Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
April 2014 vol 49, No. 4
April Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm 1 Tue Old-Time Music Jam, 7:30-9:30pm in Brooklyn 2 Wed Folk Open Sing, 7pm in Brooklyn 6 Sun Folk and Sea Music Sing-around; John St. Church, 2-4pm 6 Sun Woody Guthrie Brooklyn Hoot: 7pm. Round robin song- fest at Jalopy Theatre in Red Hook, Brooklyn. 6 Sun Joseph Decosimo and friends: 7pm, Suffern, NY 7 Mon FMSNY Board of Directors Meeting, 7:15pm; see p. 5 8 Tue start of Balkan Singing Classes with Eva Salina Primack- see page 3 11 Fri. Anne Price & Rita Deutsch; 8pm, Upper West Side 12 Sat Pete Seeger Celebration Sing-Along; 8pm, Peoples' Voice 15 Tue Old-Time Music Jam, 7:30-9:30pm in Brooklyn 20 Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2-5 pm 26 Sun Sugar Pie String Band: 7:30pm, Suffern, NY 28 Mon Newsletter Mailing, 7pm in Jackson Heights (Queens) 29 Tue Old-Time Music Jam, 7:30-9:30pm in Brooklyn May Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm 2 Fri John Roberts & Tony Barrand concert, St John's Church 7 Wed Folk Open Sing, 7pm in Brooklyn 12 Mon FMSNY Board of Directors Meeting, 7:15pm; see p. 5 13 Tue Old-Time Music Jam, 7:30-9:30pm in Brooklyn 16 Fri Dan Levenson, Banjo player, fiddler & singer, Park Slope 17 Sat Clawhammer Banjo Workshop: Details tba- 18 Sun Shanty Sing, 2-5pm on Staten Island 27 Tue Old-Time Music Jam, 7:30-9:30pm in Brooklyn 23-26: Spring Folk Music Weekend - see flier in centerfold 30 Fri Folk Songs, Stories, and Rituals of Cornwall. Educational workshop presented by Kathy Wallis. Upper West Side Details on pages 2-4; Table of Contents page 5 Spring Weekend, May 23-26 Hudson Valley Resort & Spa reserve now! see flier in centerfold The Society’s web page: www.folkmusicny.org - 1 - Irish Traditional Music Session: Mondays: 8-11pm Tenor banjo, harmonica and fiddle player Don Meade and friends get together every Monday night for an Irish traditional music session in the back room of this historic Hell’s Kitchen bar/restaurant. Free admission; food and drink are available. Musicians and singers and listeners welcome. At the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue (on 46th St), Manhattan; co-sponsored with and led by Don Meade; for info 212-247-2562 or http://www.blarneystar.com/ Old-Time Instrumental Jam: Alternate Tuesdays: April 1st, 13th & 29th; 7:30-9:30pm Wanna JAM? Alan Friend will lead an old-time jam from 7:30 to 9:30pm at the Brook- lyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain every other Tuesday as indicated. Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, etc. and we’ll play old-time music at this small, warm, friendly venue. Acoustic instruments only-- no electric ones. Buy some delicious desserts and socialize while you’re here, as well. The Farmacy is located at 513 Henry St. (at Sackett St.) in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Info: alanfriend_music (at) mindspring.com. Folk Open Sing: Wednesdays; April 2nd, & May 7th; 7-10pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. Drop by for a couple of songs or the whole evening. At the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Directions: F or Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture/Good Coffeehouse, Folk Music Society of NY/NYPFMC, Alison Kelley, and Frank Woerner. Info: Frank, 212-533-2139. Maritime & Folk Music & Song Circle; Sunday, April 6th; 2-4pm Bring your voices, instruments and friends! Hosted by The New York Packet. Co- sponsored with and at the John Street Church, 44 John St. (east of Broadway and one block south of and parallel to Fulton), near Fulton St. subway stop. Info: 212-957-8386. Voluntary Donation requested. Some snacks are provided and please bring something to share. (no alcohol please) Woody Guthrie Brooklyn Hoot: Sunday, April 6th ; 7pm The club is cosponsoring this second annual round robin songfest celebrating the music of Woody Guthrie. Featuring Don Friedman, Alan Friend, Beth Kotkin, Joel Landy, Anne Price, and Steve Suffet. At the Jalopy Theatre & School of Music, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. Jalopy is located just a few hundred yards from where Woody shipped out when he served in the US Merchant Marine during World War II. $10 cover. Nearest bus stop: B61 at Columbia & Carroll. Info: 718-395-3214. Joseph Decosimo and friends; house concert in Suffern, NY Sun., April 6th; Pot luck 5:30pm, Concert 7pm, tunes to follow Traditional Old time music from Tennessee: Fiddle tunes, Tennessee repertoire, great singing. Winner of Appalachian string band convention Fiddle and Band Contest. See their website: http://josephdecosimomusic.virb.com/home. Hear them: http:// josephdecosimomusic.virb.com/bucking-mules Pot luck 5:30pm, house Concert at 7pm, tunes to follow, workshops possible!! If interested-please let us know. FMSNY is co-sponsoring this house concert at the home of Susan Sterngold and Mike Resnick, 5 Lancaster Dr Suffern, NY 10901 (about 30 mi NW of NYC on the NJ border). RSVP: banjolady.susan(at)verizon.net or 914-282- 0289. $20 (members, $18) Continued on next page - 2 - FMSNY Events Details- Continued Balkan Singing Classes with Eva Salina Primack Tuesday Nights April 8-May 13 Eva's workshops provide a comfortable and friendly environment, a