Archive for December, 2008
(more) pastures of plenty
Posted in Ramblin' Jack Elliott, acoustic music, americana, armed robbery, banjo, bluegrass, busk, concertina, fiddle, folk music, harmonica, oldtime music, pastures of plenty, the pig, traditional singer, woody guthrie on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
concertina hall was having holiday party; one patron is hurt
Posted in acoustic music, americana, armed robbery, busk, concertina, harmonica, polka on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinal
by Raquel Rutledge of the Journal Sentinel
Andy Kochanski thought the silhouettes he spotted through the foggy windows were two customers coming into his tavern about 1 a.m. Friday.
Kochanski was hosting a Christmas party, and all the Milwaukee concertina greats had been jamming in the landmark polka hall – formerly Art’s [...]
melbourne lord mayor robert doyle goes to war with bogans and buskers
Posted in acoustic music, americana, banjo, bluegrass, busk, busker, busking, fiddle, folk music, oldtime music, traditional singer on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
from the Hearld Sun (Melbourne, Austrailia)
* Buskers to be driven off Melbourne streets
* Mayor fears city becoming “a bogan magnet”
* More police on streets to deter crime
BOGANS and bad buskers will be driven off Melbourne’s streets as new Lord Mayor Robert Doyle looks [...]
Jesus found on a Washburn guitar
Posted in acoustic music, americana, banjo, bluegrass, busk, fiddle, folk music, oldtime music, pastures of plenty, traditional singer on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
from Musicradar.com
by Tom Porter
The silhouette of a bearded face has been discovered on a Washburn Dreadnought D46SP acoustic guitar in the Instrumental Music And Sound shop in Ludington, Michigan, USA. The face appears in the body’s maple grain just below the bridge and, being bearded, the comparisons to Jesus were inevitable.
“I’ve been here for 27 [...]
