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Welcome to the final installment of our four-part 60th Anniversary feature, gathering random thoughts, reminicences and ideas from 60 folks (15 each issue) from thoughout folk world about our music [...]

Welcome to 'part three' of our 60th Anniversary feature, gathering random thoughts, reminicences and ideas from 60 folk 15 each issue) from thoughout the folk world about our music and [...]

On the face of it, this is a fairly unlikely story: A media-darling alt-rock indie band recording for one of the core alt-punk labels from the Pacific Northwest (Kill Rock [...]

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We live in extraordinary times. Never before in the world's history have distances been so irrelevant. In what seems like an instant, we can meet. see and hear our fellow [...]

Hot runners are viable production multigate coinjection tools that offer important cost benefits to manufacturers. Hot runners allow manufacturers to recycle plastic materials and use them as cores thus saving on production costs. Runner design, mold-fill analysis and maintenance of ideal temperatures and pressures ensure the quality in producing plastic products from two separate materials.

Best laid plans. Last March, as we were finally finishing up the long delayed winter issue of Sing Out! (due to the family and health issues that I detailed in [...]

The iconinc bluegrass and old-time singer, bassist, guitarist and tireless advocate and activist for miner's rights Hazel Dickens died from complications due to pneumonia on April 22nd, 2011. Born June [...]

Rosalie Goldstein, a key player with the Winnipeg Folk festival almost from its inception, an agent and avid cheerleader for the artists and music, and one of the ballsiest, most [...]

TriBeCaStan is the brainchild of two eclectic multi-instrumentalists from Manhattan. They play a twisted blend of original music that mixes the traditional sounds and instruments of India, Morocco, the Middle [...]

First let me say that I love getting Sing Out! ... the articles and the CDs are excellent. I'm sending in my membership order form tomorrow to renew. Could you [...]

SNEKKA MOT (Mika Oli Todistottava) Kansanmusiiki-Instituutti 91 VILLE OJANEN Rautavaara Seita Music Ky 009 These two recordings represent some of the best examples of contemporary electric settings for Finnish music-in-the-tradition [...]

KAUSTISEN HAAKUORO AND TALLARI Kaustisen Haakuoro and Tallari Kaustisen Haakuoro 2002 One of the thrills of getting to attend the Kaustinen Folk Music festival this past summer was getting a [...]

HAPA Maui Hapa 002 Hapa is a contemporary island duo from Hawaii featuring the string wizardry of Barry Flanagan and the traditional-style singing of Nathan Aweau, who also contributes bass [...]

VUSI MAHLASELA The Voice (Ilivi Lebantfu) ATO 011 With a nickname like "The Voice," you might be expecting a lot from this South African singer, guitarist and songwriter ... but […]

SUDEN AIKA Etsijja Alba 24 / Laika 3510193 In 1996, Tellu Turkka, one of the two stunning Finnish woman's voices at the front of the Swedish folk-rock outfit Hedningarna at [...]

GO' 0402 Do you prefer your Scandi-folk more on the folk-rock side? Then Instinkt is a perfect place for you to start the Danish part of your tour. With a [...]

In the days that followed Pete Seeger's passing, 1 probably did about 50 interviews with journalists around the world. It was such an honor to have been able to work [...]

There's something truly inspiring about this collaboration between two 25-year-olds from southwest Virginia ... and a very special treat for lovers of pure traditional singing and playing, aficionados of the [...]

Fiddler, singer and songwriter Carrie Rodriguez is your quintessential child of the Austin music scene. The daughter of songwriter David Rodriguez and Texas painter Katy Nail, Carrie's music has the [...]

Apologies, again, for the delay in getting this issue to you ... but the reason for the delay is a good one. For the past several months we've been hard [...]

With a first listen one can immediately hear that Spiro is onto something quite distinct in the pantheon of tradition-infused instrumental quartets. These four master musicians from England--Jane Harbour on [...]

For the average person seeking out a great place to find hard-core Appalachian music, it's unlikely that Brooklyn, NY, would be at the top of anyone's list. In recent years, [...]

PETER OSTROUSHKO, The Mando Chronicles, (Red House 253). Minneapolis' Ostroushko is surely one of the foremost mandolin masters working today, and this three-disc set of instrumentals ranging from early American [...]

