Photo: Emmylou Harris and friends battle landmines.
Photograph by Sherry Rayn Barnett.

Excerpted from Acoustic Guitar magazine, April 2000, No. 88.

NEWS | EVENTS | NEW RELEASES | CONTESTS | IN MEMORY | CYBER NOTES | MEET A.G. | SEND NEWS

News RETURN TO TOP	Emmylou Harris inaugurated a series of all-star concerts in support of the Campaign for a Landmine Free World last December. Collaborators included Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nanci Griffith, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, Bruce Cockburn, and Willie Nelson. David Crosby has been contributing more than musical inspiration to Melissa Etheridge and her family. Etheridge recently revealed that Crosby is the biological father of Bailey and Beckett, the children she is raising with partner Julie Cypher. Los Angeles put late singing cowboy Gene Autry "Back in the Saddle Again" when it named a sliver of Tinseltown highway after him. The Gene Autry Memorial Interchange provides access to the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, where the late singer’s art collection resides. The Martin Guitar Co. honors the Woody Guthrie legacy with its new 000-18WG commemorative guitar. For specs, visit the company’s Web site at www.mguitar.com.
Events RETURN TO TOP	Minneapolis plays host to the NorthSide Nordic Roots Festival April 19–23. Featured Scandinavian acoustic artists include Väsen, Swåp, Frifot, Annbjørg Lien, Garmarna, JPP, and other northern lights. Get the details at www.noside.com/festival or call (612) 375-0233. MerleFest 2000 will feature a stellar lineup of acoustic music masters April 27–30 in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Kelly Joe Phelps, Jorma Kaukonen, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Laura Love, Woody Mann, Alison Brown, Jesse Winchester, and Roy Book Binder are among the scores of artists slated to join Doc Watson at the annual fete. Learn more at www.merlefest.org. The music, food, and weather are always hot at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Check it out on the Web at jazzfest.neworleans.com/ or call (504) 522-4786. The Classical Guitar Exposition will showcase Chris Carrington, Robert Guthrie, Enric and Sabine Madriguera, and Carlo Pezzimenti in Dallas, Texas, April 13–16. Call (214) 352-9553 to learn more.
NEW RELEASES	Acoustic Music Records offers the Essential Country Blues Guitar Collection, a four-CD anthology of prewar country blues performances. The comprehensive collection features gems from the repertoires of over 50 blues masters, with liner notes and commentary by Woody Mann and Trevor Laurence. To order, go to www.acoustic-music.de. Austin City Limits: 25 Years of American Music (Billboard Books) celebrates a distinguished quarter century of broadcasting the best in American roots music. Order the lavishly illustrated tome online at www.billboard.com/books or by calling (800) 745-8922.
CONTESTS RETURN TO TOP	The Eliot Fisk Association’s International Music Festival and Competition takes place April 15–23 in the Spanish city of Granada. Learn more at www.eliotfisk.com, call (34) 958-228541, or email javicus@hotmail.com. The Music Resource group is sponsoring the Independent Music Awards for musicians who record and release their own music through independent labels. Get an application at www.musiciansatlas.com or call (800) 954-9321.
In Memory RETURN TO TOP	Country music star Hank Snow died on December 20, 1999, at the age of 85. Nicknamed "the Singing Ranger," Snow was a mainstay on the Grand Ole Opry and topped the charts with a string of hits including "I’m Moving On" and "Fool Such as I." Snow was an accomplished guitarist who also recorded a pair of well-received instrumental albums with Chet Atkins.
Cyber Notes RETURN TO TOP	Larry Pinkerton’s Guitar Main site (www.guitarmain.com) is a cornucopia of jazz-oriented music theory and practical applications for the serious guitarist. Indie-Music.com helps independent musicians get started in the world of recording, promotion, and advertising. The site’s newest venture is MusiciansHealthNet.com, which is designed to provide health care at an affordable price. Frank Nordberg maintains a free sheet music archive with a large selection of public domain classical guitar material at Musica Viva (www.musicaviva.com). Check out a revolutionary new classical guitar design at www.pta-online.co.za/pretnews/dec99/n071201.htm. Its makers claim it can hold its own with an orchestra.

 

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