Acoustic Americana Music Guide – CURRENT SECTIONS, UPDATED August 10, 2011

    
    
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(a) NEWS FEATURES...
    
    In the current edition of the Guide's NEWS FEATURES, we lovingly remember some very special artists who have made a HUGE difference.
    
    Then...
    
STEPHEN COLBERT, we need you!
    
It's the latest News, all right there. All will be clear...
    
    We're calling STEPHEN COLBERT and his shiny new PAC to ride to the rescue like the cavalry in answer to our bugle call. It's our comically-seriously piece in this edition.

(b) If you want to leave us a comment – on THIS feature ONLY – go where the story appears by itself, at
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/08/calling-stephen-colbert-help-weve-been.html   
   
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Plus, in this week's NEWS FEATURES...
    
    We've got a preview of the big “ROOTS ROADHOUSE 2” extravaganza coming August 14.
    
    And we fondly remember departed artists who shone like first magnitude stars in our acoustic universe. Among them, KEN GRAYDON, one of the best songwriters we've ever known. The piece by ROSS ALTMAN speaks to the abiding influence of a most singular artist, one who was an artist in the full sense of the word.
    
The Guide's August 4 edition of NEWS FEATURES is at
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/08/acoustic-americana-music-guide-news.html  
    
        
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(c) SPOTLIGHT EVENTS – August 4 edition...
    
    Check out the Guide's nineteen SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks, AND the full abundance of the acoustic music spectrum – including a special inclusion of RECURRING EVENTS – all in the Guide’s August 4 edition of SPOTLIGHT EVENTS! That's available at
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/08/spotlight-events-acoustic-americana.html  
   
    
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(d) IN MEMORIUM: JOEL OKIDA, MUSIC JOURNALIST EXTRAORDINAIRE     
    
Is available at
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/07/in-memorium-joel-okida-music-journalist.html  
       
Plus, the companion feature, REMEMBERING JOEL OKIDA: HIS WORK FOR THE GUIDE...     
Is available at
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/07/remembering-joel-okida-his-work-for.html
    
    
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(e) A SONG FROM ACROSS THE VOID – HONORING THE GREAT KEN GRAYDON
    
Is available in this week's News Features (feature #2) OR BY ITSELF (where you can comment) at
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/08/song-from-across-void-honoring-great.html  
   
    
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Need some quickie deets?
    
(a) THIS WEEK’S NEWS FEATURES    
    
  1) “Spotlight Events” Special: Rapid-Access “Show-of-The-Week” Picks, plus
    a Rare “Recurring Events” Compilation
  2) A Song from Across the Void – Honoring the Great KEN GRAYDON
  3) Calling STEPHEN COLBERT: Help! We've Been Compromised! [see note “b,” below]
  4) “In Loving Memory of JOEL OKIDA,” this Sunday
  5) Celebrate KENNY EDWARDS August 19, “By the Ocean he Loved so Much”
  6) Sunday's “Grand Ole Echo” is Notable, with “ROOTS ROADHOUSE 2” Just a Week Away
    
That complete news edition is at
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/08/acoustic-americana-music-guide-news.html  
    
    
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(b) COMMENT BACK on “Calling STEPHEN COLBERT: Help! We've Been Compromised!” at
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/08/calling-stephen-colbert-help-weve-been.html  
       
    
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(c) SPOTLIGHT EVENTS – August 4 edition...
    
    NEED SOMETHING FAST?
    
    The Guide's SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks – NINETEEN events, from August 4 through 14, are now front-loaded in the opening part of SPOTLIGHT EVENTS. That will be their new home in EACH new edition of the Guide's Spotlight Events.
    
    RECURRING EVENTS are making a special appearance in Spotlight Events. Once in awhile, we include all the recurring events (jams, open mics, residencies, weekly / monthly showcases, etc.) there, just for a week or so. It's so you can see – in one place – the full extent of what's available (and why we endeavor to offer a “Recurring Events” section to keep Spotlight Events from getting out of hand). Prepare to be astonished by the cornucopia of possibilities in an average week of acoustic music hereabouts.
    
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/08/spotlight-events-acoustic-americana.html  
    
    
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(d) “IN MEMORIUM: JOEL OKIDA, MUSIC JOURNALIST EXTRAORDINAIRE”     
    We remember our friend, artist, and music journalist extraordinaire, and welcome your comments, at
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/07/in-memorium-joel-okida-music-journalist.html  
       
Plus, in the companion feature, “REMEMBERING JOEL OKIDA: HIS WORK FOR THE GUIDE,” you'll find a compilation of the reviews and other features Joel for us; all at
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/07/remembering-joel-okida-his-work-for.html
    
    
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(e) KEN GRAYDON Remembered:
“A SONG FROM ACROSS THE VOID – HONORING THE GREAT KEN GRAYDON”
    
(from this week's News Features, feature #2) is available BY ITSELF where you can comment, at
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/08/song-from-across-void-honoring-great.html  
   
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR TONS OF READER REPLY MAIL! (Like, WOW!)
    
    THANK YOU all for sending us a RECORD NUMBER of comments since we published our feature July 19 examining implications for the arts, artists, and things we care about in common, as we asked, “IS THE FUTURE OF ARTS FUNDING GONE IN AMERICA?” Our feature on the Debt Limit, the budget battle, and politicians playing with dynamite was re-published in FolkWorks magazine as the longest single feature in the magazine's history! You can read the many comments and the feature as originally written, at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/07/is-future-of-arts-funding-gone-in.html    
    
    Note that all NEW comments on our pair of recent “politics and the arts” features will now appear with the newer story, “Calling STEPHEN COLBERT: Help! We've Been Compromised!” on that story's standalone page, at
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/08/calling-stephen-colbert-help-weve-been.html  
    
    
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