YVES LAMBERT TRIO, With Tommy Gauthier & Olivier Rondeau, (La Pruche Libre 2-4197). Accordionist and singer Lambert was a founding leader of La Bottine Souriante, arguably one of the most [...]

JODY STECHER, Wonders & Signs (Vegetiboy Music). Jody Stccher is arguably one of the finest first wave old-time revivalists. His recordings, often with partner Kate Brislin, combine a keen understanding [...]

CHARLIE PARR, Barnswallow (Charlie Parr). Charlie Parr is a Minnesota-based folk musician with deep, deep roots in traditional music that inform his originals so seamlessly that even his newest songs [...]

GORDON BOK, Because You Asked, (Timberhead 18). With more than 45 years honing his art, Gordon Bok remains one of folk music's greatest treasures. His voice pours over this newly [...]

Through the process of selecting songs for this issue, we ran headlong into another one of those pesky 'intellectual property' issues that is at the core of a lot of [...]

The New England songwriting great, and award winning novelist Bill Morrissey was found dead in his hotel room in Georgia on Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 where he was staying on [...]

By the time most of you hold this issue in your hands, I'll be headed to the 50th Anniversary Philadelphia Folk Festival. I go to a lot of festivals over [...]

New York Times described George Pickow (pronounced PEEK-oh) as % photographer best known for the thousands of album covers in which he captured the titans of folk, jazz and pop [...]

A confession: I love movies. Lots of different genres, from blockbuster to indie, sci-fi to rom-com. When serious folk music makes its way to the big screen--a convergence of two [...]

TRIBECASTAN 5 Star Cave Evergreen Music 004 The second outing for TriBeCaStan highlights their move from a duo with guests to a full quartet (multi instrumentalists John Kruth and Jeff [...]

Hitting the half-way point in our 60th anniversary year, the news of our founding editor Irwin Silber's passing in early September was sad news indeed. Now, I can't lay claim [...]

Whenever I'm asked to name my favorite folk festival, and that happens pretty often, there are many great events that spring to mind ... but the one that tops the [...]

I'd be nothing short of boorish if I didn't begin this issue's column by expressing my sincere and heartfelt gratitude for the tremendous expression of generosity and support that you [...]

Folk-Legacy Records founder Sandy Paton passed away on Sunday, July 26, around 6:30 p.m. He had been in poor health in recent years, suffering from emphysema, which required that he [...]

Yes, we're late. And you all have my profound apologies for that. I'll start out by assuring you all that this delay won't have any negative effect on memberships or [...]

Julie Fowlis was born and raised in North Uist ('yooist'), a small island in the middle of the Outer Hebrides, also known as the Western Isles, about thirty miles off [...]

These days, when someone asks how things are going, I usually respond with a question back: 'We're a small arts non-profit whose primary activity is publishing a magazine dedicated to [...]

ANNE HYTTA Sag, Kveld, Natt Ta:lik #30 ABDULRAHMAN SURIZEHI Love Songs and Trance Music from Baluchistan Etnisk Musikklubb #17 At first, combining reviews for a traditional hardingfele recording with a [...]

TURTLE DUHKS True Lover sugar Hill #4032 Because of its release as a 'download only' recording, this side project trio-collaboration between two members of the Manitoban new-traditionalist band The Duhks [...]

THE DECEMBERISTS The Crane Wife Capitol #0946-353984 Wondering why this seventh outing from the Portland-based alt-rock quintet, from a major label this time no less (not to mention a year [...]

This may be an odd location in the magazine for a film review, but Jim Brown's latest offering, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, is not exactly your average folk [...]

We were approaching the final days of production on this issue when the full brunt of the financial crises hit the news. I'd venture a guess that Sing Out! is [...]

Bob Norman, singer, songwriter, journalist, bird enthusiast, former editor of Sing Out! (1970-1977) and one of the calmest spirits on the planet, died from metastatic prostate cancer at his home [...]

My space this time out will be a tip of the hat to two venues whose contributions to our community far outweigh the lauds they so richly deserve. We spend [...]

Anyone who knows me at all is likely familiar with my excitement over the depth and breadth of' folk music that's been pouring out of Finland over the past few [...]

I'm guessing that we're about to get scolded by some of our long-time readers for taking up space in these pages with the special feature focusing on the business end [...]