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BY TEJA GERKEN / Excerpted from the March 2007 Issue of Acoustic Guitar; reprinted in the September/October 2020 issue of AG. In the history of the fingerstyle genre, John Renbourn is perhaps the most influential guitarist still actively performing. Whether as a solo artist, playing duets (most famously with Bert Jansch in the 1960s and later with Stefan…
A powerhouse singer, guitarist and road warrior, Ana Popović is one of the hardest-working artists on the contemporary blues scene. So it’s no surprise that, after a year of being
En 1994, en Caroline du Nord, un couple d’Américains, Denise et Tim Duffy, décide de créer une association pour venir en aide aux musiciens noirs dans le besoin. Ainsi, depuis plus de 25 ans, La "Mus…
Down on Copperline: The Freight Train’s Pulling Into Town Once More The Town of Carrboro’s annual Freight Train Blues Music Series honors the music, memory and legacy of legendary native daughter Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten, born there 128 years ago. But there will be a distinctly contemporary, circa-2021 feel to this year’s edition. One aspect is the obligatory nod to safety protocols because of the still-lingering virus pandemic. The five-show series will be all-virtual this year, broadcast on a variety of online platforms – Facebook, YouTube, Soul Bag and Artarie. Another aspect...
• 3 hours ago North Korea says it will skip the upcoming Summer Olympics in Tokyo, citing coronavirus concerns – a move that frustrates South Korea's hopes that the games might revive stalled peace talks between the bitter rivals. The decision to sit out the already delayed Tokyo Games means the North's athletes will be a no-show at the Olympics for the first time since Pyongyang boycotted them in 1988, the year they were held in Seoul.