From: Sue Cavendish [suecavendish_at_blueyonder_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 02 March 2011 10:13
Subject: NetRhythms and the music we love

Hello Everyone - Welcome back to NetRhythms

www.netrhythms.com

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The GRAMMY AWARDS. Reading the results of the 109 categories, it's interesting to note that winners (and nominees previously reported) could have been nominated for many different categories - and placement in many sections in the shops. It all makes for lively discussion! And it all goes to confirm that the pigeonholing of music is of course subjective and that acoustic roots music is a broad church.
By the way, do read Elton John's article on the love of his life (music) in the March edition of The WORD magazine.
www.wordmagazine.co.uk/latest

So here are the Grammy categories of a few of those 109 awarded. Best Traditional Gospel Album Winner - Downtown Church - Patty Griffin Best Americana Album Winner - You Are Not Alone - Mavis Staples Best Bluegrass Album Winner - Mountain Soul II - Patty Loveless Best Traditional Folk Album Winner - Genuine Negro Jig - Carolina Chocolate Drops Best Contemporary Folk Album Winner - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
- Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs
Best Traditional World Music Album Winner - Ali And Toumani - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté Best Contemporary World Music Album Winner - Throw Down Your Heart , Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks - Béla Fleck Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media Winner Crazy Heart (Various Artists) - Stephen Bruton & T Bone Burnett, producers Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media Winner Toy Story 3 - Randy Newman, composer Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media Winner The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart) - Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham) read the awards list & nominees at www.grammy.com/nominees

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TOURS STUFF
We've now got news of more tours come in from overseas - and there is LIVE music you won't want to miss!
Remember that all Tours on NetRhythms are linked to the bands' websites - we give you the best "click-thru" service!
www.netrhythms.co.uk/listings.html

* GREGG ALLMAN (USA) * MATT ANDERSEN (Canada) * ALY BAIN & PHIL CUNNINGHAM * EMILY BAKER * PHIL BEER and PHIL BEER BAND * PIERRE BENSUSAN (France) * ANNY CELSI & NELSON BRAGG (USA) * THE COAL PORTERS * COOPE, BOYES & SIMPSON * KRISTA DETOR (USA) * CARA DILLON
* FAIRPORT CONVENTION WINTER TOUR support Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts * FEAST OF FIDDLES * GANDALF MURPHY & THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS (USA) * MARY GAUTHIER (USA) * GOOD LOVELIES (Canada) * BRYN HAWORTH * MALCOLM HOLCOLMBE (USA) * IRISH MIST (Joe Giltrap & Malcolm
Rogers) * SETH LAKEMAN * JACKIE LEVEN * LUNASA * SARAH McQUAID * JACQUI McSHEE * SIMON MAYOR & HILARY JAMES/ SIMON MAYOR & The MANDOLINQUENTS * JIM MORAY * O'HOOLEY & TIDOW * KARINE POLWART TRIO
* DAVID ROTHERAY: THE LIFE OF BIRDS TOUR with JIM CAUSLEY & BELLA HARDY, support Eleanor McEvoy * KATE RUSBY BAND * SHOW OF HANDS * SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION * STEELEYE SPAN * SUFJAN STEVENS (USA) * TWILIGHT HOTEL (Canada) * UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN * THE UNTHANKS ALBUM TOUR support Trembling Bells * WATER TOWER BUCKET BOYS (USA) * BROOKS WILLIAMS (USA) * WINE, WOMEN & SONG - Gretchen Peters, Suzy Boguss & Matraca Berg (USA) www.netrhythms.co.uk/listings.html

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The Latest Album & Book Reviews - MARCH 2011

The Secret Sisters -The Secret Sisters (Beladroit) Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Odditties (Querbeservice) Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - Almanac (Everyone Sang) Robyn Ludwick - Out Of The Blues (Continental Song City) Feb 14 Malcolm Holcombe - To Drink The Rain (Music Road Records) Little Miss Higgins - Across The Plains (Little Miss Higgins Music) Adam Hurt - Perspective (Ubiquitone) Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Songs From A Zulu Farm (Proper) June Tabor - Ashore (Topic) Tommy McCarthy - Round Top Wagon (Tin Folk Music) Army Of Briars - Army Of Briars (Discus) Various Artists - Still Moving Mountains: The Journey Home (Aurora Lights) John Bromley - From Higgin Chamber (Own Label) ItsAcoustica - Here We Are (Organic Soup) Eddie Spaghetti -Sundowner (Bloodshot) Various - I Like It Better Here: More Music From Home (Hemifran) Peter Cooper - The Lloyd Green Album (Red Beet) Johanna Divine - Mile-High Rodeo (Hearth Music) The Low Anthem - Smart Flesh (Bella Union) Or, The Whale - Or, The Whale (Seany) Susan Cattaneo - Heaven To Heartache (Jersey Girl Music) The Hiders - Four Letter Town (Own Label) The Blackberry Bushes - Little Bit Of Grace (Own Label) Pete Yorn - PY (Because Music) Fairport Convention - Festival Bell (Matty Grooves Records) Various Artists - Oak Ash Thorn (Folk Police Recordings) William Fitzsimmons - Gold In The Shadow (Nettwerk) Steve Knightley - Live In Somerset (Hands On Music) Andy Irvine - Abocurragh (Own Label) Colum Sands & Maggie MacInnes - The Seedboat (Spring Records) Ian Stephenson - Line Up (Ash Wood) Jude Johnstone - Quiet Girl (BoJak) Twilight Hotel - When The Wolves Go Blind (Cavalier) The Lucky Bones - Together We Are All Alone (Lucky Bones) Michael Chapman - Trainsong: Guitar Compositions 1967-2010 (Tompkins Square) Cahalen Morrison & Eli West - The Holy Coming Of The Storm (Own Label) The Duncan McFarlane Acoustic Band - Marked Out In Pegs (Dunx Music) Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson - The Liberty Tree (PM Press/Trade Root Music) Roy Palmer - Working Songs: Industrial Ballads and Poems From Britain and Ireland, 1780s TO 1980s (Book - Herron Publishing)

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Let's keep on supporting 'live' music!

Love, Sue

Sue Cavendish
www.NetRhythms.com