relatively infor- mal way to learn great songs and lots of Balkan-specific vocal technique, in a small enough group that there's room for individual attention. Eva includes a wide variety of repertoire from various Balkan folk singing traditions in her classes: single melody/ unison songs, melody-and-drone songs, three-part harmony songs, and some polyphony as well. To read more about Eva's teaching, please visit www.evasalina.com/teaching/ The series is open to singers with all levels of experience, however, ability to match pitch and interest in singing close harmonies aids in the success of the group learning process. The cost of the 6 week series is $110 (special for FMSNY members). April 8, 15, 22, 29: 7:30-9:00PM, May 6 and 13: 7:45-9:15 PM all in Park Slope. Please inquire via email (eva(at)evasalina.com) to enroll in the series. Space is extremely limited, so a timely response is requested. Depending on the amount of responses, a second evening (Wednesdays), may be added. Also note: If you live in Manhattan (close to subway) and are interested in hosting a Wednesday night series (in the same range of dates--April 9-May 14--in exchange for tuition waiver), please contact Eva to discuss this possibility. Anne Price & Rita Deutsch: Friday, April 11th; 8 pm Rita Deutsch and Anne Price have been sing- ing together for the past two years. They met through the Folk Music Society of New York’s Facebook page, and quickly discovered they lived across the street from one another. Anne, a Bronx native, has been an active member of the Folk Music Society for many years. She has been singing folk songs since childhood, and performing them publicly since her college days in the 1960s. She has performed at many venues in the New York area and throughout the Northeast, as well as in the United Kingdom. Rita, who grew up in New York City but lived in Florida for many years, has been playing guitar and singing since her early teens. She had been active in folk music venues at the Broward Folk Club for over a decade before returning to the Big Apple in 2009. Rita and Anne sing harmonies on old favorites by such songwriters as John Denver, Bill Staines, Kate Wolf, and Carole King, along with some less known gems. Seating limited; reservations required. E-mail [email protected] or call 718-543-4971 for reservations. General admission $15; FMSNY members $12; children or F/T stu- dents $6. At the home of John Ziv & Deborah Rubin, 243 West 98th Street, Apt. 6A, just west of Broadway, Upper West Side, Manhattan. Intercom code is 22 plus bell symbol located at lower right of keypad. (Phone 212-662-6575 if problem with intercom.) Pete Seeger Celebration Sing-Along: Saturday, April 12th; 7pm The club is cosponsoring this participatory event. Come prepared to sing! At the Peoples' Voice Cafe, Community Church of New York, 40 East 35th Street, Midtown Manhattan. $5 or $10 contribution requested to cover expenses. Doors open 7:30pm. Info: 212-787-3903. Shanty Sing: Sunday, April 20th; 2-5pm We are co-sponsoring the Shanty Sing on the 3rd Sunday of every month. The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) are from 2 to 5 pm at the Noble Gallery, Building D, Snug Continued on next page - 3 - FMSNY Events Details- Continued Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY. Refreshments are available, including beer and wine for sale. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. For more information about the Noble Collection, go to http://www.noblemaritime. org/ -- click on "Visitor Information" for directions and a printable map. For further information contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or 347-267-9394. Sugar Pie String Band; house concert in Suffern, NY Sat., April 26th; Pot luck 6pm, Concert 7:30pm, tunes to follow Featuring clawhammer banjo queen Hilarie Burhans (Hotpoint Stringband, Ratchet Mtn. Rock Farmers), acclaimed fiddler and tune writer Janie Rothfield (Red Hen Stringband, Coracree), rockin’ guitarist Kellie Allen (Orpheus Supertones) and always in the groove bass player Sabra Guzmán (Old Sledge, Old Buck.), these four ladies have serious old time chops and combine a sweet combustion of traditional hot tunes, old songs and great singing! Since their formation in April, 2013, Sugar Pie has appeared at the Chesapeake Dance Weekend, performed live on WAMU, played for the Clifftop Square Dance, recorded a CD (A Message from Home), and toured in Australia! Pot luck 6pm, house Concert at 7:30pm, tunes to follow, FMSNY is co-sponsoring this house concert at the home of Susan Sterngold and Mike Resnick, 5 Lancaster Dr. Suffern, NY 10901 (about 30 mi NW of NYC on the NJ border). RSVP: banjolady. susan(at)verizon.net or 914-282- 0289. Reservations Recommended! $20 (members, $18) Newsletter Mailing: Monday, April 28th; 7pm We need your help to mail out the next Newsletter. Join the important band of volunteers that sticks the stamps and labels, and seals the pages to mail out this newsletter. At the home of Don Wade and Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72nd Street, Jackson Heights (Queens). Right near the “74 St” Station of the #7 line or the “Roosevelt Ave-Jackson Heights” Station of the E, F and R trains. (Cat in residence.) Info: 718-672-6399. John Roberts & Tony Barrand: