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Mulberry Mountain Arkansas - Music Central
by C. Michael Bailey
Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?" Nathanael asked. Come and see," said Philip. Nestled in the upper part of the Arkansas River Valley just North of Ozark in Franklin County is Mulberry Mountain. Mulberry Mountain has become the site of several notable music festivals, including Wakarusa, Thunder on the Mountain and The Yonder Mountain String Band's Harvest Music Festival. These festivals take advantage of the beautiful scenery and hospitable climes of the River Valley resting in ...
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Michael Ricci
Mulberry Mountain Harvest Music Festival October 16-18, 2014 Mulberry Mountain, Ozark, Arkansas Autumn has come to the Arkansas River Valley and the Ozark Mountains and the Eighth Annual Mulberry Mountain Harvest Music Festival (AKA: The Yonder Mountain String Bands Harvest Music Festival) is fully slated with its final lineup and stage schedule. Since 2006, the MMHMF has brought the best and most progressive acoustic Americana/Folk acts to the Arkansas Ozarks, giving round competition to the long-lived ...
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Modern String Band Sankofa, Featuring Dom Flemons Of Carolina Chocolate Drops, To Premiere Debut Music Video “if Wishes Were Gold” On June 27 Via Utne Reader
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1888 Media
“If Wishes Were Gold” Features Singer/Instrumentalist Allison Russell of Po’ Girl/Birds of Chicago Digital Single Available July 10 Via Kingswood Records ‘Wishes’ Appears On THE UPTOWN STRUT, A 15-Track Album That Showcases Reinterpretations of Songs by Sly Stone, Ray Charles, Jimmy Cliff, Minnie Wallace, Charlie McCoy, Bessie Smith and Louis Jordan STRUT Features Contributions From Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Professor Louie and John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful New York, NY: On Wednesday June 27th, UTNE Reader will world ...
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Dom Flemons From Carolina Chocolate Drops Collaborates With John Sebastian And Revisits American Classics On SANKOFA, Due For Release On March 27
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1888 Media
15-Track Album Features Dom Flemons of Carolina Chocolate Drops, Canadian Singers Allison Russell & Ndidi Onukwulu Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Professor Louie And John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful The Uptown Strut Showcases The Original Composition If Wishes Were Gold" And Reinterpretations of Songs by Sly Stone, Ray Charles, Jimmy Cliff, Minnie Wallace, Charlie McCoy, Bessie Smith and Louis Jordan New York, NY: In February 2006, Sankofa Strings, a progressive collective comprised of percussionist Sule Greg Wilson along with ...
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Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden (2012)
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Something Else!
The Carolina Chocolate Drops, despite their rocket-ride to Grammy fame in 2010, hadn't yet made an album that captured their live set's boot-scooting, blues-belting string-band revivalist verveuntil now. Producer Buddy Miller brings a candle-lit ambiance to the proceedings, allowing the band to wander ever deeper into backwoods musical influences from across the Deep South. Again stirring in so-called black" and white" traditions alike, the forthcoming Leaving Eden is just as ear-ticklingly impressive as 2010's Genuine Negro Jigbut far more rustic, ...
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Carolina Chocolate Drops Working with Buddy Miller on Follow up to Grammy-Winning Smash
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Something Else!
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are working with producer Buddy Miller (Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, Solomon Burke) on a follow up to 2010's Grammy Awardwinning label-debut Genuine Negro Jig. The album became an out-of-nowhere sensation, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard bluegrass chart, No. 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers and folk charts, and earning year-end recognition on the Official Something Else! Top 10 for 2010. The Carolina Chocolate Drops' new project, called Leaving Eden, is due February 28 on ...
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Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig (2010)
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski Sometimes, the history of music is full of surprises. Another way of looking at it: I'm surprised by my own ignorance. When I think of the South and old-time music, the blues, whites, and blacks, I tend to think of the musics as being mostly separated, with old-time music being a purely white phenomenon while the obvious African influence makes the blues a black specialty. Except that 'obvious' influences don't necessarily lock the outcomes into the simplest ...
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