In the fall of 1999, I agreed to work as the Folk Music guide at About.com mostly for the opportunity of creating an online MP3 magazine modeled on the philosophy of Fast Folk Musical Magazine. The first issue came out on the last day of December of that year. During the following year, About.com's constant management shifts and changing content demands made it difficult to continue putting out the magazine regularly, and the site proved to be ineffective in drawing listeners to download the MP3s. My affiliation with About.com ended in Sept. 2001, but the lyrics and bios for the Fenario issues that came out continue to reside here at balladtree.com for archival interest. The mp3.com website became a lame commercial music portal about two years later and the Fenario MP3s are no longer available, except in some cases by the individual artists.
| Fenario Music Issues: Lyrics, Bios & MP3s | |
| 12/30/99 | Vol. 1, #1: Richard Krueger, Vernon Tonges, Mary Melena, Patrick McGuigan |
| 1/30/00 | Vol. 1, #2: Adrienne Jones, Richard Meyer, Edward J. Smith, Hugh Blumenfeld |
| 3/12/00 | Vol. 1, #3: Bill Camplin, Amilia K. Spicer, Anne Heaton, and The Sons of the Never Wrong |
| 4/14/00 | Vol. 2, #1: Annie Gallup, JP Jones, Peter Spencer, Travis Steele Nevels. |
| 5/30/00 | Vol. 2, #2: Ruthie Foster, Small Potatoes, Ray Gonzalez, Marc Berardo. |
| 10/2/00 | Vol. 2, #3: Andrew Calhoun, Claire Bard, Raglan Road, Teddy Goldstein |
| 11/6/00 | Vol. 3, #1: Diane Zeigler, Suzanne McDermott, Colorblind James Experience, Dana Robinson |
| 10/20/01 | Vol. 3, #2: Doug Hoekstra, Tom Ross, Charlie Sohmers, Jeff Talmadge |
| 11/20/01 | Vol. 3 #3: Jenn Adams, Rachael Davis, Lucy Chapin, Kate McDonnell |
* Both MP3s and CDR collections were originally available from mp3.com when it was an independent musicians' website. Neither have been available since 2002.
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