Friday, May 2nd; 8pm Legends – a series showcasing some of the great performers in various folk fields. Widely acclaimed for their lively and entertaining presentations of English folk songs, John Roberts and Tony Barrand have performed at major festivals, colleges, clubs and coffeehouses throughout the US, Canada, and their native Britain. They sing the ballads and songs of rural pursuits, of social and sociable situations, of industrial toil and strife, of the sea and much more, typically arranging their material thematically to better illustrate the lives and the social history of the people who made and sang the songs. Their songs are punctuated with tales, monologues and dance tunes, giving a more complete appreciation of the diversity, and vitality of the English folk tradition. At St. John's Church, 81 Christopher Street, Manhattan 10014, between Bleecker St and 7th Avenue South. Subway: Christopher Street on the #1, West 4th Street on A B C D E F and M. Admission $22 general public; $18 FMSNY members, $10 for kids under 12 and full-time students. Tickets at the door or on-line at: http://bpt.me/613575. (service fee applies). Information 212-957-8386 - 4 - Topical Listing of Society Events For details of current events see pages 2-4 Weekends May 23-26: Spring Folk Music Weekend, at HVRS - see flier in centerfold and online at www.folkmusicny.org/weekends.html#spring Oct. 31-Nov.2: Fall Folk Music Weekend, at HVRS - save the dates! Concerts *Legends–a series showcasing some great performers in various folk fields Fri, May 2: John Roberts & Tony Barrand concert*, 8pm, St John's Church Tue, June 10: Bob Walser, John Street Church Fri, July 18: John McCutcheon*, 8pm, St John's Church, Christopher St. Workshops and Special Programs Sun., April 6: Woody Guthrie Brooklyn Hoot. 7pm. Round robin songfest at Jalopy Theatre in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Tue., April 8: start of Balkan Singing Classes with Eva Salina Primack- see p.3 Sat., May 17: Clawhammer Banjo Workshop: followed by Old-Time Jam ; Dan Levenson, Details tba--contact alanfriend_music(at)mindspring.com Fri., May 30: Folk Songs, Stories, and Rituals of Cornwall. Educational work- shop presented by Kathy Wallis. Upper West Side Wed, June 11: Bob Walser workshop; to be announced Sept. 2015: The Club's 50th Anniversary House Concerts Fri., April 11: Anne Price & Rita Deutsch; 8pm, Upper West Side location Sun., April 6: Joseph Decosimo and friends, 7pm, Suffern, NY Sat., April 26: Sugar Pie; Old Time Stringband Music, 7:30pm, Suffern, NY Fri., May 16: Dan Levenson, Banjo player, fiddler & singer, location tba Sings and Informal Jams Sun., April 6: Folk and Sea Music Sing-around; John St. Church, 2-4pm Sat., April 12: Pete Seeger Celebration Sing-Along; 8pm, Peoples' Voice Cafe Folk Open Sing: First Wednesday of each month (April 2, May 7, June 4, etc.), 7-10 pm; Ethical Culture Society in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Irish Traditional Music Session: every Monday, 8-11 pm, Landmark Tavern, 11th Avenue and 46th Street; free. Old-Time Instrumental Jam: every other Tuesday at the Farmacy in Brooklyn: April 1, 15, 29, May 13, 20, June 3, 17, etc. Shanty Sing: on the 3rd Sunday, 2-5 pm on Staten Island (April 20, May 18, etc.) Business Meetings, etc. Newsletter Mailing: Monday, April 28th, 7pm in Queens -- see p.4 Board of Directors Meeting: 7:15pm, usually the second Monday except August (note first Monday, April 7, then May 12, June 9, etc.), at 18 W 18th St., be- tween 5th & 6th Aves; ask at 6th floor reception for room. Info. call Heather at 212-957-8386. Table of Contents Events at a Glance...... 1 Calendar Location Info...... 12 Society Events Details...... 2 Repeating Events...... 15 Topical Listing of Society Events.. 5 Folk Music Society Info...... 17 Pete Seeger Sing Reports...... 6 Peoples' Voice ad...... 18 From The Editor ...... 7 Pinewoods Hot Line...... 19 Weekend Scholarships...... 7 Membership Form - Join Us!...... 20 Members' Publications Noted...... 8 Weekend flier...... Centerfold Calendar Listings...... 9 - 5 - Reviews: Pete Seeger Memorial Sing In historic John Street Church, Sun. 2 March Over 200 people attended (club members, Clearwater Sloop Sing- ers, Meetup members, and more). The sound of their voices was just magnificent in the church. The event was a nice mix of anec- dotal stories about Pete, punctuated with the great songs, both his or inspired by him. A particularly poignant moment was when Jane Babits read a poem she had written about Pete. Jan Christensen was emcee, and other singers from near and far added their songs and stories. Geoff Kaufman and Rick Nestler traveled in for the event, despite the storm warnings. Many thanks to Rev. Jason P. Radmacher, pastor of the church, for hosting and co-sponsoring the event. We raised $700 for the Clearwater, and acceding to several requests, this will become an annual fixture on the first Sunday in March. -Heather Wood The New York Packet’s Pete Seeger Memorial Sing With Geoff Kaufman & Rick Nestler We gathered on Sunday afternoon at the historic John Street Methodist Church in lower Manhattan to honor and remember a man whose songs, and life, inspired people around the world. For some of us, he was more, a friend and a mentor whose encouragement