News Roundup (Piper Hayes, Saga, International Folk Award Nominees)

Oakvilles's Saga to call it quits



Video above courtesy of Stig Dragholm

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News

Local

• Barber Shop Podcast w Piper Hayes
  
  
  
  Links: Piper Hayes, More Barber Shop Podcasts, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast
  
  
• Part of the Harvest Picnic Lawsuit Dropped
• Hamilton's Lindy one of Now Magazine's Folk Musicans to watch
• FYI Music News Stories: Danny Michel, Steve Strongman
• Spencer Mackenzie Wins Maple Blues Award
• Jay Pollmann Debut CD
• Amy King and Diana Panton up for Hamilton Women of Distinction Awards

Canada

• Junos rename category to Indigenous Music Album of the Year

International Folk Music Award Nominees

Canadian nominees listed below

• Album: Ten Strings and a Goat Skin: Auprès du Poêle
• Album: Kaia Kater: Nine Pin
• Song: The Once: We Are Love
  
  
  
  
  Links: The Once. More Once Stories, Video above courtesy of The Once
  
  
• Artist: Irish Mythen, Tanya Tagaq

World

• Complete Weird Al Box Set Packaged in Accordion

Passings

• Overend Watts (Mott the Hoople founding bassist)
• Steve Wright (Greg Kihn Band bassist)
• William Onyeabor (Nigerian funk artist)
• Mike Kellie (Spooky Tooth drummer)
• Howard Kaufman (Aerosmith, Eagles, Steve Nicks manager)

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The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Hamilton Blues Lovers Monkey

Trebleclef is resting up.  He'll be back soon.

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