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The Welk Music Group, which includes Vanguard Records, has acquired Sugar Hill Records, whose roster includes Jerry Douglas, Guy Clark, Doc Watson, and other bluegrass and Americana stars. Sugar Hill will maintain its headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, and continue under the direction of founder and president Barry Poss.
Michael Chapdelaine of Albuquerque, New Mexico, won the fingerpicking championship at the ’98 Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, while Cody Kilby of Cowan, Tennessee, snagged the flatpicking crown. Second and third prizes went to fingerpickers Brad Richter of Tucson, Arizona, and Sam Pacetti of St. Augustine, Florida, and flatpickers Carl Miner, of Medford, Oregon, and former champ Robin Kessinger of St. Albans, West Virginia.
Dave Matthews will team up with guitarist Tim Reynolds for a two-month acoustic duo tour that begins in January. Check
www.dmband.com for tour dates.
Club Passim, the legendary folk venue located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, celebrates its 40th anniversary with a concert on January 16 featuring Joan Baez and others. Originally known as Club 47, Passim has been host to such folk luminaries as Baez, Bob Dylan, Tom Rush, Tracy Chapman, Muddy Waters, Taj Mahal, Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin, Suzanne Vega, and Nanci Griffith since its original incarnation as an ice cream shop.
Marcin Dylla of Katowice, Poland, took first prize in the 1998 International Guitar Competition Karl Scheit. Marco Antonio Diaz Tamayo of Havana, Cuba, and Jose Antonio Escobar of Santiago, Chile, shared third prize.
The Manhattan School of Music’s Augustine Guitar Series includes concerts by Costas Cotsiolis, January 21; Eduardo Isaac, February 18; Zoran Dukic, March 25; and David Russell, April 1. For ticket information, call (212) 749-2802, ext. 428 or 429.
Kristin Hersh’s new album, Murder, Misery, and Then Goodnight, a collection of Appalachian folk songs taught to Hersh by her father, will be available only via the Internet and mail-order. To order, visit www.4ad.com or write 4AD Mail Order, PO Box 3813, London SW18 1AA, England.
The first volume of Guitar Visions, a new video magazine, includes performances by Michael Hedges, Steve Stevens, and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown; lessons and tips from a variety of players; and a jam with Larry Coryell and Bireli Lagrene. To order, write Guitar Visions, 937 N. Shore Dr., Brigantine, NJ 08203, or visit www.web-it-show.com/users/ bruce/.
Gene Autry, Hollywood’s first singing cowboy, died October 2 at his home in Los Angeles, California. Autry, the only entertainer with five stars on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, made 95 movies and 635 records, including his trademark "Back in the Saddle Again" and best-selling "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
A link to the some of the best flamenco sites, courtesy of the Flamenco Society of Seville, Spain, can be found at personal. redestb.es/flamenco/.
Looking for the lyrics to a half-remembered song? Try the Digital Tradition Folksong Database at www.mudcat.org/folk search.html, or the International Lyrics Server at www.lyrics. ch/search.html.
Drop by Acoustic Guitar’s booth at the Winter NAMM trade show in Los Angeles, January 28–31. Pick up the latest issue and check out our new books and CDs. The fifth annual Acoustic Café concert is Friday, January 29, at the Regal Biltmore Hotel. Performers include John Gorka, Preston Reed, and Laurence Juber, plus other special guests. For tickets, visit sponsors Collings Guitar Co., J. D’Addario and Co., Fishman Transducers, C.F. Martin and Co., Ovation/ Takamine Guitars, and Santa Cruz Guitar Co. at their NAMM show booths.
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