Sing Out!
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. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Dar Williams (Dorothy Snowden Williams born April 19, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter specializing in Pop folk. This is a list of magazines by overall circulation. A Magazine 's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on average for each issue Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An International Standard Serial Number ( ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic Periodical publication. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous

Background

Sing Out! is the primary publication of the tax exempt, not-for-profit, educational corporation of the same name. A tax exemption is an exemption from all or certain Taxes of a state or nation in which part of the taxes that would normally be collected from an individual or an organization A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency 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] Irwin Silber was an important co-founder and long-time editor from 1951 to 1967. Irwin Silber (born October 17[[ 925]] is an American journalist, editor, Publisher, radio show host and political activist ^[1] The editors apply a very broad definition of folk music including material from contemporary singer-songwriters, Americana, roots, blues, bluegrass, and world music. Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics Americana refers to artifacts of the Culture of the United States, the history and folklore resultant from its Westward expansion. Traditional music is the term now used in the terminology of Grammy Awards for what used to be called " folk music " The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians

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. Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing See also Modern musical symbols Music notation or musical notation is any system which represents aurally perceived Music through the use 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. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Storytelling is the ancient art of conveying events in Words Images and Sounds often by Improvisation or embellishment Children's music is Music composed and performed by or for Children. The corporate headquarters of Sing Out! is located in downtown Bethlehem, Pennsylvania which is also home to the Sing Out! Resource Center. Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the The magazine is distributed internationally by mail subscriptions and can be found in many bookstores and libraries throughout North America.

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. Mail order is a term which describes the Buying of goods or services by Mail delivery The catalog includes other Sing Out! publications, such as the popular folk music fakebook, Rise Up Singing. Rise Up Singing is a popular Folk music Fake book containing chords, Lyrics, and sources to 1200 Songs It does not

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.

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. WDIY (881 FM) is a community public radio station licensed to Allentown Pennsylvania, and based in Bethlehem Pennsylvania ^[2]

External links

• Official site
• text from recent issues from findarticles. com
• additional text reprints from highbeam. com
• Sing Out! Magazine Discography from folklib. net (not up-to-date).

Notes

1. ^ Ronald D. Cohen, Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival & American Society, 1940-1970 (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002), pp. 74-75 and 264-268.
2. ^ Geoff Gehman, "Bethlehem's 'Sing Out!' magazine launches syndicated show on WDIY-FM", The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, October 28, 2006 link