From: Sue Cavendish [suecavendish_at_blueyonder_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 23 January 2011 14:28
Subject: Fwd: NetRhythms Winter News & Listings

Hello Everyone - Welcome back to NetRhythms

www.netrhythms.com

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CELTIC CONNECTIONS 13-30th January in GLASGOW is well under way Things to check out www.facebook.com/CelticConnections
www.celticconnections.com/tvandradio
www.celticmusicradio.net/schedule.html

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ABIGAIL WASHBURN - gig of the evening Monday 31 January If you haven't got tickets for the Tansatlantic Sessions on the same night this is the gig to go to. Illinois' acclaimed clawhammer banjo
supremo, Abigail Washburn& her new 6-piece band featuring twin-fiddles, upright bass and drums play from her wonderful new album 'City Of Refuge' (which features Bill Frissel, alongside members of Old Crow Medicine Show, The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket and Uncle Earl).
Abigail plays the Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St, London EC1V 0DX 7.30pm doors
www.wegottickets.com/event/103091
www.electroacousticclub.com

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BBC Radio 2 FOLK AWARDS
Radio 2 Folk Awards, will be broadcast live for the first time. On Monday 7 February the Folk Awards will be broadcast live on Radio 2 following a special edition of Simon Mayo's Drivetime which will also be broadcast live from the event from 1700 - 1945. From 1945 - 2200 you can listen live to the Folk Awards ceremony as it happens or watch the whole event online or on digital TV by pressing the Red Button. Video highlights will also be available there and via the Red Button the following day.
The NOMINATIONS - no surprises!
Folk Singer Of The Year: Chris Wood, Heidi Talbot, Jon Boden, Kris Drever. Best Duo: Chris While& Julie Matthews, Eliza Carthy& Norma Waterson, Megson, Nancy Kerr& James Fagan.
Best Group: Bellowhead, Breabach, Coope Boyes& Simpson, Fisherman's Friends.
Best Album: Coope Boyes& Simpson - As If..., Eliza Carthy& Norma Waterson - Gift, Chris Wood - Handmade Life, Bellowhead - Hedonism. Best Original Song: Chris Wood - Hollow Point, Nancy Kerr& James Fagan Queen Of Waters, Laura Marling - Rambling Man, Emily Portman - Stick Stock. Best Traditional Track: Bellowhead - New York Girls, Andy Irvine - The Demon Lover, Eliza Carthy& Norma Waterson - Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Heidi Talbot - Willie Taylor.
Horizon Award: Emily Portman, Ewan Mclennan, Fay Hield, Jonny Kearney& Lucy Farrell.
Musician Of The Year: Andy Cutting, Brian Finnegan, Michael Mcgoldrick, Richard Thompson.
Best Live Act: Bellowhead, Fiddlers' Bid, The Demon Barbers, The Unthanks. BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award: Adam Holmes, David Gibb& Elly Lucas, Mairi& Steaphanaidh Chaimbeul, Moore/Moss/Rutter.
Donovan will get the Lifetime Achievement Award. There will be a special honour - the Good Tradition Award - for shanty choir, Fisherman's Friends, whose album Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends made history in 2010, being the first ever album of traditional folk music to debut in the top 10 of the network album charts.
www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2011

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GREGG ALLMAN's FIRST SOLO RECORD IN 14 YEARS Rounder Records to announce that Gregg Allman will release his first solo record in 14 years on February 7th. Called Low Country Blues for the coastal Georgia region Allman calls home, the record was produced by T Bone Burnett, recorded at his Village Recorder studio in Los Angeles and features Dr. John on piano, guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, and Burnetts brilliant go-to rhythm section: bassist Dennis Crouch and drummer Jay Bellerose. It's an amazing comeback for 6-times married Allman who had a liver transplant last year and he'll be touring the album this summer. www.rounder.com

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New LISTINGS for 2011
www.netrhythms.co.uk/reviews.html

* PHIL BEER and PHIL BEER BAND * COOPE, BOYES& SIMPSON * JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE (USA) * FAIRPORT CONVENTION WINTER TOUR support Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts * FEAST OF FIDDLES * FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS * OTIS GIBBS (USA) * BRYN HAWORTH * STEVE KNIGHTLEY Solo * SETH LAKEMAN * LANDERMASON * JACKIE LEVEN * SARAH MCQUAID * MADISON VIOLET (Canada) * MAMA ROSIN (Switzerland) * IMELDA MAY * SIMON MAYOR& HILARY JAMES/ SIMON MAYOR& The MANDOLINQUENTS * REG MEUROSS * O'HOOLEY& TIDOW * DAVID ROTHERAY: THE LIFE OF BIRDS TOUR with JIM CAUSLEY& BELLA HARDY, support Eleanor McEvoy * KATE RUSBY BAND * EVE SELIS (USA) * SHOW OF HANDS * EMILY SMITH * SMOKE FAIRIES * SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION * C W STONEKING (Australia) * SEAN TAYLOR * TEDDY THOMPSON * STEVE TILSTON * UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN * THE UNTHANKS ALBUM TOUR support Trembling Bells

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You can make a difference by supporting RECORD STORE DAY is Saturday, April 16th 2011!
Bad news about HMV, but it doesn't have to be another nail in the coffin of "the album". On Saturday, April 16th, independently owned record stores will once again celebrate the culture of the record store with their customers and friends with RECORD STORE DAY!
The worldwide event, now annual, and in its fourth year, stands as a remarkable testimony to the dedication, not only of the indie record store owner, but also to the artists and fans that have kept this unique and passionate culture going. Since 2008, participating stores have celebrated Record Store Day, and have been supported by artists, who chimed in with resounding in-store performances, special product and supportive quotes and, perhaps most importantly, the music fans who make it out to their favorite recordstore and take advantage of all the big day has to offer. For more information on exclusive Record Store Day events where you live - products and participants, visit
www.recordstoreday.com

In the meantime please support "live" music any way you can.

Love, Sue
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