helped us to find, and raise, our own voices as instruments of change. I had the pleasure of singing once again in the company of two dear friends and fellow Hudson River Sloop Singers, Rick Nestler and Geoff Kaufman, with my mates in The Packet, and with old friends from the Sloop Singers and the New York folk music community. It went beyond memorable and entered the spiritual as the songs, stories, and memories built one upon the other. The sanctuary was full and the audience was primed to sing and blend its energy with that of the performers on stage to make the walls ring with a warm and joyful resonance. It seemed so right to be here in this beautiful old church, since Pete had sung in so many houses of worship of different faiths in so many places over his long life. Pete could make this kind of magic with seeming ease and we hoped our efforts to pay tribute to him and his wife Toshi would yield at least an echo of that. What happened was much greater, as if Peter were quietly with us all and within each of us, as he was in life when we sang. The three hours flew, yet seemed to last an enchanting forever. We closed standing, holding hands, on stage and in the pews, as the pastor, Rev. Jason Radmacher, led us in “Amazing Grace.” It was a hymn always close to Pete’s heart, and the right way to bring this moving and memorable afternoon to an end. -Jan Christensen (Pictures by Jan Christensen; more of Jan's and Eric's pictures are available online in our scrapbook: http://www.folkmusicny/Scrapbook/Scrapbook.html) The Folk Music Society’s web page: www.folkmusicny.org - 6 - Eileen Pentel By the time you receive this newsletter, I hope that spring has really arrived. Fortu- nately, there is music. Enjoy our Old-Time Music Jams, the Irish Traditional Music Sessions, the Shanty Sing and more. There is a Folk and Sea Music Sing-Around, the Woody Guthrie Brooklyn Hoot, a concert with Joseph Decosimo and friend, one with Anne Price & Rita Deutsch, and another with the Sugar Pie String Band. Don’t forget to check out the Balkan Singing Classes. Join us for the Pete Seeger Celebration Sing-Along. On May 2nd, we will be presenting John Roberts and Tony Barrand in concert. What a great way to start May. Don’t forget to register for our Spring Folk Music Weekend -- the flier is in the centerfold of this issue. Thank you to our volunteers at our newsletter mailing—Isabel Goldstein, Betsy Mayer, Sonja Savig, Don Wade and yours truly, Eileen Pentel. Join us for the next fun-filled mailing on Tuesday, April 29th! (see page 4) Weekend Scholarships Available Applications are now being accepted for the Spring weekend for the George Parker Scholarship, the Mayer Scholarship, and the Lil & Lou Appel Scholarship. These funds provide either full or partial scholarships to individuals who could not otherwise attend and who have a strong interest in folk music, singing, and/or instrumental playing. TO APPLY: Please download an application from the website www.folkmusicny.org or request an application form from the address below. The most important consider- ations are financial need and interest in folk music. The candidates will be considered and notified by mail. Please send it in, via mail or e-mail, before April 4, 2014 to: Marilyn Suffet, 41-05 47th Street, Sunnyside, NY 11104. Phone: 718-786-1533; E-mail: ssuffet(at)nyc.rr.com You may make a fully tax-deductible contribution in any amount to any of the funds above by sending a check payable to “Folk Music Society of New York” (noted with the name of the scholarship memorial) to our treasurer, Heather Wood, 444 W. 54 St, #7, NYC, NY 10019 To establish a new named fund in honor of or in memoriam to a loved one, please contact any of our current board members (see list in this newsletter). Correction in Memories And Thoughts From Members About Pete Seeger March issue correction in Sol Weber's remembrance: We inadvertantly left out the last sentence of the paragraph about Sol and Evy visiting Pete. It was a pleasant visit, Toshi feeding us soup, Pete talking, singing, telling anecdotes. He was a funny guy with the common touch -- he's sung some rude rounds to me which I won't repeat. His charming homebuilt house includes a small bathroom with a tiny picture window overlooking the Hudson River valley, and it has a wooden toilet seat. He cracked up when I asked if he belonged to the Birch John Society! -Sol Weber - 7 - Members' Publications Noted This column will briefly list new musical publications: CD's, videos, articles, etc. by members of the Folk Music Society of NY. Send your listings to Eileen Pentel – newsletter(at)folkmusicny.org. Include the name and ordering information/website. The section is intended to list new publications, but we will list existing items in the initial columns. (Non-music publications, presentations, honors, and life-events are reported in The Folk Process. Send information to Ruth Lipman – ruthlipman(at)msn.com.) Ed Lipton's CDs, Fly, Hippopotamus, Fly & New Songs of Jewish Pride, are now available for purchase and/or download. Just type, Ed Lipton CDBaby, into the search engine Sol Weber has Rounds Galore book, $19.95 and Unofficial Set of Add'l Rounds book, $7 To order, contact solweber(at)juno,com. (DISCOUNT if you give him rounds new to him for future