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Sing Out! News Service
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A Folk Music Community News Service from Sing Out!
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51st Annual Philly Folk Fest Announcement
51st Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival August 17-19, 2012 Upper Salford Township (near Schwenksville), PA PHILADELPHIA – It’s hard to imagine the summer without the PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL. This beloved event is the longest continuously-running outdoor musical festival of its kind in North America and will celebrate its 51st Anniversary on August 17-19 at the Old [...] 
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Levon Helm Passes
The following message from Levon Helm’s official web page: “Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, friends and band mates and will be remembered by all he touched as a brilliant musician and a beautiful soul.“ Helm had fought a long battle with cancer, and, earlier this week, his family informed [...] 
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Levon Helm Battling Cancer
Sad news. Long-time Woodstock resident and Grammy-winning musician Levon Helm is dying of cancer, according to a message posted on www.levonhelm.com. The message reads: “Dear Friends, Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his [...] 
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Singer-songwriter Larry Long makes Mother’s Day Card
Singer and songwriter Larry Long has partnered up with Robert Robinson (Long wrote the lyrics and Robinson doing vocals) to create musical Mother’s Day cards in memory of Long’s recently passed mother. All of the lyrics were inspired by Long’s relationship with his mother and are, in his own words, “one of a kind.” To [...] 
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English Folk Dance & Song Society receives funding to digitize material
The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) received £585,400 in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to archive, conserve, and digitize material from six different archives containing some of the country’s most important folk music collections. The project will provide free public access to 58,400 digitized collection items through a new web portal. [...] 
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