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Article: SWEET SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE HANDMADE MUSIC IT CELEBRATES, SUGAR MAPLE IS A CHARMER.(77 SQUARE)
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- The Capital Times
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- July 30, 2009
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Byline: TOM ALESIA Wisconsin State Journal talesia@madison.com
Like the sounds it celebrates, Madison's Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival maintains its charm and grassroots spirit as the event enters its sixth year. The two-day, family-friendly event specializes in old-fashioned tunes, songs that sound like they were originally aired on bulky radios before television's launch.
Sugar Maple keeps that traditional music label "deliberately broad," said Evan Murdock, president of the all-volunteer Four Lakes Traditional Music Collective, which runs the festival.
There's bluegrass to blues, country swing to cowboy tunes. When a hot Cajun band ...