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   <title>About.com Folk Music: What's Hot Now</title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Best New Artists 2000s]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[New Folk Music - Best New Folk Music Artists of the 2000s]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Women in Folk Music]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Women in folk music run the gamut from singer-songwriters to blues guitarists, alt-country crooners and activist protest singers. Learn more about women in folk music, from the legendary trailblazers to the hottest up-and-coming female folksingers. From Janis Ian to Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez to Ani DiFranco, this is a list of some of the most important women in American folk music.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Independence Day Songs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[American folk songs aren't all about protesting something; there are also plenty of great tunes that pay homage to America. Included on this list are particularly songs that make reference to American Independence Day. Some of them seem to only refer to the 4th of July in passing, but the themes the songs depict embrace the spirit of American patriotism just as much.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Great New Folk Songs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Some people are of the mind that a folk song isn't a folk song until it's been around for a long time. I tend to disagree, for the most part, and I happen to think the last couple of years have produced some excellent new folk songs. Here's a look at ten of the great new folk songs that have come out in the past year.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Alison Krauss]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A prodigious fiddle player and protege of Bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe, Alison Krauss and her band Union Station are one of the hottest and most talented bluegrass music groups around. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[2009 Grammy Winners]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards were announced on December 3, 2008. The awards were presented in ceremonies on February 8, 2009, which was televised on CBS. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Brandi Carlile Live in Concert With the Indigo Girls]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Indigo Girls are one of the most uniquely influential groups in contemporary American folk music. Check out this photo gallery showing the Indigo Girls at what they do best - performing live in concert.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bob Dylan Christmas]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Bob Dylan made a Christmas album. Now he can hopefully check that one off his list and go back to what he does best: everything else. There has been quite a bit of discussion and anticipation surrounding 'Christmas in the Heart'. Few people ever expected to hear a full album of Christmas songs from Dylan, who grew up Jewish and was a born-again Christian for a time, but who has, generally stuck to the more secular. Now we know why - Dylan's voice and talent is not tailor made for holiday music.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bluegrass 101]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A beginners guide to all the ins and outs of American bluegrass music, its history and American bluegrass artists]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Best Bluegrass Pickers]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Here's a list of ten of the most influential and unforgettable instrumentalists and pickers in the history of American bluegrass music. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[James Taylor]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[James Taylor is everyone's favorite sensitive singer/songwriter. His career has spanned three decades and taken him from relative obscurity to a level where he is one of the most celebrated songwriters of our time. Here's a profile and more information about singer-songwriter James Taylor.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Folk Music Timeline]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[When looking at the very big picture, the truth is that American folk music stretches way back to the very beginnings of the country, and recording the date the first official folk song was penned would be next to impossible. What is possible is to talk about how and when folk music started to be presented as a &quot;product&quot; to the American people, and how songs native to Appalachia, for example, became accessible to folks in California...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[What is a folk song?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The folk song is one of the most functional, portable, adaptable and accessible arts of human history.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Protest Songs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[I've seen a lot on blogs all over the Web recently where people have been complaining that there are so few musicians writing new protest songs these days, particularly given our current political climate. Of course there are plenty of new songs coming out that were written in protest to the war and the Bush administration, and this list touches on just a few of the great new topical tunes out there. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Best in Protest Music 2006]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[With midterm elections pending in early November, 2006 was a year full of songs protesting the Iraq War, the Bush administration, and various other topics at hand. Following is a list of some of the best and most poignant American folk songs released in protest in 2006.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Peter, Paul &amp; Mary]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Peter Paul and Mary are the quintessential folk trio from the sixties. They were instrumental in building the bridge between topical folk music and mainstream pop.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Folk Guitars]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The acoustic guitar remains the most prevalent instrument in Folk music. Here is a list of the guitars most commonly employed by Folk's greatest players.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[About American Folk Music]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[If you're new to American folk music as a genre, this'll be a great first stop index and answers to your questions. It can alsopoint you to the basic information you may want to know before heading out to delve into the genre.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[This Land is Your Land]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A brief history of &quot;This Land is Your Land&quot; - one of America's most memorable and timeless folk songs by singer/songwriter pioneer Woody Guthrie.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[&quot;Jingle Bells&quot;]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[&quot;Jingle Bells&quot; was written by James Lord Pierpont in 1857, and was originally titled &quot;One Horse Open Sleigh.&quot; Learn more about the history of &quot;Jingle Bells.&quot;]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Best Folk CDs 2009]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[It's been a great year for new music releases in the roots realm. Folk, bluegrass, alt-country, and Americana music are dominating the popular music scene lately, with artists old and new releasing some of the best music around. Take a look at the best folk music albums of 2009...so far.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Best Folk Artists of All Time]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Here's a look at the best singer/songwriters, artists and bands in the history of American folk music.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[&quot;Rudolph&quot; Christmas Carol]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The story of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus' special ninth reindeer, was written in 1939 by Robert L. May. He was an employee of Montgomery Ward, and the store created a book about Rudolph to give away to children on Christmas. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Brandi Carlile The Story Q&amp;A]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Singer/Songwriter Brandi Carlile and her twin collaborators Tim and Phil Hanseroth have been playing together for five years now; but with the release of the band's latest effort <i>The Story</i>, they're drawing in sold out crowds across the country. Carlile's summer tour takes her and the twins to pretty much every corner of the continental U.S. Despite the hectic pace of her schedule, in the midst of her tour with the Indigo Girls, Carlile was kind enough to take some time out for this interview.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Try Alternate Tunings]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Alternate guitar tunings are a surefire way to pop your strumming hand out of a creative slump. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[What is a dobro?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This acoustic instrument was added to the Bluegrass band line-up by Lester Flatt in the 1950s. Learn more.]]></description>
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