Fine Folks

ASCAP honors Ian Tyson at Folk Alliance gathering in Memphis, TN

As part of the 2008 Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, Tennessee in February, ASCAP presented a Citation of Excellence to Canadian folk and cowboy music legend Ian Tyson. Accompanying the presentation was a musical tribute featuring performances by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Po’ Girl, Adam Levy and Tyson friend and protégé Tom Russell.

ASCAP also presented a Quiet on the Set showcase at the conference featuring Po’ Girl, Adam Levy, Meg Hutchinson, Andy White, Vienna Teng and Christopher Williams.

Adam Levy, Meg Hutchinson and ASCAP's Okrent	Andy White
(lr): Tyson’s publicist Richard Flohil, Stony Plain Records President Holger Peterson, Russell, ASCAP’s Jim Steinblatt, Tyson, ASCAP’s Brendan Okrent, Seth Saltzman and Tyson’s manager Paul Mascioli	Vienna Teng