Acoustic Americana Music Guide – CURRENT SECTIONS / Navigation, July 20, 2011

    
    
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    Festivals and more are coming this weekend, plus concerts indoors and out, every night, all the time, in the region with the most live acoustic music of anyplace in the world. The editor is currently recovering from eye surgery (his fifth) but he's listening, and The Guide goes on with (drum roll, maestro...)     
    
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(a) a fresh serving of the Guide's NEWS FEATURES – at     
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/07/acoustic-americana-music-guide-news_19.html     
    
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(b) a separate and SPECIAL major feature on the Debt Debate and its implications for artists, examining “IS THE FUTURE OF ARTS FUNDING GONE IN AMERICA? – at     
        
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/07/is-future-of-arts-funding-gone-in.html     
    
        *** UPDATE: Wow, we are getting a TON of comments from you on this one!
            They're posted now at the same link and we invite you to add yours! ***
    
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(c) the LATEST UPDATE to the Guide's SPOTLIGHT EVENTS, with chronological, day-by-day listings and descriptions of live acoustic and Americana performances, festivals, workshops
and more – at   
        
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/07/spotlight-events-acoustic-americana_20.html  
    
    
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Need a synopsis?
    
(a) THIS WEEK’S NEWS FEATURES    
    
  1) IS THE FUTURE OF ARTS FUNDING GONE IN AMERICA?
    (Quotes from the Guide's major, in-depth feature, with analysis beyond Washington's
     maddening politics that debunks the Debt Limit, spending cuts and budget battles – the
     full piece has its own, separate address for access – click the link at “b,” below)  
  2) KCSN CANCELS “TWANG;” NIC HARCOURT GETS TIME SLOT FOR NEW    
    NON-FOLK-FRIENDLY “ECLECTIC” SHOW  
  3) RIDERS IN THE SKY TO PLAY “DAY OF THE COWBOY & COWGIRL” FESTIVAL     
    AT THE AUTRY THIS SATURDAY    
  4) JULY 23 & 24 WEEKEND: MORE FESTIVALS, CONCERTS, TOUGH CHOICES  
  5) BYE BYE BORDERS – EXCEPT ONE    
  6) FULL EVENINGS OF QUALITY MUSIC PROGRAMS, NEW ON FRIDAYS ON L.A. TV    
  7) THE SYNCOPATHS PLAY A PAIR OF EVENTS AT CALTECH THIS WEEKEND    
  8) MOLLY’S REVENGE TO PLAY CULVER CITY'S FREE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL,
    JULY 28  
  9) ANNUAL “LONG BEACH CRAWFISH FESTIVAL” ARRIVES JULY 30 & 31    
 10) INAUGURAL VENTURA FOLK FESTIVAL BRINGS STARS IN AUGUST  
    
    Read these NEWS FEATURES at     
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/07/acoustic-americana-music-guide-news_19.html     
    
    
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b) IS THE FUTURE OF ARTS FUNDING GONE IN AMERICA?
    
    In a call to action for artists, the editor debunks the current fight over the Debt Limit and
what's really at stake – whether this one, current, moment will change us and our priorities
forever. He digs into the future of public-sector support for accessible arts and arts education. He assesses whether there will be any ability to find support for the arts again, given current politics, and what we can do to change things in our favor.     
    It's an in-depth piece that shows how things are connected, and how we are gambling with
our aility to be an innovative player in a globally competitive marketplace. There's plenty of
context, history and perspective.     
    You'll find quotes from Thomas Friedman, Larry Summers, Dwight Eisenhower, Bill Maher, Goldman Sachs, Jay Carney, Bruce Bartlett, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Abraham Lincoln, David
Ignatius, Dick Cheney, Ronald Reagan, Jon Stewart, Bob Schieffer, Fareed Zakariah, George W. Bush, Robert Reich, Ezra Klein, and more.    
    It's quite thorough, it's about now and the future.
    
    It's at     
    
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/07/is-future-of-arts-funding-gone-in.html    
        
    
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(c) SPOTLIGHT EVENTS – the LATEST UPDATE to the Guide's chronological, day-by-day
listings and descriptions of live acoustic and Americana performances, festivals, workshops
and more.     
    
    It's at   
        
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/07/spotlight-events-acoustic-americana_20.html     
    
    
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