News & Views
| Songs Inside The Box wins awards |
Mike Brantley of the Mobile Press-Register wrote about the documentary winning a couple of awards. Click for more...
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| Premier Guitar features article on Cigar Box Nation |
Bob Cianci of Premier Guitar will never think of guitars in the same way after watching Songs Inside The Box and talking with some of the people who are in the documentary. He wrote a very nice article! Click for more...
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| The York Daily Record writes about the King |
Mike Argento of The York Daily Record wrote about the King of the Cigar Box Guitar (Shane Speal of York, PA) who was planning a gallery showing of instruments, CD release, and screening of Songs Inside The Box. (Reproduced here courtesy of the AARP Bulletin.) Click for more...
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| The Birmingham News covers opening of the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival |
Greg Richter of The Birmingham News wrote about a Lindsey festival panel discussion in which producer/director Max Shores participated and the opening night screenings, including Songs Inside The Box. Click for more...
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| Swampland.com features preview of the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival |
As Swampland.com looked ahead to literary events in March, they featured a preview of the Lindsey Film Festival including its opening film, Songs Inside The Box. Click for more...
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| Songs Inside The Box screened at the Fingerlakes Celebration of the Cigar Box Guitar |
MPNnow.com had an article about the October 2008 cigar box guitar festival in the Rochester, New York area that included a screening of the documentary. Click for more...
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| A Report from the Songs Inside The Box Premiere in Huntsville, Alabama |
Pat Newcomb of the Huntsville Times dropped in for the premiere screening and some cigar box guitar music at the 4th Annual Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza. She became fascinated by the interesting characters and unique music. Click for more....
And there is a photo essay by Bob Gathany of the Huntsville Times too!
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| Songs Inside The Box to premiere in Huntsville, Alabama |
Jon Busdeker of the Huntsville Times wrote an article for the June 19th edition about the upcoming 4th Annual Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza at the Flying Monkey Arts Center. Click for more...
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| Cigar Box Guitar Revolution in 2008 Blues Festival Guide Magazine |
 Distributed free at major blues music events, the 2008 Blues Festival Guide came off the press in late April and includes a four page spread on the cigar box guitar revolution including information about the documentary, Songs Inside The Box. The article is online as a PDF file.
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| Ted Crocker Interviewed by Modern Guitars Magazine |
Luthier (that's someone who builds guitars) Ted Crocker was interviewed in the 12/27/07 edition of Modern Guitars about the special guitar he made for the John Sayles movie, Honeydripper. Ted served as a content consultant for Songs Inside The Box and he mentioned it in the interview. Click for more...
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| Lowebow-Hill Harp Guitars Featured in AP Article |
Memphis Associated Press writer Woody Baird released this article on 12/19/07 which applaudes the thunderous power of the cigar box guitars that resulted from collaboration by John Lowe and Richard Johnston. You'll hear a lot of this sound in the Songs Inside The Box documentary! Click for more...
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