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A Punter’s Perspective Random observations on the wide, weird world of folk from the side of the stage
By Bill Quinn

"...And then a funny thing happened on the way to a singing session one cold Saturday night in Canberra: the radio announced a burgeoning young star from Lexington, Kentucky and I was hopelessly hooked." A Punter's Perspective article

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Singer-Songwriter Almira Fawn
By Amanda Harper

As TOPS caught up with eleven year-old Almira Fawn, she had just begun picking the first few notes of "Hotel California". Tops in Lexington article


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Sixth-grader is making a name for herself as singer
With school almost out, 11-year-old is busy booking her summer tour
By Mary Meehan
Published Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Close your eyes, and the voice echoing from the speakers about longing and pain could easily belong to a wise and weary 30-year-old who's finally found an outlet in song. But there, center stage, barefoot, long dark hair blowing in the breeze, is Almira Fawn Southworth, 11. The bass she's playing extends easily a foot above her head. Herald Leader article



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11-year-old singer-songwriter wows crowd at Greenfield Lake (Star News Online)
By John Staton Staff Writer
Published: Friday, March 27, 2009

Oftentimes a concert’s opening act is little more than background music, but a crowd of several hundred at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater on Friday treated Almira Fawn like she was the main attraction. Almira, an 11-year-old singer and songwriter from Lexington, Ky., was in Wilmington to open up for JJ Grey & Mofro, a Florida band that sold out the 1,000-or-so seat amphitheater. Star Newsline article