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Fiddler and composer Jeremy Kittel, longtime member of Local 1000, has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition for his piece “Chrysalis”. The composition can be heard on his latest CD, released in 2018 on Compass Records, named “Whorls.”

My band 3 Ravens has just released an album with author Jane Yolen, called The Infinite Dark, centered around Jane’s poetry. I’ve been setting Jane’s poems to music since the 1980’s when I first read her poem “Ballad of the White Seal Maid” and heard the melody clearly in my head. This project, something very …

Please see below some details about our latest release. Artist: Fear of Drinking Album: Live in Zurich label: Big City If you would like to listen to the songs please go here: https://fearofdrinking.hearnow.com Tim Readman is a musician, songwriter, producer and music journalist originally from County Durham, England. Songwriter and guitarist, Gerard Kerr, is from …

New CD by Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer & Sam Gleaves (FINK, MARXER & GLEAVES) called “SHOUT AND SHINE”. “a perfect illustration of cross-generational mind melds — and musical melds. Messages of social justice, feminism, working class empowerment, and activism through music are so viscerally powerful because the trio shows that anyone can connect with each …

Mara Levine’s latest single “You Reap What You Sow,” written by Susan Shann, was the #1 single on the Folk DJ Chart for November 2017, and was subsequently #16 for 2017. It was also on the Bluegrass Today “Grassicana” chart for 7 weeks in 2018, peaking at #9!  The song is a preview from her …

Fiddle Whamdiddle is Back with a Brand New Album. It features a bunch of great old-time instrumentals, in the same vein as Old School Old Time, and a couple of songs, including the title track, an original by Vi Wickam and Steve Eulberg, John Denver’s Matthew, Aura Lea (written in 1861 by a relative of …

On Sunday, May 21st, 2017 The New Mexico Awards announced their winners for 2017. Local 1000 member and West Coast Board representative Gary Paul was awarded the 2017 NMMA Award in the Singer/Songwriter category for his song, “Delaware County.” This is Gary’s second NMMA Award; in 2016 he received the award in the Western Category …