use.) Don Wade & Jerry Epstein have put out records on the Minstrel Label for many years and they include the following by members: JD-201: David Jones; Easy & Slow JD-207: Sonja Savig; Nu Takk For Alt JD-211: Bermuda Quadrangle; A Beautiful Life JD-212: Jerry Epstein; Time Has Made a Change in Me JD-213: David Jones; From England's Shore JD-214: Jerry Epstein; Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still JD-215: David Jones; Songs of Exquisite Taste For a complete list and ordering information see: http://www.minstrelrecords.com Evy Mayer - (All CDs are $15 except Rounds Galore & More vol. 3, which is $25.) DT 2-CD Double Trouble - Born to Shop DT 3-CD Double Trouble - Soup to Nuts RG&M -1 CD Rounds Galore & More vol.1 RG&M -2 CD Rounds Galore & More vol.2 RG&M -3 CD Rounds Galore & More vol.3 HM 1- CD Humor Me! TRI 1- CD Triboro To order go to: www.ukelady.com New Caffè Lena Digital Archival Database Q: What has 11,000 items, 54 years of history, rare images of Bob Dylan and origi- nal recordings of Pete Seeger? A: The Caffè Lena Collection, a brand new archival database featuring rare photos and recordings of Pete Seeger and other 1960s folk singers, now searchable online. The complete Caffè Lena Collection (http://caffelenahistory.org/collection) includes 700 hours of recorded performances restored and digitized by Magic Shop Studio (held by the Library of Congress), six boxes of founder Lena Spencer's original papers and her extensive collection of performer files, (held by the Saratoga Springs History Museum), the Lively Lucys Coffeehouse Collection, an important student-run cof- feehouse, (held by Skidmore College), and 7,000 period photographs made at Caffe Lena between 1960 and 1968 by legendary photographer Joe Alper (held by the Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC). The completion of this project coincides with the recent publication of a book Caffe Lena: Inside Americas Legendary Folk Music Coffeehouse, and a companion CD box set. The Caffè Lena Collection online database is now publicly available at http://caffelenahistory.org/collection for research and licensing requests. - 8 - For addresses, times, phone numbers, and other details, see the location information on page 12. An abridged list of repeating events start on p.15; the full list may be viewed at www.folkmusicny.org. Events with a pound sign (#) are run by the club and more info is on pages 2-4; other events are not run by the Club, and information given is the best available at press time. Events with an asterisk (*) feature members of the club. Send information for listing to: listings(at)folkmusicny.org or Margaret Murray, 1684 W. First Street, #C6, Brooklyn, New York 11223. DEADLINE is the 12th of the preceding month. This list is updated online when late-breaking information is avail- able. You can view the online pdf newsletter: there should be an ID number printed on your address label -- use that and your last name to login at: www.fsgw.org/nypfmc. NEW YORK CITY - APRIL town Mondays#: Irish Traditional Music 13 Su Richard Hagopian: World Session at the Landmark; 8pm; see p. 2 Music Institute; 7pm 1 Tu Inna Barmash: New York 15 Tu# Old-Time Music Jam: 7:30- Klezmer Series 9:30pm; see p. 2 1 Tu# Old -Time Music Jam: 7:30- 18-20 6th Annual Brooklyn Folk 9:30pm in Brooklyn; see p. 2 Festival presented by Down 2 We# Folk Open Sing: 7pm in Home Radio Show and Jalopy Brooklyn; see p. 2 Theater: The Bell House, 7th 5 Sa Africa Now!: the Apollo The- St. bet. 2nd & 3rd Aves, Bklyn; ater; WMI www.thebellhouseny.com 5 Sa* Ray Korona Band: Peoples 20 Su# Shanty Sing on Staten Island; Voice Cafe 2-5pm; see pp 2-3 5 Sa* Stout: Tavern Concerts; His- 22 Tu Isaac Sadigursky: New York toric Richmondtown Klezmer Series 6 Su# Folk and Sea Music Sing- 25 Fr David Bromberg Big Band around: John St. Church; and David Johansen: Town 2-4pm; see p. 2 Hall, 8pm 6 Su# Woody Guthrie Brooklyn 25 Fr John Faulkner: Blarney Star; Hoot: Round Robin Songfest Glucksman Ireland House at at Jalopy Theater in Red Hook, NYU Brooklyn; 7pm; see pp 2-3 26 Sa Sharon Abreu & Mike Hur- 8 Tu Brian Glassman’s Klezmer wicz; Colleen Kattau and Jazz Alliance: New York Some Guys: Peoples Voice Klezmer Series 26 Sa Amir Nojan & Nava Ensem- 9 We# Balkan Singing Classes with ble (Persian Music): Roulette, Eva Salina Primack; see p. 3 28 Mo# Newsletter Mailing: 7pm in 10 Th The Cape Breton Scots: Jalopy Jackson Heights (Queens); see Theater; 8pm p. 3 11 Fr# Anne Price* and Rita Deut- 29 Tu Susan Leviton Band: New che: 8pm on the Upper West York Klezmer Series Side; see pp 2-3 29 Tu# Old-Time Music Jam: 7:30- 12 Sa An Evening with Aztec Two- 9:30pm in Brooklyn; see p. 2 Step: First Acoustics; this NEW YORK CITY - MAY concert at Union Temple, 17 Mondays#:Irish Traditional Music Ses- Eastern Parkway at Grand sion at the Landmark; 8pm; see p. 2 Army Plaza; 8pm 2 Fr# John Roberts & Tony Bar- 12 Sa# Pete Seeger Celebration Sing- rand concert: St Johns Church along: 8pm at the Peoples Voice 3 Sa Ben Tousley & Sue Kranz; Cafe; see pp 2-3 Carrie & Michael Kline: 12 Sa Wahoo Skiffle Crazies: Tavern Peoples Voice Cafe Concerts; Historic Richmond- 3 Sa Omar Faruk Tekbilek w/ - 9 - Continued on next page Folk Music Events Calendar- Continued 6 Su Nora Jane Struthers and The Murat