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The Down Neck Gazette

Traveling Internet Duo Uses Technology to Preserve America’s Musical Heritage

A new electronic publication is preserving a part of American heritage once only passed down through stories and songs- a part of American heritage that until now was slowly slipping away. The Down Neck Gazette, captures the music, experiences and advice of American acoustic musicians on CD-ROM and sends them to subscribers on a quarterly basis. But just as the subject matter is nostalgic and unique, so is the manner in which the periodical’s publishers get their stories.

“There are places in America where they’re playing music most folks have never heard before,” says Patrick Costello, President of Funkyseagull.com. “Every town in America’s got someone with a guitar, banjo or fiddle, but you have to go out and find them.” And that’s just what Costello and his father and business partner, Pat Costello, are doing—in a mint-condition 1966 Plymouth Satellite convertible.

“We drive around in a classic car with a banjo, a guitar, and a Cannon XL1 camera,” says Costello. He and his father travel the U.S., stopping in at towns large and small along the way to see if they can find some master musicians. And find them they do.

“Every musician has a story. And we’re getting some good ones,” Costello reports. The Costellos film the musicians as they offer advice, talk about their lives, and play their blues, bluegrass or old-time country music. The video is then loaded onto a CD-ROM and sent to subscribers as The Down Neck Gazette, a quarterly publication focusing on all aspects of acoustic music.

For more information on this worthy effort to bring the music of the people to the people, please visit this link and be sure to check out the demo of their product.


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Terry Allen

Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin’

Babes With Axes

Bad Livers

Joan Baez

BeauSoleil

Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer

Betty Dillon - LA alt-country band

Elvin Bishop

Rory Block

Hugh Blumenfeld

Greg Brown

Cadillac Moon

Joel Cage

Slaid Cleaves

Lui Collins

John Cowan

Ani DiFranco

Allen Dobb

Kat Eggleston

Ferron Web

Steve Forbert

The Four Bitchin' Babes

The Steve Goodman Scrapbook

Steve Goodman Retrospective - Music Matters Review Volume 1

John Gorka

Patty Griffin

Tom Hampton

John Wesley Harding

Boo Hewerdine

Peter Himmelman

Eileen Ivers

Greg Jacobs

George Jones

Lucy Kaplansky

Laura Kemp

Christine Lavin

Julie Miller

Moxy Früvous

Trish Murphy

Susan McKeown and The Chanting House

The Nields Home Page

Phil Ochs

Sam Pacetti

Parlor James

The Poozies

Oh Boy Records--The home of John Prine!

David Olney

Dana Robinson

Suzzy Roche

The Roches

Kate Rusby

Tom Russell

Pete Seeger

Sharon Shannon

Richard Shindell

Sìleas

Solas

Sons Of The Never Wrong

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Bill Staines

Louise Taylor

Guthrie Thomas

Martha Schuyler Thompson

A Richard Thompson Web page

Trout Fishing In America

Doc & Merle Watson

Anne Weiss

Cheryl Wheeler

David Wilcox

Dar Williams

Robin and Linda Williams

Neil Young


R A D I O

Acoustic Edge - Listen to the show, Sundays between noon and 2 P.M. live on the Web.

Frank's Picks (WKZE) - Reviews, and articles by eclectic music host Frank Matheis, and links to the work of photographer Bibiana Huang Matheis.

Idiot's Delight - Vin Scelsa's show is easily the most eclectic radio show in New York!

WCUW 91.3 FM - Richard H. Fox's excellent New Traditions show. Community radio from Worcester, MA, featuring interviews with many of your favorite artists.

WFUV 90.7 FM- Home of City Folk!

The World Cafe

WUSB 90.1 FM - Stony Brook University Radio


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Compass Records

Dancing Cat Records

Green Linnet/Xenophile

1-800-PRIME-CD ONLINE

The Press Network

Praxis Recordings

Razor and Tie

Rounder Records

Rykodisc

Signature Sounds

Waterbug Records


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The Center To Prevent Handgun Violence - This is the place where the proceeds from Cheryl Wheeler's "If It Were Up To Me" are going.

 The National Civil Rights Museum - Neal and Leandra mention a trip to this museum as the inspiration for their stunning song "Ready For Memphis" in Issue 11 of The Music Matters Review.


S O U R C E S

CD Club Record Labels - Unbelievably extensive list of record labels

CDNow Music Search - Music store and great source of info.

COMA (Canadian On-line Musians Association)

CYBERGRASS - The Internet Bluegrass Music Magazine

Fiddles Of The World - (FOTW) is the First Ever International Conference and Reunion for Traditional Fiddlers. Visit the FOTW Web Site for more information.

Folk And Acoustic Music Exchange (FAME) - Excellent source of reviews, presented with an index. Very impressive!

Celtic & Folk Music CD Reviews - New web page featuring reviews of Celtic and Folk CD's

Folkbook - An Online Acoustic Music Establishment

Folk Venue, A Comprehensive List of Performer URLs

The Indie Contact Bible - It's a resource listing places where Independent artists can get their music reviewed or played on the radio

Musi-cal - You can search Musi-cal's database for performance information using the form below!

The Mining Company - An incredible resource for information about folk music. A must visit site!

Nash Cats - online resource center for Nashville Music and Entertainment Industry. Mostly Indies.

NOMA

Puremusic - An excellent online magazine covering a wide variety of independent music.

Rambles - A cultural arts review magazine.

Rockzillaworld - Texas & Americana music reviews

The Sonwriter's Spotlight - A quarterly online magazine for and about Long Island songwriters, including articles, interviews and sound clips—in depth and well presented!

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