NEWS - NEW RELEASES - EVENTS - CYBER NOTES
Bluesman Spider John Koerner is recovering from triple bypass surgery. A fund has been set up to help pay his medical bills. Donations can be sent to: The John Koerner Fund, PO Box 14770, Minneapolis, MN 55414-0770.
James Taylor will perform at the high school of the winner of the Where the Music Takes You lyric-writing program, sponsored by the Scholastic Book Club and the Sony Portable Audio Group. Taylor will pick the winner of the contest and provide songwriting tips to all participants.
Taj Mahal will narrate and perform in a blues documentary featuring some of the South's finest unknown blues talent. Expressin' the Blues is set to air on the A&E channel.
Ani DiFranco is finishing production on a Woody Guthrie tribute album to be released by Righteous Babe. The CD will be culled from hours of Guthrie music performed by Bruce Springsteen, the Indigo Girls, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott at a concert at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in September 1996.
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album, which has sold more than 40 million copies, has been remade track by track with a cast of current hitmakers for Lava/Atlantic. Rumours Revisited includes Jewel singing "You Make Loving Fun" and Shawn Colvin redoing "The Chain."
Razor and Tie (www.razorandtie.com) has released a compilation of Livingston Taylor's early acoustic recordings, Carolina Day: The Livingston Taylor Collection (1970-1980).
The Irish-American group Solas provides the music for a new Disney children's release, Winnie the Pooh: Friends Forever. Solas has also finished filming a PBS special that will be aired later this year and released on home video by Shanachie.
Two new books will be of interest to blues fans. Lightnin' Hopkins: The Gold Star Years, from Mel Bay, contains transcriptions of 14 of Hopkins' songs, while The Blues Is a Feeling, by James Fraher (Face to Face, [414] 962-3579), is a collection of 100 sumptuous duotone photos of blues musicians.
The European World of Bluegrass will take place May 21-June 1. The IBMA European Bluegrass Festival and Trade Show in Lichtenvoorde, the Netherlands, will kick off the extravaganza, which includes two more festivals in the Netherlands and Germany. For information call (888) GET-IBMA or email nbma@worldonline.nl.
Canadian guitar enthusiasts will descend upon Thornhill, Ontario, June 6-7, for Canada's Vintage Guitar Show, a forum for dealers, distributors, players, and collectors to buy, sell, trade, and ogle guitars. For information, call Tundra Music/ Vintage Guitars at (416) 222-8222.
Pierre Bensusan is conducting two monthlong guitar seminars in June and July at his home in the French countryside. For information, fax (33) 3-23-70-19-49 or email pbsusan@wanadoo.fr.
The Alirio Diaz International Guitar Competition will be held in Caracas, Venezuela, August 1-8. Applications must be received by June 1. For information, fax (582) 793-56-06 or email funves@reacciun.ve.
Fans of mondegreens (for example, "Excuse me while I kiss this guy") can add their favorite to the Compendium of Misunderstood Lyrics home page at www.flash.net/~trevas/index.htm.
Lovers of world music will enjoy the online magazine at www.rootsworld.com/rw/.
Looking for a place to buy and sell new and used musical instruments, electronic equipment, CDs, videos, books, and music? Try www.promusicfind.com/.
Dean Markley has set up a musicians' referral service at www.deanmarkley.com/htmlDocs/ ClassMstr.html.
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