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The National Music Foundation has created the American Music Education Initiative to encourage the teaching of American music in the schools. Teachers who wish to get involved should call (800) USA-MUSIC or email nmf@nmc.org.
Solo artist and guitarist-producer John Jennings was elected president of the Board of Governors for the Washington, D.C., branch of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Bye Bye Love, a musical tribute to the Everly Brothers, will run through October 24 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Lincoln Center's free summertime music festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, August 7-30, will feature nights devoted to Irish music, the arts and artists of Appalachia, jazz, and bossa nova, as well as an American roots music festival. For information, call (212) 875-5766 or visit www.lincolncenter.org.
Ben and Jerry's Folk Festival will take place August 7-9 in Newport, Rhode Island, and include performances by the Indigo Girls, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, Ani DiFranco, Janis Ian, Alison Krauss, and others. For information, call (401) 847-3700 or visit www.newportfolk.com.
The Northern California Songwriters Association's annual conference will be held September 12-13 at Foothills College in Los Altos, California. For information, call (800) For-Song or visit www.goldenegret.com/ ncsa.htm.
The Jewel juggernaut rolls on. HarperCollins has published A Night without Armor, a collection of Jewel's poetry.
Mercury Nashville will issue The Complete Hank Williams on September 22, the 75th anniversary of the legendary country singer's birth. The mammoth 220-song, ten-CD compilation will contain 50 previously unreleased tracks and include two 140-page booklets.
Bucky Pizzarelli: A Life in Music, a biography of the renowned jazz guitarist by Terence M. Ripmaster, has been published by Mel Bay.
Koch Records has reissued a deluxe version of Lucinda Williams' self-titled 1988 album. The CD includes six bonus tracks and new liner notes written by Williams and her father.
Generations of Folk, Vol. 1, the first installment in Vanguard's new Generations series, features the stars of the folk revival. Future releases will include collections of blues and bluegrass.
Kate Montgomery prescribes a daily 15-minute program designed to prevent and treat repetitive strain injury in her book End Your Carpal Tunnel Pain without Surgery, (Rutledge Hill Press, [615] 244-2700; www. rutledgehillpress.com).
Yazoo has released Ruckus Juice and Chittlins, Vols. 1 and 2, collections of classic jug-band music from the 1920s and '30s.
The application deadline for this year's Guitar Foundation of America guitar competition (to be held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 18-24) is August 4. For information, contact GFA, PO Box 1240, Claremont, CA 91711; www.cyberg8t. com/gfa/.
Demolisten Derby is an online battle of the bands. To enter, visit www.sonymusic. com/ demolistenderby and submit your tape, DAT, or CD by August 5.
Nick Webb, the steel-string half of the contemporary guitar duo Acoustic Alchemy, lost his battle with cancer on February 6. Webb and partner Greg Carmichael, winners of two Grammies, had been finishing their tenth album, Positive Thinking (GRP).
The Folkie's Dictionary is located at www.cgrg.ohio-state. edu/~spencer/FF/.
The free Guitar Chord Finder software available at http:// leden.tref.nl/cdvisser allows you to view chords from a left-handed player's perspective.
Join Acoustic Guitar at the Acoustic Guitar Festival, San Rafael, California, August 9-15. This multifaceted event includes exhibitions by guitar makers and gear manufacturers; weeklong courses and daily workshops taught by teachers Peppino D'Agostino, Steve James, Laurence Juber, Scott Tennant, and others; and concerts by Patty Larkin, Janis Ian, Gillian Welch, Dan Hicks, Kelly Joe Phelps, and more.
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