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The Del McCoury Band
and Down from the Mountain were the two big winners at the
2002 IBMA Awards, held October 17 in Louisville, Kentucky.
McCoury and company were named Entertainer of the Year for the sixth
time and won Song of the Year for their recording of Richard Thompson's
"1952 Vincent Black Lightning." McCoury band member Mike Bub also
won Bass Player of the Year. The Down from the Mountain recording
won Album of the Year, and the subsequent tour won Bluegrass Event
of the Year. Jim Hurst won his second consecutive Guitarist of the
Year award.
CITES, the Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora,
added Latin-American mahogany to its Appendix II list of
protected species at a November conference. This classification
requires countries to ensure that all mahogany exports are sustainable
and covered by CITES export permits. CITES' Appendix I, which includes
Brazilian rosewood, prohibits commercial trade entirely.
Christie's New York's
October 16 musical instrument auction "established that there
is a vibrant market for vintage fretted instruments here in New
York," according to Kerry Keane, head of the auction house's musical
instruments department. Highlights included a Vega cylinder-back,
bird's-eye maple mandola that sold for $4,780 and a 1969 Martin
D-41 with Brazilian rosewood back and sides that went for $5,975.
Brazilian classical
guitarist Alieksey Vianna took first place in the San Francisco
International Guitar Competition and Residency Program, held October
26—27. Vianna's prize includes $10,000 and a two-week residency
focusing on community outreach and performances. Xufei Yang (China)
and Lydia Danihelova (Slovak Republic) placed second and third.
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Events
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Guitars International's
Guitar Weekend, held in Cleveland, Ohio, March 7—9, features
concerts by Raphaella Smits, Paul Galbraith, and Nathasja van Rosse
and master classes by Smits and Galbraith. For more information,
call (216) 752-7502.
Celtic music fans from
the City of Brotherly Love will be gathering for the Greater Philadelphia
Mid-Winter Scottish and Irish Music Festival and Fair in
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, February 14—16. Events include
concerts, dance classes, and a traditional music jam. For information,
go to www.eohebrides.com/events.
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Pomona Productions'
(www.pomona1.com)
new CD-ROM The Interactive Guide to Home Recording
offers information on planning a session, microphone selection and
placement, using effects, mixing, and much more.
Going Driftless:
An Artist's Tribute to Greg Brown (Red House, www.redhouserecords.com)
features women musicians, including Lucinda Williams, Iris DeMent,
Ani DiFranco, Gillian Welch, and Lucy Kaplansky, covering Brown's
tunes. All royalties from the album benefit the Breast Cancer Fund
(www.breastcancerfund.org).
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In
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Lonnie Donegan,
creator of skiffle music, died November 3 at the age of 71. The
son of a classical violinist, Donegan's own "mongrel music" was
heavily influenced by early 20th-century American music and incorporated
elements of jug band, folk, swing, and blues. The simple, accessible
style caught on quickly in 1950s England and influenced the Beatles,
the Who, and Van Morrison. Donegan was the first British man to
have two American Top 10 hits, and he claimed 28 Top 30 songs in
Britain, including "My Old Man's a Dustman," "Rock Island Line"
(made famous by Leadbelly), and "I'll Never Fall in Love Again,"
which was later recorded by Elvis Presley.
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In November, the New
York Foundation for the Arts (www.nyfa.org)
debuted NYFA Source, a free online database of over 2,600 grants
and awards programs, 2,000 services, and 700 publications for
artists in dance, music, folk/traditional art, theater, performance
art, design, media, and literary arts.
Guitarists whose musical
tastes lean toward the Polynesian can visit www.taropatch.net,
a site dedicated to Hawaiian slack-key music. The site features
resources for learning slack-key (including a list of tunings),
a message board, and news headlines to bring you a little bit closer
to the 50th state.
The New England Conservatory
Job Bulletin is a biweekly email listing hundreds of positions
in music performance, teaching, and arts administration worldwide.
A subscription costs $35 per year. To view samples of the bulletin,
go to www.newenglandconservatory.edu/career.
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here to meet the Acoustic Guitar team at a wide variety upcoming
music events and trade shows. Listed below are some things happening
in the next few weeks.
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Excerpted from Acoustic
Guitar magazine, February
2003, No. 122.
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