We at Refrain Magazine want to thank our readers for their patience over the past  year while the magazine has done an overhall and a major move.  The editorial offices have moved permanently to Moriarty, New Mexico. Refrain Magazine will continue to cover acts that tour through the Northern Plains, but will include the Southwest and other musicians, writers, and entertainers from all over North America.

Refrain pledges to offer more to its readers. Look for more downloads, more in-depth interviews, more concert reviews, and more CD, DVD, and book reviews. Though our corporate offices have changed, the magazine will continue to offer you the finest entertainment writing available.

One major change will occur, however. Our calendar will no longer post individual band dates for any one region. It will, however, post major jam/blues/acoustic music festivals in both date format and annotated format as it always has.  The calendar will include festivals from all over the country, not just in the northern tier of the US.  So start looking for that next month.

We also will be starting a brand new monthly series, focusing on womyn’s musicians. Yes, I know I’ve been promising this for some time, but it will occur starting in February, the month of love. And we want to show these sisters some deep Refrain love.

Our first interview is with Canadian multi-instrumentalist Lyndell Montgomery.  Other musicians will include MJ Kroll, Tret Fury, and more. If you have a favorite musician in the womyn’s community, please contact the editor, and we’ll try to secure an interview for the magazine.

Refrain will also provide music links to hear samples of the music featured here. We tried to get a music player set up to offer streaming music and live interviews, but that proved problematic.  In the coming months, though, look for tracks from new music.

So, if you haven’t read us in awhile, come on back. If you’re new to Refrain, welcome. If you’ve been a loyal reader, we love you and look forward to your continued support.

If you have a story or a band you think our readers would like to hear about, shoot the editor an email and we’ll get on it.

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