In This Issue
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Linen Lites * The Institute of Musical Traditions; Les Sampou by Pamela Murray Winters, Stephen A. Ide Radio Planet 3 Brickbats and Poetry by Cliff Furnald Martin Sexton Black Sheep of the Streets by Craig Harris Mike Seeger Musician Folklorist by Michael Parrish Corny Muse Recordings of Bagpipe Music by Steve Winick

* Joe Craven's World of Rhythm by Michael Parrish The Art of Publicity and Promotion Each year we look back on the brilliant career of the publicists. Here's a sample from this year's winners. Dervish Give It a Whirl! by Steve Winick The Late Nerd Catches a Cold Self Produced and Small Label Recordings of English, Celtic & Canadian Music by Steve Winick Shaking Out the Sheets: Dirty Linen Classics New Electric Muse by Steve Winick More Finnish Roots and Fronds by Cliff Furnald

Departments
Every issue is full of reviews, news and information.
Here's a sampling of our many departments.

New Releases Reviews Books and Videos Concerts Recordings Vital Natural Resources The Horse Trader, classified ads The Dirty Linen Gig Guide Wireless, D.L.'s guide to what's on the airwaves.

Where To Find...?,The record label guide Letters To Dirty Linen A full list of roots related special features here and out in the world of the web. The Pro-FAQ, with info about record labels, advertising, selling D.L. and getting listings in our tour schedule. Our Advertisers Some of our writers have their own home page.

Back Issues
Take a look at the covers and contents of Back Issues of Dirty Linen,with some articles and specials from earlier days.

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