Sing Out!

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Sing Out!
Sing Out! Volume 50 #2 (Summer 2006), cover, featuring Dar Williams
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Sing Out! Volume 50 #2 (Summer 2006), cover, featuring Dar Williams
Editor Mark Moss
Categories Music magazines

Folk music

Frequency quarterly
Circulation ~20,000
First Issue May 1950
Company Sing Out! Corporation
Country United States
Language English
Website singout.org
ISSN 0037-5624

Sing Out! is a quarterly journal of folk music and folk songs that has been published since May 1950.

Sign Out! is the primary publication of the tax exempt, not-for-profit, educational corporation of the same name. According to the organization's web site, "Sing Out!'s mission is to preserve and support the cultural diversity and heritage of all traditional and contemporary folk musics, and to encourage making folk music a part of our everyday lives."[1] The editors apply a very broad definition of folk music including material from contemporary singer-songwriters, Americana, roots, blues, bluegrass, and world music.

One defining feature of the magazine is the inclusion of 20 or more songs with lyrics and music within the pages of each issue--supplemented since 2001 with an illustrative CD. The magazine also contains in-depth articles profiling musicians and musical traditions, "teach-ins," reviews of recordings and print publications, a comprehensive festival and camp listing, and columns covering topics such as songwriting, storytelling, children's music, and the folk process. The corporate headquarters of Sing Out! is located in downtown Bethlehem, Pennsylvania which is also home to the Sing Out! Resource Center. The magazine is distributed internationally by mail subscriptions and can be found in many bookstores and libraries throughout North America.

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[edit] Sing Out! publications

In addition to the quarterly magazine the corporation also offers an extensive mail order catalog of printed material on folk-music and folklore. The catalog includes other Sing Out! publications, such as the popular folk music fakebook, Rise Up Singing.

[edit] The Sing Out! Resource Center

The Sing Out! Resource Center (SORCe) is a collection of recordings, photos, books, periodicals and other items. It is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

[edit] Sing Out! Radio Magazine

The Sing Out! Radio Magazine is a weekly syndicated radio program featuring songs, news and interviews with musicians. The show is hosted by Matt Watroba and airs Sundays 10-11 a.m. on WDIY-FM. [1]

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Geoff Gehman, "Bethlehem's 'Sing Out!' magazine launches syndicated show on WDIY-FM", The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, October 28, 2006 link
Folk music
American folk music - Anti-folk - Celtic music - Counterfolk - Filk music - Folk metal - Folk punk
Folk rock - Folktronica - Neofolk - Pop folk - Psych folk - Roots revival - Urban Folk
Festivals - Folk dance - Folk clubs - Instrumentation - Protest song - Singer-songwriter - Traditions - World music