Private Label) Issy & David Emeney with Kate Riaz - The Waiting (WildGoose Studios) Rattle On The Stovepipe - No Use In Crying (WildGoose Studios) Enoch Kent - One More Round (Borealis) Ashley Hutchings & Ernesto De Pascale - My Land Is Your Land (Esoteric) Various Artists - Transatlantic Sessions 4 DVD (Whirlie) Various Artists - Transatlantic Sessions 4, Volume 1 (Whirlie)CD18 Mick Moloney & The Green Fields Of America - The Green Fields Of America (Compass)
James Hill & Anne Davison - True Love Don't Weep (Borealis) Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Goodnight Oslo (Proper) Luther Allison - Songs From The Road (Ruf Records) Drumbo - City Of Refuge (Proper) Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Billy McComiskey & Brendan Dolan - Pride Of New York (Compass) The Hut People - Home Is Where The Hut Is (Fellside) Colin Hay - American Sunshine (Compass) English Rebellion - Four Across (WildGoose Studios) Jenna - Brother (Hands On Music)
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Simple advice and quote of the week from banjo pioneer and visionary, DANNY BARNES (ex-Bad Livers), with excellent new album Pizza Box: "Remember: a) Hey, we are all in this together. b) Music is good! You really should read BARNES BLOG: "a few reasons the music biz is a good biz", and "how to make a living playing music". Smart writing! Get a free track from Pizza Box
www.dannybarnes.com/

Next week we'll mailing out the latest TOURS. All you Booking Agents please check and let us know if anyone's missing? www.netrhythms.co.uk/listings.html

Love, Sue

Sue Cavendish
www.NetRhythms.com