Sunday, February 10th, 2008
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Levon Helm skips Grammys to host/play a house concert - and wins.
Posted by admin on 10 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: General
As if there weren’t enough reasons to love Levon Helm. This may be one of the best testimonials yet for the appeal of house concerts.
Read the article from the Poughkeepsie Journal.
In case you didn’t know… (wikipedia source)
Levon Helm, is an American rock musician most famous as the drummer for the rock group The Band. Helm is also known for his deeply soulful, country-style voice, and powerful drumming style highlighted on many of the The Band’s recordings, such as “The Weight”, “Up on Cripple Creek”, “King Harvest”, “Ophelia” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”.
Fall 2007 saw the release of Dirt Farmer, Helm’s first studio solo album since 1982 which has earned him a Grammy Award in the Traditional Folk Album category for 2007. Released to almost immediate critical acclaim, the album features Helm’s daughter Amy Helm and longtime Bob Dylan sideman Larry Campbell.
CIYH Podcast #2 - Folk Alliance Preview
Posted by admin on 10 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Podcasts
CIYH Podcast #2, Folk Alliance Preview
Click the banner to play the podcast.
Welcome to our second podcast! In just a few short weeks, concertsinyourhome will be hosting private showcases at the 2008 Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, TN. We’ve put this podcast together to introduce you to some of the fine artists who will be showcasing with us at the conference. Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers are the exception here - they are on the compilation CD, but not able to attend this year’s conference.
Enjoy!
1. Jaime Michaels - Somewhere Like Italy
2. Arlon Bennett - Be the Change
3. Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers - Let it Come
4. Noah Earle - Postcards from Home
5. Fran Snyder - Ruined
All five of these songs are featured on the new CIYH Compilation CD.
Intro/Outro music by Fran Snyder, from the CD “stir.”
With kind support from D’Addario
and Airplay Direct
