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FolkWax was an influential weekly singer-songwriter e-zine covering folk music, particularly that of Irland, Scotland (including Celtic traditional and fusion), United States (including bluegrass and bluegrass fiddle music), and Canada. It was founded around 2001 and ran until about 2010. Arthur Wood of Birmingham, England, was the founding editor. It was owned by Iowa-based VisioNation, Ltd. (now defunct) – Chip Eagle (né Charles Arthur Eagle, Jr.; born 1959), president and publisher. Its sister publications included the e-zine (i) BluesWax and magazines (ii) Blues Revue and (iii) Dirty Linen. The editors regarded Dirty Linen, acquired by VisioNation in 2007, as a compliment to FolkWax.

People

 * Arthur Wood, founding editor
 * "Maine Native Paul Now a National Name in Folk Music" (re: Ellis Paul)


 * Kerry Dexter (née Kathleen Kerry Dexter; born 1948) senior contributing editor
 * Bob Gersztyn (né Robert Louis Gersztyn; born 1947), senior contributing editor; based in Salem, Oregon, Gersztyn is an author and photographer specializing in music and religion. He has published five books many articles and images
 * Evert Wilbrink, senior contributing editor


 * Jamie Heiman, contributing editor
 * John Gorka (born 1958), contributing editor
 * October 4, 2001: Jamie Heiman's interview with Ellis Paul


 * Michael Flynn, contributing writer
 * Sarah Craig, contributing writer
 * June 2009: "The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer – Spanning Generations on the High Wire" (review of Antje Duvekot's 2009 album)


 * Richard Ludmerer, contributing writer
 * Mairead Lemonade (pseudonym of Mairead Kathleen Gartland; born abt 1989), contributing writer
 * Phil Reser (né Phillip Craig Reser; born 1946), contributing writer
 * Donald E. Wilcock (born 1944), contributing writer of Schenectady
 * Kell Waddle, contributing writer
 * Jason Wesley, contributing writer
 * Lynn H. McLachlan, contributing writer, Toronto-based music journalist

FolkWax readers' poll awards
(selected by FolkWax readers)

FolkWax Artist of the Year

 * 2001: Ellis Paul
 * 2003: David Mallett
 * 2005: John Prine
 * 2007: Gretchen Peters
 * 2008: Carrie Newcomer

Nominations

 * 2008: Eric Taylor

FolkWax Album of the Year

 * 2003: Artist in Me, David Mallett
 * 2005: Fair & Square, John Prine, Oh Boy
 * 2008: The Geography of Light, Carrie Newcomer, Rounder Records

Nominations

 * 2008: Hollywood Pocketknife, Eric Taylor, Blue Ruby Music

Masthead

 * VisioNation, Ltd.
 * Chip Eagle (né Charles Arthur Eagle, Jr.; born 1959), president and publisher
 * Donald Milton Clarke (born 1940), associate editor for VisioNation and factual coordinator for Blues Revue
 * Mark Harbeke, publication editor
 * VisioNation, Ltd., publisher of:

 BluesWax http://www.blueswax.com was based in Des Moines  Blues Revue; – Kenneth Bay became managing editor in 2005; at some point, Art Tipaldi (né Arthur J. Tipaldi; born 1949) was named interim editor, replacing Ken Bays. Tipaldi, an English teacher at Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, began writing for Blues Revue in 1994. Blue Revue was headquartered in Salem and West Union, West Virginia.  Dirty Linen, – a United States-based bimonthly magazine of folk and world music; it was established as a Maryland entity, "Dirty Linen, Ltd.," February 28, 1989; corporation status was forfieted October 2, 2009, for failure to file property return for 2008. Before that, Dirty Linen, Ltd., merged with VisioNation, Ltd., effective September 1, 2007. The offices were moved from Towson, Maryland, to Salem, West Virginia, but the editorial and production offices remained in Towson. The former owners Paul S. Hartman (né Paul Stuart Hartman; born 1956) and his wife, Susan S. Hartman (née Susan Sigrid Rensvold; born 1955) remained as editors until 2010 – Paul had been editor from January 1987 through April 2010  FolkWax; at some point, Don Wilcock was editor-in-chief


 * VisioNation, Ltd., also owned and operated:

 International House of Mojo/CDMojo.com, an online music store (not to be confused with The International House of Mojo)  VizzTone Label Group, Ltd., a record company based in Des Moines, established June 26, 2007, as an Iowa entity; Administrative Dissolution August 8, 2018  Sagebrush Productions, a music video documentary company


 * www.visnat.com or 515.440.0610 (West Des Moines, Iowa)


 * VisioNation, Ltd., was an Iowa entity established August 13, 1999; Administrative Dissolution August 6, 2010

Selected articles

 * General articles

 Lynn H. McLachlan, "How To Create Your Own Scene" (interview of Brian Gladstone) June 2002 (transcription accessible via Brian Gladstone's website); this was McLachlan's first article with FolkWax


 * Reviews

 Kerry Dexter, "Celtic Tunes for a Spring Celebration" April 7, 2005; review of Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas' 2005 album, Fire & Grace (transcription accessible via Culburnie Records' website, Fraser's label)  Arthur Wood, "An Evolution and an Ending," July 26, 2006; review of Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer's 2006 album, Seven Is the Number


 * "Sittin In" series

 Jason Wesley, "Sittin' In With Steve Forbert" (re: Steve Forbert), April 2003 (transcription accessible via Steve Forbert's website)  Kerry Dexter, "Sitting In With Robin Williams, April 15, 2004 (re: Robin and Linda Williams) (transcription accessible via Robin and Linda's website) <li> Bob Gersztyn, "FolkWax Is Sittin' In With Bruce Cockburn" (re: Bruce Cockburn), November 2006 (transcription accessible via Bruce Cockburn's website)</ol>

Other folk music e-zines

 * Rambles.net (free), established May 30, 1999
 * Roots Music Canada (free), established November 17, 2009 (Gordon Lightfoot's 71st birthday)
 * STLBlues.net (free), established in 2000. The site server is based in St. Louis, Dave Beardsley (né David M. Beardsley; born 1959) is the founder and website registrant. Beardsley is a co-founder of the National Blues Museum


 * (list)