TALL IN THE SADDLE/ Colorado Springs on cutting edge, thanks to roots-...

The Gazette;  March 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......That's exactly what happened with the roots-music explosion - one trend that finds places...while the coasts lag behind. Summertime roots-music festivals have prospered in Colorado...brings the party to Colorado Springs. Roots music found a home here long before it was...

Roots-music revival puts American heartland on the cutting edge.

The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  March 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ......That's exactly what happened with the roots-music explosion _ one trend that finds places...while the coasts lag behind. Summertime roots-music festivals have prospered in Colorado...brings the party to Colorado Springs. Roots music found a home here long before it was...

Roots-music revival puts American heartland on the cutting edge.(The...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ......That's exactly what happened with the roots-music explosion _ one trend that finds places...while the coasts lag behind. Summertime roots-music festivals have prospered in Colorado...brings the party to Colorado Springs. Roots music found a home here long before it was...

Celebrating rhythm and muses of 'Roots Music'.(Arts and Lifestyle)

The Boston Herald;  October 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ...American Roots Music offers an eye-opening look at the...converts to old-fashioned cool. American Roots Music seems poised to ride the same wave...music series, Ken Burns Jazz. American Roots Music appears to have borrowed the Burns...

Real people real music: The 'O Brother' soundtrack created a roots-music...

The Christian Science Monitor;  January 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ......zydeco, Cajun, native American) known as roots music, Americana, or its punk-edged cousin...idiom-defying banjo player Bela Fleck, roots music is real people playing real music that...along that Southern Interstate, says roots music is song-focused, as opposed to following...

Traditional American Music Takes Root.(renewed interest in roots music)

World and I;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......may have sparked the current craze for roots music, but groups such as the Nitty Gritty...age-group, from age fourteen to sixty. Roots music, as it has come to be called, is the...more than art that inspires: Much of roots music voices traditional values and spiritual...

Homegrown Sounds; On PBS, Digging Into 'American Roots Music'

The Washington Post;  October 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Think of "American Roots Music" as a patchwork quilt. Over the...accompanying four-CD box set.) "American Roots Music" shows how railroads and highways...movement, as it were. Some of the "Roots Music" elements have been well explored...

Review: Television documentary soundtrack "American Roots Music"

NPR All Things Considered;  February 21, 2002 ;     685 words ......documentary soundtrack American Roots Music Host: JACKI LYDEN Time: 9:00-10:00 PM JACKI LYDEN, host: American Roots Music is a television documentary produced...distilling the entire 20th century in roots music into a handful of songs. (Soundbite...

Palm Pictures to Release 'American Roots Music' as Companion Piece to PBS...

PR Newswire;  July 24, 2001 ;     686 words ......and DVD/VHS box sets entitled AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC will be released as the companion pieces...and influential in the world. AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC explores the development of American...performances by the pioneers of American-roots music. It also traces the cultural evolution...

VOA NEWS: AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC ENJOYS ANOTHER GOOD YEAR

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 18, 2006 ;     595 words ......following story: By Katherine Cole American Roots music can be found any day of the week in...that receive much critical acclaim, roots music rarely emerges at the top of the sales...was a bad year for fans of American Roots music. Sometimes called "Americana," American...

PBS show traces country's musical evolution; 'American Roots Music':...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  October 30, 2001 ;     700+ words ......turned out to be appetizers. In "American Roots Music" on PBS, he lays out the whole rich...Indian music. The four-part "American Roots Music," with narrator Kris Kristofferson...opening hour, traces the emergence of roots music in America from its European and African...

ROOTS MUSIC

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 26, 1995 ;     220 words ......down-to-earth place. You don't have to work too hard to find a good roots music club. Here are the best: FitzGerald's (6615 W. Roosevelt...Tavern (3159 N. Southport; 312-525-2508): Some of the best roots music around pops up in the cozy 125-seat Schubas back room that...

Disc Etc: Music CDs - Roots Music primer Various Artists Charlie Gillett's...

The Independent - London;  September 1, 2002 ;     92 words ......Gillett's 1970 book Sound of the City, a history of American roots music, has become a classic, selling a quarter of a million copies...Together, they form a perfect bluffer's guide to 20th-century roots music. You're guaranteed to discover something sublime you'd never...

Rooting for US roots music

New Straits Times;  July 31, 2001 ;     654 words ......Straits Times 07-31-2001 Rooting for US roots music Byline: Compiled by R.S. Murthi Edition...Column: Vidbits THE documentary American Roots Music, which is set to air on the PBS channel...features rare historical footage of roots music (country, folk, blues, gospel, bluegrass...

Deep Roots Music 3

Goldmine;  September 12, 2008 ;     283 words ...DVD REVIEW Various Artists Deep Roots Music 3 MVD (510) Grade: *** The final volume of the "Deep Roots Music" series brings to DVD parts five and six of an early '80s British TV documentary on Jamaican music. Narrated by Mikey Dread, the series...