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Veteran fingerstylist John Fahey enters the realm of "pure industrial noise" with his CD City of Refuge (Tim/Kerr). In the tradition of his groundbreaking Takoma Records, Fahey is also starting Revenant, a new independent label that will feature such artists as Derek Bailey, Cecil Taylor, the Stanley Brothers, and Roscoe Holcomb.
John Lomax, folk-song collector and father of Alan Lomax, is the subject of a new biography entitled Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John A. Lomax, 1867-1948, by Nolan Porterfield (University of Illinois Press).
New York-based Arkadia Jazz Records will release a completely remastered album of Django Reinhardt and Coleman Hawkins next year.
The new Philadelphia label Sliced Bread, headed by famed folk deejay Gene Shay, is releasing an anthology of Phil Ochs songs sung by more than a dozen artists. Other forthcoming releases include albums by singer-songwriters Susan Piper and John Flynn. For details, call (215) 646-2306 or visit the Web site www.slicedbread.com.
Experience Music Project has published Wired Wood: The Origins of the Electric Guitar, by Peter Blecha. The book also describes the initial attempts by guitar makers to increase volume through nonelectrical means. The company can be reached at (206) 450-1997 or experience@vnw.com.
Two notable new releases from Smithsonian Folkways are Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 (which includes the first-ever recording of "This Land Is Your Land") and Leadbelly's Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 2, which includes Leadbelly's commentary on the songs and an essay about him by Guthrie.
The Original Musical Instrument Co. (a division of Gibson) is opening a Dobro Custom, Art, and Historic division at its Huntington Beach, California, facility, where custom guitar and bass models will be designed and produced. Gibson says that the factory will continue to produce a line of standard Dobro guitars as well, including metal-bodies, round- and square-neck wood-bodies, acoustics and electrics.
PoetMan Records has introduced the Acoustic Rainbow CD Sampler, a series of compilations of songs by folk, blues, acoustic rock, and bluegrass artists on independent or acoustic labels. Artists/labels pay $395 for inclusion on the samplers, which are for airplay only and are sent free to over 680 radio stations and 840 acoustic radio shows in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the U.K., Ireland, and Germany. For more details, contact PoetMan Records USA, PO Box 24187, Lexington, KY 40524; (800) 903-7638; PoetUSA@aol.com.
The New England Conservatory is offering a monthly job bulletin for musicians that lists more than 150 jobs each month. The bulletin also provides information on competitions, festivals, grants, and seminars. To subscribe, call New England Conservatory's Career Services Center at (617) 262-1120, ext. 230.
The Acoustic Guitar Web site at www.acguitar.com has several new features, including a searchable index of all the articles we've published. Are you trying to find an article on Reverend Gary Davis in your pile of back issues? Look it up on the Web. You can also easily find the guitar and equipment picks of more than 70 artists featured in Acoustic Guitar or browse nearly two years' worth of Dear A.G. questions and answers.
Bonhams auction house in London will hold a guitar auction on June 5 at 11:00 A.M. Guitars to be sold include a blond 1948 D'Angelico Excel Cutaway, various National resophonics, an 1898 Martin 0-42, and a 1928 Hauser I. For more information call Ted Owen at 44 (171) 393 3952.
The 20th annual Uncle Dave Macon Days Old-Time Music and Dance Festival will take place July 11-13 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Events will include old-time music competitions and the presentation of the Heritage Award to Charlie Louvin. For more information call (800) 716-7560, or check it out on the Web at www.edge.net/digital/ComNet/udmacon.html.
The Harbourfront Centre in Toronto will present a series of festivals from June through September focusing on musical styles from around the world, including soul and blues, jazz, Celtic, Afro-Caribbean, Indian, African, Nordic, and Yiddish music. For more information, call (416) 973-3000 or Email info@harbourfront.on.ca.
The Foundations Forum F Musicfest will be held in Los Angeles, May 8-10. The forum attracts more than 6,000 musicians and hosts 180 live performances and discussion panels, featuring artist managers, agents, record label executives, and others. For more information, Email tabsepps@aol.com.
Join Acoustic Guitar in Burlington, Vermont, for the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans (ASIA) Symposium '97 on the University of Vermont campus, June 11-15. Hobbyists and master luthiers will converge to participate in lectures, panels, and demonstrations led by such makers and repairers as Steve Klein, Jim Olson, John Gilbert, and Dan Erlewine. An exhibition of instruments by participating makers as well as musical performances round out the event. For more information, write to ASIA, PO Box 341, Paul Smiths, NY 12970, or phone/fax (518) 891-5379.
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