This is an excerpt from the print edition of Dirty Linen #117 (April/May 2005).
The full article is in the magazine, available on newsstands, by subscription, and at the Dirty Linen webstore.

Tossing Out the Fish

News

edited by Jim Lee

People

• Artisan Disbanding in November
• The Masters of Persian Music Release Faryad
• J.P. Cormier Releases Lightfoot Tribute
• Gordon Lightfoot Performs First Concert in Two Years
• Howard & Roz Larman Celebrate 35^th Year of "Folkscene"
• Larry Keel Builds Natural Bridge
• Aztec Two-Step Releases First Studio Album in a Decade
• Naked Folk 2005 Calendar Exposes Folks to Art (and Vice Versa)

Labels

• Andrea Zonn and John Cutliffe's "Hands Across the Water" Project on Compass
• Rounder Records Signs Martha Wainwright
• Alligator Records Releases Two New CDs from Roomful of Blues
• Palo Duro Records Signs Two Tons of Steel
• MSN Music and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Form Alliance to Release Archive
• Burning Bright: The Ashley Hutchings Story from Free Reed

Agents

• Class Act Entertainment Announces Exclusive Representation of the Austin Lounge Lizards and Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez

Organizations

• Fund-Raising Retrospective CD for Caffè Lena
• Caffè Lena History Project Documents Club's History
• Banjo Newsletter Quarterly Feature on Southern Old-Time Banjo Styles
• Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts Releases First Retrospective CD
• The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Surveys the Life and Career of Earl Scruggs

Books

• Black 47 Frontman Larry Kirwan's Green Suede Shoes

Festivals and Workshops

• Fairport Convention's Cropredy Festival Continues Under New Management
• The East European Folklife Center's 2005 Balkan Music & Dance Workshops
• Pete Wernick's Banjo and Bluegrass Camps

In Memoriam

• Bob Paisley
• Ron Stockfleth
• Art Stamper
• Spencer Dryden
• Son Seals
• Brahim Izri
• Shelton Manuel
• Jim Capaldi

This is an excerpt from the print edition of Dirty Linen #117 (April/May 2005).
The full article is in the magazine, available on newsstands, by subscription, and at the Dirty Linen webstore.

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