News from Oldtime Central: The Hoot and much more

THE editors of Oldtime Central (OTC) announce in their latest e-newsletter that they are still hard at work advertising and preparing for their first (online) festival, The Hoot (see the BIB for 24 June), due three weeks from now. Registration is now open, and they supply the following links to The Hoot:

Workshop descriptions and concert schedule
Workshop Registration
Facebook Event

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The following articles have appeared on OTC since the last newsletter:

Katherine Jackson French: Kentucky's Forgotten Ballad Collector

Sourwood Mountain: Oldtime Fiddle Lesson with Craig Judelman

African Americans in Oldtime Music: 10 Resources for Learning the History of the Music

Online Old Time Banjo Festival Part 2: an Interview with the Organizers

BIB editor's note: The 'ten resources for learning the history of the music' are well worth exploring in detail; fiddlers in particular should learn something.