Thanks, Frank!! Glad to be of service. I will keep it as alive as I can.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
MIDLAND, Mich. - The twang of banjos, fiddles and dulcimers will ring out in Midland this weekend.
The 16th annual Midland Dulcimer Festival, sponsored by the Folk Music Society of Midland, kicks off Thursday and runs through Sunday.
Organizers say acoustic musicians of all levels are invited to the workshops, shows and jam sessions that will feature throughout the four-day event at the Midland County Fairgrounds.
A free traditional dance is set for Friday evening.
Alcohol is banned, along with most electric instruments.
Admission is $4 a day or $7 for all four days.
From Jazz Times:
Multi-reedist, composer and educator Joe Maneri died on Aug. 24 at a hospital in Boston. He was 82 years old. For most of his life, Maneri toiled in obscurity, spending his time as both a student and teacher of creative music. Although he retired from public performance for various stretches throughout his life, a series of recordings for the ECM, Hat Art and Leo labels during the '90s helped to bring him a certain level of recognition among jazz aficionados and musicians. Author and graphic novelist Harvey Pekar championed Maneri and even insisted that his music be included in American Splendor, the film based on Pekar's life. (Pekar also profiled the reedman for JazzTimes in 2000.) Maneri is perhaps best known for his passion for microtonal music, the use of 72 notes per octave. In 1995, fellow educator Ran Blake said about his colleague, "Along with Jimmy Giuffre and perhaps tomorrow's Don Byron, Joe Maneri is one of the 20th century's greatest clarinetists."