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Vic Chesnutt dies at 45; folk singer-songwriter
Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter of spare, idiosyncratic folk songs tinged with melancholy, died Christmas Day in Athens, Ga., after taking an overdose of prescription muscle relaxants, a family spokesman said. He was 45.
Chesnutt had been admitted to...Tags: Muscle Relaxers, Smashing Pumpkins (music group), Death, Drunk Driving, Athens
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Book review: 'Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World' by John Szwed
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAlan Lomax The Man Who Recorded the World John Szwed Viking: 438 pp., $29.95 Alan Lomax was a titanic figure whose ambitions were even greater than his formidable energies. Beginning his career as a folklorist in the 1930s with field recordings of...Tags: Book, Human Interest, The Washington Post, Minority Groups, Literature
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Debbie Friedman, self-taught Jewish folk singer, dies at 59
Debbie Friedman, a self-taught Jewish folk singer and composer who transformed synagogue music and worship by infusing traditional prayers with a contemporary sensibility, died Sunday at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. She was 59.
The cause was...Tags: Carly Simon, Human Interest, Hallmark Greeting Card, Judaism, Peter Yarrow
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Suze Rotolo dies at 67; Bob Dylan's girlfriend was on iconic album cover
Suze Rotolo, Bob Dylan's former girlfriend in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, who appeared walking arm-in-arm with him on the iconic cover of his album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," has died. She was 67.
Rotolo, who played a role in the young...Tags: Human Interest, Bob Dylan, Italy, Literature, Crime, Law and Justice
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Today's music pick: New LA Folk Festival's Murder Ballads
Brand XThe New LA Folk Festival explores the sinister side of folk music with an evening devoted to the dark tradition of murder ballads. Local acts as well as bands passing through L.A. on tour will be featured, along with some surprise âfolk for a dayâ... -
Cigar box guitar revolution: 'It's like folk music turned inside out'
Pop & HissA quarter-century ago, when cigar-box guitar enthusiast Pat MacDonald was half of the Austin, Texas, alternative pop-rock duo Timbuk3, the singer, songwriter and instrumentalist’s moment in the pop spotlight came with the group’s breezy,... -
SXSW: Grouplove, Memoryhouse, The Smiles and more on Day 1
Brand XAfter Foster the People's set, a block away at Storychord's party at Cheer Up Charlie's, a curious thrift store-eatery-dirt lot combo, Night Manager delivered melody-oriented lo-fi pop that recalled husband-and-wife duo Tennis. But rather than embrace... -
Music review: The Los Angeles Philharmonic's 'Aspects of Adès' gets off to a start with Stravinsky
Culture MonsterMark Swed reviews the first major offering in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's "Aspects of Adès" festival with the Labèques and Nicholas Hodges at Walt Disney Concert Hall... -
Gil Robbins dies at 80; member of the 1960s folk group the Highwaymen
Gil Robbins, a musician and actor who was a member of the 1960s folk group the Highwaymen, died Tuesday at his home in Mexico, said his son, actor-director Tim Robbins. He was 80 and had prostate cancer.
"He was very charming, open and funny," Tim...Tags: Entertainment, Tim Robbins, Greenwich Village, Celebrities and Health Issues, Prostate Cancer
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Hazel Dickens dies at 75; bluegrass pioneer and social activist
Hazel Dickens, a singer, songwriter and musician from West Virginia who was a pioneering force in bluegrass music and a strong and eloquent voice for coal miners, the poor and women, has died. She was 75.
Dickens died April 22 at a Washington, D.C.,...Tags: Linda Ronstadt, The Washington Post, Baptist, Chicago Sun-Times, Metal and Mineral
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Rusty McNeil dies at 81; U.S. folk-music historian who teamed with her husband
Folk singer Rusty McNeil was willing to take her husband-and-wife act on the road in the early 1970s, but the mother of five had one stipulation: "Family had to come first."
So the McNeils converted a retired 1949 school bus into a home on wheels that...Tags: Denver, Entertainment, Education, History, Arts and Culture
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Music review: L.A. Master Chorale's folk music program at Disney Hall
Culture MonsterGrant Gershonâs term at the head of the Los Angeles Master Chorale has been mostly noted for his expansion into new music, in parallel to what has been going on at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He knows it, saying he......
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