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Sing Out! 2003 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Sing Out! magazine, now 50 years young, grew out of a legacy of social commitment and a tradition of singing both to effect change and to share the pure enjoyment of songs....
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MS John Hurt 2004 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Mississippi John Hurt was born July 2, 1892, in Teoc, Mississippi. John was the eighth of ten children born to Paul Hurt and Mae Jane Smith.
According to personal biogra...
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Hazel Dickens 2002 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Recipient
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Born in Mercer County, West Virginia, life's toil and blessings presented themselves to Hazel side-by-side. Her father carried timber for the local coal mines, an occupatio...
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Rev Gary Davis 2003 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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In his prime of life, which is to say the late '20s, the Reverend Gary Davis was one of the two most renowned practitioners of the East Coast school of ragtime guitar; 35 y...
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Harold Levanthal 2002 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Besides handling Mr. Dylan and Guthrie, Mr. Leventhal presided over a stable of artists that at various times included Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte; Theodore Bikel; Oscar Bra...
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Ralph Stanley 2003 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Recipient
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Ralph was born in Dickenson County, Virginia, where he still resides when he's not on the road. After 55 years in the business, he's still the best banjo picker and tenor ...
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New Lost City Ramblers 2004 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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The New Lost City Ramblers is a contemporary old-time string band that formed in New York City in 1958 during the Folk Revival. The founding members of the Ramblers, or NLC...
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Bill Monroe 2002 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Bill Monroe was a Kentucky mandolin player and songwriter whose influence on country music earned him the nickname "The Father of Bluegrass." Monroe was the youngest child ...
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Bess Lomax Hawes 2004 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Bess Lomax Hawes (1921-2009) led the establishment of public folklore programs throughout the United States. She did it with a vast knowledge of America's diverse tradition...
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2001 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an international exposition of living cultural heritage annually produced outdoors on the National Mall of the United States in Washing...
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