Tekbilek (Sufi): Roulette Party Line: House Concert 7 We# Folk Open Sing: 7pm in Series; River Spirit Music; 5pm Brooklyn; see p. 2 6 Su# Joseph Decosimo and Friends: 7 We Strings of the Black Sea: 7pm in Suffern; see pp 2-3 World Music Institute; 7pm 6 Su Woody Mann and Dave Keyes Duo: Turning Point; 4pm LONG ISLAND APRIL 6 Su Joan Osborne: Towne Crier; 4 Fr Zoë Lewis and Matt Na- 7:30pm koa: Garden Stage; UUCCN; 6 Su Willie Porter: Turning Point; 8:30pm 7:30pm 5 Sa “An Evening of Fingerstyle 6 Su The Nellies and M.R. Poulo- Guitar” featuring Bob Ardern, poulos - Benefit for Amanda’s Howard Emerson and Hiroya Journey: Caffè Lena; 2pm Tsukamoto: First Sat. concert; 6 Su Phil Henry & the YaYas; Jony FMSH Nash, opening: Caffè Lena; 5 Sa On Your Radar with WFUV’s 7pm John Platt along with Brother 10 Th Old Number 7 Band: Turning Sun, Martyn Joseph and Amy Point; 8pm Spence: Landmark on Main St. 11 Fr David Johansen: Turning 11 Fr Little Toby Walker: Our Times Point; 8pm Coffeehouse 11 Fr Leo Moran & Anthony This- 17 Th Mountain Maidens & Ed tlewaite: Towne Crier; 8:30pm Ryan: Hard Luck Cafe; FMSH 11-12 9th Annual Blues Weekend - 26 Sa Paula Cole: Landmark on Main Basin Street Blues 4/11 8pm; Street Del Rey 4/12 8pm: Caffè Lena 12 Sa Seamus Kennedy: Walkabout LONG ISLAND - MAY Clearwater Coffeehouse 3 Sa Beaucoup Blue & Jon Brooks: 12 Sa Chris Smither; Milton: Towne 1st Sat. concert; FMSH Crier; 8:30pm NEW YORK STATE - APRIL 12 Sa The CKS Band: Turning Point; 3 Th Bill Kerchen: Towne Crier; 9pm 7:30pm 13 Su Dirk Toll Presents Levelling 3 Th Leo Kottke and Loudon Wain- Changes: Caffè Lena; 2pm wright III: MWB; Tarrytown 13 Su Teetotallers: Towne Crier; Music Hall 7:30pm 4 Fr Mike Gordon: MWB; Tarry- 15 Tu The James Hunter Six: Turn- town Music Hall ing Point; 8pm 4 Fr Peter Mulvey - Silverladder 16 We Cantrip: Caffè Lena; 7pm CD Release Party: Caffè Lena; 18 Fr Old Buck: Rosendale Cafe; 8p 8pm 18 Fr The Kennedys: Turning Point; 4 Fr Christine Santelli Band: Turn- 8pm ing Point; 9pm 18 Fr Christine Ohlman and Rebel 4 Fr Terrance Simien & The Montez: Caffè Lena; 8pm Zydeco Experience: Towne 19 Sa Rory Block: Towne Crier; Crier 8:30pm 5 Sa Jeremy Baum Trio: Turning 19 Sa Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Point Cafe; 9pm Malkine present “Virtuoso In- 5 Sa Rory Block: Caffè Lena; 8pm eptitude”: Rosendale Cafe; 8pm 5 Sa Sam Boker & Carrie Elkin: 19 Sa Rev Billy C. Wirtz: Turning Common Ground @ South Point; 6pm Church; 7:30pm 19 Sa Riley Etheridge Band: Turning 5 Sa Cricket Tell the Weather: Point; 9pm Rosendale Cafe; 8pm 19 Sa Elizabeth Woodbury-Kasius 5 Sa “Lennon Re-Imagined” w/ The & Heard with Joy Adler open- Nutopians: Towne Crier ing: Caffè Lena; 8pm - 10 - Continued on next page Folk Music Events Calendar- Continued NEW JERSEY - APRIL 20 Su Tribecastan: Towne Crier; 3 Th Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett 7:30pm with special guest Patrick Dyer 24 Th Laurence Juber: Turning Wolf: Outpost in the Burbs Point; 8pm 4 Fr Jack Williams with The 25 Fr Driftwood: Caffè Lena; 8pm Levins: The Minstrel 25 Fr Back to the Garden 1969: 11 Fr The Bucky Pizzarelli -Ed Towne Crier: 8:30pm Laub Duo with Grover 25 Fr Geoff Muldaur: Rosendale Kemble: The Minstrel Cafe; 8pm 11 Fr Lil’s Sing: at the home of Diane 25 Fr Joe Delia’s Thieves: Turning Daniele, 531 Prospect Av., Point; 9pm Oradell; 8:30pm 26 Su# Sugar Pie Stringband: 7:30pm 19 Sa Joe Crookston with Connor in Suffern; see pg, 4 Garvey opening: Hurdy Gurdy 26 Sa Cheryl Arena Band: Turning 25 Th The Honey Dewdrops: Princ- Point; 9pm eton Folk Music Society 26 Sa Nicole Atkins: Emelin Theater 25 Fr No Fuss and Feathers Road- (resched. from March); 8pm show: Carolann Solebello, 26 Sa Pierre Bensusan: Caffè Lena; Karyn Oliver and The YaYas: 8pm this show to be held in Fletcher 26 Sa Roosevelt Dime and Drift- Hall; Outpost in the Burbs wood: Common Ground Cof- 25 Fr Spuyten Duyvil with Robinson feehouse; 7:30pm Treacher: The Minstrel 26 Sa Chris Trapper with special 26 Sa The Grand Slambovians: guest The Trapps; Towne Acoustic Cafe; Park Ridge Crier, 8:30pm NEW JERSEY - MAY 27 Su John McCutcheon: Towne 2 Fr Ocean Celtic with Millstone Crier; 7:30pm River Morris: The Minstrel 27 Su Geoff Muldaur: Caffè Lena; 7p 29 Tu Alasdair Fraser and Nata- CONNECTICUT - APRIL lie Haas: Storm King School 4 Fr Ted Vigil (John Denver Tribute Acoustic Music Series; 8-9pm Show): Ridgefield Playhouse NEW YORK STATE - MAY 5 Sa Mark Erelli: Sounding Board 2 Fr Garland Jeffereys Trio: Turn- 6 Su The Carper Family: Acoustic ing Point; 9pm Celebration (at St. Stephens 2 Fr Jon Brooks & Colleen Kattau: North Hall, 351 Main St., Caffè Lena Ridgefield; 4pm 2 Fr Ellis Paul: Towne Crier; 11 Fr Art Garfunkel: The Ridgefield 8:30pm Playhouse 3 Sa John Batdorf: Turning Point; 11 Fr Julian Lage and Chris El- 5pm dridge: Bridge Street Live; 8p 3 Sa Frank Jaklitsch and Friends: 12-13 34th Anniversary Shows with Caffè Lena; 8pm Pat Donohue plus special guest 3 Sa Professor Louie & Crow- Stephen Bennett (Sun. show matix: Turning Point; 8:30pm only): Roaring Brook Concerts; 3 Sa David Wax Museum: Towne 4/12 at 7:30pm; 4/13 at 7pm Crier; 8:30pm 12 Sa Porch Party Mamas: North- 4 Su Jonathan Edwards: Caffè west Park Concert Series Lena; 7pm 12 Sa Sparky & Rhonda Rucker: 4 Su Fred Gillen Jr. & Friends