NEWS - EVENTS - NEW RELEASES - IN MEMORY - CYBER NOTES
James Taylor has been chosen to receive Billboard's 1998 Century Award, the magazine's highest honor for distinguished creative achievement.
Winners at the Association for Independent Music Awards held in Denver, Colorado, May 16, included Martin Simpson, Solas, Richard Shindell, Don Edwards, Oregon, Dan Crary, Ani DiFranco, Trout Fishing in America, James McMurtry, and Corey Harris. Harris' latest CD, Fish Ain't Bitin', also won the 1998 W.C. Handy award (presented by the Blues Foundation, April 30, in Memphis, Tennessee) for Acoustic Blues Album of the Year.
Michael Johnathon has a new weekly radio show, the Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour. Guests on the show, which is distributed by the World Radio syndication network, have included Joan Baez, Tom Paxton, Odetta, Sam Bush, and Norman Blake.
Keola Beamer's CD Mauna Kea: White Mountain Journal (Dancing Cat/Windham Hill) won a Na Hoku Hanohano award for best instrumental album of 1997.
This year's Harvest Acoustic Blues Benefit will feature John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, Guy Davis, Woody Mann, and Del Rey. For information about the event, which will be held in Montpelier, Vermont, on September 12, call (802) 223-2057 or
email hungermt@together.net.
Expomusic '98, an international music trade show featuring musical instruments, accessories, and pro audio, will take place in S‹o Paulo, Brazil, September 12. For information, fax (5511) 251-5549 or email feiras@francal.com.br.
The Sisters Folk Festival, held in Sisters, Oregon, September 5-6, will feature Peter Case, Kelly Joe Phelps, Tom Russell, Christine Lavin, and the Sisters Brothers. For information, call (541) 549-4979 or visit www. informat.com/bz/folkfestival.
Guitarchives' newest Lenny Breau release, Boy Wonder, is Breau's first professional recording, made at the age of 15. For information, call (800) 662-4033 or visit www.guitarchives. com/guitarchives/.
Vestapol has released the American Patchwork video series, hosted by legendary folklorist Alan Lomax. The five titles feature songs and stories that explore the roots of country, jazz, rock, blues, gospel, and Cajun music.
Some recent music theory books for guitar include Edly's Music Theory for Practical People, by Ed Roseman (Musical Edventures, [207] 967-5433; www.edly.com); Music Principles for the Skeptical Guitarist, by Bruce Emery ([919] 834-2031); and Harmony and Theory, by Keith Wyatt and Carl Schroeder (Musician's Institute/ Hal Leonard; www.halleonard. com).
Talking Wood: A Guitar Maker's Diary, by Andy Manson, records ten months in the life of a luthier. The hardcover book includes over 600 color photographs and is available by email (dwilliamson@plymouth. ac.uk) or on the Web at www. eclipse.co.uk/firestar.
Allegro has initiated a series of world music samplers. The initial Colors of the World releases featured Celtic and Latin music, and an African sampler will be released in the fall. For information, call (800) 288-2007 or visit www.allegro-music.com/ ~allegro.
Helen Carter Jones, the eldest daughter of Maybelle Carter and a later member of the Carter Family musical group, died June 2 in Nashville.
Independent artists can market their music on the Web at www.cdalley.com, an online CD store specializing in unsigned musicians.
The Songwriter's Notebook at www.geocities.com/Nashville/ 6264 has many helpful songwriting resources.
The Musicians and Instrument Makers Forum (www.mimf.com) is an interactive discussion forum for builders of all skill levels and all types of musical instruments.
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