Branford Folk Farewell Show: River Spirit 12 Sa Nora Jane Struthers and & Music House Concert Series; 5p The Party Line: Sounding 4 Su Lword Pride Party Presents Board Kiyomi Valentine & Lori Mi- 12 Sa The Teetotalers: Celtic Airs at chaels: Turning Point; 4pm Wilde Audit; U. of Hartford 13 Su Big Apple’achia: Sunday Night - 11 - Continued on next page Folk Music Events Calendar- Continued Bluegrass Series Bluegrass Series 27 Su Ernest Troost: Acoustic Cel- 13 Su Lee Murdock: House Concerts ebration; 4pm in No. Stonington at 4 Starlight La.; res. nec.; 860-434-2047 or CONNECTICUT - MAY 860-535-8485; 4pm 1 Th Tom Chapin & Livingston 18 Fr Guy Davis: Bridge Street Live; Taylor and guest Jammin’ Di- 8pm vas: The Ridgefield Playhouse 19 Sa Walt Michael & Co.: Sounding 2 Fr The Kennedys: Friday Night Board Folk at All Souls 24 Th Melissa Etheridge: Ridgefield 2 Fr Simon & Garfunkel Tribute Playhouse Night: CT Folk; Spaceland 26 Sa Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem: Ballroom, Hamden Sounding Board 2 Fr Brooks Williams: Salmon 26 Sa Geoff Muldaur: Roaring Brook Brook Music Series; Fellow- Concerts ship Hall of So. Congregational 26 Sa Ellis Paul: Nights at Beekley Church, 242 Salmon Brook St., 26 Sa Small Potatoes: Good Folk Granby; 860-916-5066 Coffeehouse 3 Sa Harvey Reid & Joyce Ander- 27 Su Grass Routes: Sunday Night son: Roaring Brook Concerts
This list gives more detailed information for locations listed in the chronological Events Listings. It generally does not include information about locations in the Repeating Events listings. (see http://www.folkmusicny.org/repeating.html.) Most of the events in the listings are not run by the Club, and the information given is the best available at press time. Additions and corrections to this list are most welcome! Send location info to: Don Wade, 35-41 72nd St., Jackson Heights, NY 11372; E-mail: Don(at)donwade.us. % = Folk Society with a newsletter which lists area events AROUND TOWN (The 5 boroughs of NYC) Blarney Star --see Glucksman Ireland House Cafe Marlene, 41-11 49th St./Skillman Ave., Sunnyside (Queens); 8pm; 718-205-7330 Ethical Culture Society (Brooklyn), 53 Prospect Park West, B’klyn 11215 (at 2nd St) Farmacy, 513 Henry St. (at Sackett St.) in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn; see p. 2-3. First Acoustics; First Unitarian Society in Brooklyn: Monroe/Pierrepont Sts., 8pm, www. firstacoustics.org Folk Open Sing: Ethical Culture Society (Brooklyn), 53 Prospect Park West, B’klyn 11215 (at 2nd St) – see p. 2 Glucksman Ireland House at New York University, 1 Washington Mews (enter on 5th Ave off Washington Square); 8pm 212-998-3950, www.blarneystar.com Good Coffeehouse at the Old Stone House, 336 Third Street, bet. 4th/5th Avenues, Brooklyn, NY. 718-768-3195; 4:30-6:30pm; www.facebook.com/pages/The-Good- Coffeehouse-at-The-Old-Stone-House/155911611133314 Historic Richmondtown: see Richmondtown Restoration Irish Arts Center/An Claidheamh Soluis, 553 W. 51 St, Manhattan; 212-757-3318; classes, wrkshps, concerts, dances, ceilis with dance, music & song. Info: 718-441-9416 (for theatre & classes, call IAC directly); www.inx.net/~mardidom/rchome.htm Jalopy, 315 Columbia St., Brooklyn; 718.395.3214; www.jalopy.biz/ Joe Beasley Sacred Harp Singing: 2nd Sun at St.Paul’s Church, 199 Carroll St (cr. Clinton), Brooklyn; 2-5:30pm including Pot-Luck snack break. 718-793-2848 or BJPub@Prodigy. net; http://www.brooklynsing.vocis.com/ John Street Church, 44 John St. (east of Broadway and one block parallel to and south of Fulton). Sea Music Concerts Info: 212-957-8386 Donation, $5 (child, $2), pay at the door. Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue (on 46th St); co-sponsored with and led by Don Meade; for info 212-247-2562 or http://www.thelandmarktavern.org/events.php Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge St; 212-219-0888; www.eldridgestreet.org; 3pm on - 12 - Continued on next page Calendar Listings information Continued from previous page Sun, 7pm other days; $15 Naked Soul; see Rubin Museum of Art New York Klezmer Series curated by Aaron Alexander at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue 30 W. 68th St. (bet. Central Park W. and Columbus), NY 10023:, Thru June 11, 2013: $35 full night 4:00 – 5:00pm Kidz Klezmer Band -see website for info; 5:30 – 7:00pm Instrumental Klezmer Music Workshop $25; 6:00 – 7:00pm Yiddish Dance Class w/Steve Weintraub $15; 7:30 – 8:45pm Concert $15;8:45 - 9:30pm Klezmer Jam Session; www. nyklezmer.com; www.aaronalexander.com/wp Peoples’ Voice Cafe; Sat 8PM at Community Church of NY, 40 E 35 St (between Park & Madison); info: 212-787-3903, www.peoplesvoicecafe.org; $15 closed June, July, Aug. Richmondtown Restoration, Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Ave, Staten Island; Free parking. 15-minute drive from all bridges to Staten Island. Take bus S 74 from the Staten Island Ferry.; Info: www.historicrichmondtown.org or call 718 351-1611 x241 for information Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave (at 3rd Ave), Bklyn; 917-267-0363; robertbrowningassociates.com Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St. NYC; 212-620-5000; www.rmanyc.org Shanty Sing: The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection, 2 to 5 PM, see pages 2-3. For further info, [email protected] or 347-267-9394 Symphony Space; 95 St & Bway, Manhattan; 212-864-5400; various groups. www. symphonyspace.org Tavern Concerts; see Richmondtown Restoration Town Hall, 123 W. 43 St, Manhattan, 212-840-2824; Ticketmaster 212-307-7171; used by various groups WMI‑World Music Institute Concerts: (8:00 PM unless indicated) various locations: info: World Music Inst.,4 W. 43rd St., Ste. 404, NYC 10036; www.worldmusicinstitute.org; 212-545-7536 LONG ISLAND FMSH=Huntington Folk Music Society % (PO Box 290, Huntington Station 11746) 1st Saturday Concerts at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport (north side of Route 25A at Huntington border); also Hard Luck Cafe concerts on the 3rd Thursday at the Sky Room of the Cinema Arts Center, 423 Park Ave., Huntington; also monthly (usually the 2nd Sunday) Folk Jams at the Huntington Library from 1 to 5pm. Info: [email protected]; http://fmsh.org Garden Stage Concerts, Open Mic Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau (www.uuccn.org) 223 Stewart Ave at NW Corner Nassau Blvd, Garden City 516-248- 8855 www.gardenstage.com Hard Luck Cafe: 3rd Thursday at the Sky Room of the Cinema Arts Center, 423 Park Ave., Huntington; run by Huntington FMS--see FMSH. Landmark Community Center, 232 Main St, Port Washington; 516-767-6444; 8pm performances in their Jeanne Rimsky Theater; www.LandmarkonMainStreet.org, LITMA % (LI Traditional Music Assn., P.O. Box 991, Smithtown, N.Y. 11787). Smithtown events at Smithtown Historical Society’s Brush Barn, 211 Main St (Rte 25 east of Rte 111), Smithtown: Contra dance 2nd Fridays, 8pm (631-369-7854); English Country Dances 3rd Sunday 2pm (631-757-3627); Orchestra rehearsals (516-433-4192). Other Locations: Contradance 1st Saturday, 8pm Oct.-June Watermill Community Center (631-725-9321). Shape Note Sing 3rd Sunday, 1pm, Bethany Presbyterian Church, 425 Maplewood Rd., Huntington Station. House Song Circle 2nd Saturday at various locations (631-281-8272). www.LITMA.org Our Times Coffeehouse, Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Rd, Garden City (2 mi west of Meadowbrook Pkwy, beside water tower); monthly except July & Aug., 8pm; $10 ($8 child/student); 516-541-1006; www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org/. UUCCN Coffee House Concerts; Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau 223 Stewart Avenue Garden City www.uuccn.org one Friday of the month (mostly first Friday) $15 Admission; www.uuccn.org/ UPSTATE NEW YORK also look at: The Hudson Valley Calendar: www.hvmusic.com/ listing/calentry_list.php Borderline Folk Music Club; house concerts at New City Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 200 Congers Road, New City (Rockland County); and various Rockland Co. locations; 845- 354-4586; www.borderlinefolkmusicclub.org; $20 FMSNY at members rates - 13 - Continued on next page Calendar Listings information Continued from previous page Caffè Lena, 47 Philadelphia St., Saratoga Springs; 518-583-0022; www.caffelena.org Common Ground CoffeeHouse, First Unitarian Society of Westchester, 25 Old Jackson Ave. Hastings-on-Hudson; 914 478-2710. one Saturday a month. http:// commongroundfusws.com Cranberry Coffeehouse, 183 Riverside Drive, Binghamton, New York 13905; third Saturday, 7:30pm; featured performers plus open mic; www.sitemouse.com/ users/cranberry/. e-mail: [email protected]; phone: Chris, 607-754-9437, or Lee, 607- 729-1641 ] Emelin Theater; Library La, Mamaroneck, 10543; 8:30pm; 914-698-0098; www.emelin.org Fiddle & Dance News is a bi-monthly dance & music calendar for the Mid-Hudson region; $6 to 987 Rte. 28A, West Hurley 12491; 845-338-2996. Folk Times is a bi-monthly listing of events in the Albany area: $10 to Addie & Olin Boyle, 969 Co.Rt.10, Corinth 12822; 518-696-2221; www.folktimes.com River Spirit Music at Rainwater Grill, 19 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson; 8pm; (347) MUSIC-76 or riverspiritmusic.com Rosendale Cafe, 434 Main St, Rosendale 12472; 845-658-9048; 9pm cover & min; www. rosendalecafe.com Susan Sterngold and Mike Resnick’s, 5 Lancaster Dr, Suffern NY (about 30 mi NW of NYC); RSVP [email protected]; 914 282 0289 Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main St, (at Kaldenberg), Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org Towne Crier Cafe, 379 Main St, Beacon, 845-855-1300; www. townecrier.com; concerts many nights; open mic Tue & Wednesday; reservations suggested Turning Point, 468 Piermont Ave., Piermont, Rockland County (off rte 9W south of Nyack); (845) 359-1089; food avail; www.piermont-ny.com/turning Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse; 7:30PM, Memorial United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave, White Plains; (914) 242-0374; www.WalkaboutClearwater.org second Sat NEW JERSEY Acoustic Cafe, Our Lady of Mercy Academy, 25 Fremont Rd. Park Ridge, NJ 07656; Sat’s at 8pm, Sun’s at 2pm; [email protected]; www.cafeacoustic.org/ Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music C’hse: Fairlawn Community Center, 10-10 Kipp St, Fairlawn; info: 201-384-1325, adv. tickets 201-791-2225; 1st Sat, 8pm, through May. (run by Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club %);
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