May/June, 2018
Listing of Society Events (Details Inside) The best in folk/roots music Sun, May 6: Trip Henderson, Tin & Bone; 4pm, Good Coffee House Fri, May 11: Soldier's Fancy, 7:30pm at HINY, 891 Amsterdam Ave Wed, May 23: Sunnyside Singers Club; perf, Russ Chandler, 8pm Sa, May 26: Hilary Hawke & Christian Apuzzo; New World Folk Club, 46pm at the Scratcher Bar Wed, June 20: Sunnyside Singers Club; perf. Jeremy Aaron, 8pm Sat, June 30: TBA; New World Folk Club, 46pm at the Scratcher Bar
Folk Open Sing: First Wednesday of each month (May 2, June 6, etc.), 710 pm; Ethical Culture Society in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Irish Traditional Music Session: every Monday, 811 pm, Landmark Tavern, 11th Ave. & 46th Street, Manhattan Sunnyside Singers Club: Wednesdays, 8pm, Aubergine Cafe, Woodside, Qns. Shanty Sing: on 3rd Sun's, 25 pm on Staten Island (May 17,June 20, etc.) Upper West Side Song Swap on 2nd Sun's., (May 13, June 10, etc); at HINY, 103rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue; 58pm
Residential Programs: Spring Weekend of Music, Friday Monday, May 2528 at Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, Kerhonkson, NY. See flier, in centerfold, or www. folkmusicny.org/weekends.html for information. Fall Weekend of Music, Oct. 2628 at Hudson Valley Resort and Spa This is a listing of our events only. Membership includes a 24page monthly newsletter listing not only our activities but many other events in the N.Y. metropolitan area. See flier in centerfold or our website: www. folkmusicny.org. 3/29/18dw Irish Traditional Music Session: every Monday, 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 bar/restaurant. Free admission; food and drink are available. Musicians, singers, and listeners welcome. At the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue (on 46th St), Manhattan; cosponsored with and led by Don Meade; info 212247 2562 or www. blarneystar.com. Featured Perf. TBA.
Sunnyside Singers Club: every Wednesday, 8-11pm Join us every Wednesday at 8pm for a pub style singaround. All songs welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Cosponsored with, and at the Aubergine Cafe, 4922 Skillman Avenue (corner of 50th St.) in Woodside, Queens. Occasionally there is a featured performer for part of the evening. Yummy desserts, sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer available. Free admission; a voluntary contribution is requested on guest nights. The nearest subway is 52ndStreet on the #7 Flushing Local. Info: 7188991735. www.facebook.com/sunnysidesingersclub. Featured Performers: May 23, Russ Chandler; June 20, Jeremy Aaron
Folk Open Sing: Wednesdays, May 2nd & June 6th; 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.). (If door is locked, ring the BSEC bell.) Hosted by Ethical Culture Society, Folk Music Society of NY/NYPFMC, Alison Kelley, Frank Woerner, and Tom Weir. Info: 2126955924.
Tin and Bone; Sunday, May 6th, 4-6 pm Tin + Bone is a new old time music duo featuring multiinstrumentalist Little Nora Brown, the 12yearold prodigy from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Trip Henderson, New York’s “Merry Monarch of the Harmonica”. Little Nora plays banjo, fiddle, ukulele, and accordion. In 2017 she won 1st place in the youth banjo competition at the Clifftop String Band Festival in West Virginia. Trip has been singing and playing American vernacular music in all its many forms since moving to West Virginia following high school. His style is a synthesis of the oldtime fiddle tunes and early rural blues of the Mountain State, and the barroom rhythms of honkytonk and Chicago Blues. Video of Tin & Bone: https:// youtu.be/b6fTRi3JKk, Cosponsored with and at the Good Coffee House at the Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street in J.J. Byrne Park, betw. 4th & 5th Avenues, Brooklyn 11215; $10 contribution. Info: fbanjo[at]aol.com. Facebook: http:// on.fb.me/1UxthNr.
Soldier's Fancy Reunites! Friday, May 11th, 7:30pm A benefit for FMSNY Marie Mularczyk, Doreen D'Amico, Jane Przbysz, and Marya Zimmet are back together for the first time in many years, singing traditional tunes old and new in continued next page 2 tightly woven harmonies, à capella or accompanied by guitar, mandolin, banjo, dulcimer, recorder, and spoons. They were a fixture on the New York Folk Scene and were featured performers in the first Annual Village Voice Festival of Street Entertainers. Come and hear them again amplify the voices and perspectives of women past and present through song. At Hostelling International, 891 Amsterdam Ave., at 103rd St., Manhattan 10025, Contribution: general public $15, members $12. Free to HI members. Tickets available at the door or online at: http:// soldiersfancy.eventbrite.com. Info: 7186726399.
Upper West Side Song Swap: Sundays, May 13th & June 10th; 5-8pm Our series on the second Sunday of the month. FMSNY and PMN have joined up to start a singaround on the Upper West Side. Bring your voices, your acoustic instruments and your ears. It’s free! At Hostel InternationalNew York (HINY), 891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd St. For information call John Ziv at 2126626575.
Shanty Sing: Sunday, May 20th & June 17th; 2-5pm We are cosponsoring 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 Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island. 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. For further information contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or 3472679394.
World Folk Club: Saturdays, May 26st & June 30th; 4-6pm An intimate, educational folk music event on the last Saturday of the month at the Scratcher Bar. Hosted by Vincent Cross, two special guests are invited to collaborate on traditional and/or contemporary folk songs. The Scratcher Bar is at 209 E. 5th St., Manhattan (bet. 2nd & 3rd Ave's) Contribution: $5 May 26: Hilary Hawke is a banjo/multiinstrumentalist and teacher based in Brooklyn, NY. She plays banjo and upright bass in several Brooklyn based bands. Christian Apuzzo, is a New York based guitarist/singer and educator who specializes in bluegrass music. The Scratcher Bar is at 209 E. 5th Street, Manhattan 10003 (between. 2nd & 3rd Ave's). Contribution: $5 June 30: to be announced Spring Folk Music Weekend: May 25th-28th Enjoy a friendly musicfilled weekend at. the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, Kerhonkson, NY. Concerts, workshops, and classes with Scott Ainslie, A.J. Bodnar & Liza DiSavino, Michael & Carrie Kline, and special guest Russ Chandler. Comfortable rooms; plenty of opportunity for informal jamming and singing, socializing, hiking, swimming, and relaxing. Join this community of music; register now see the flier in centerfold. Send in the coupon or sign up on line at http:// springweekend.eventbrite.com. (service charge applies). The Society's Web Page: www.folkmusicny.org facebook: www.bit.ly/FolkNY
4 AKA Scott Ainslie has been a musician all his NY Pinewoods life. He came of age during the Civil Rights Folk Music Club era, and cultivated a powerful affinity for cross-cultural exchange. He has studied Memorial Day Weekend with elder musicians on both sides of the SPRING color line — in the Old-Time Southern Ap- May 25 – 28, 2018 palachian fiddle and banjo traditions, as FOLK well as Black Gospel and Blues. He plays this Hudson Valley Resort and Spa music with affection, authority, and power. MUSIC Kerhonkson, NY Armed with a variety of instruments — vin- 90 miles north of NYC tage guitars, a fretless gourd banjo, a one-string, homemade diddley bow (aka cigar box guitar) and carefully chosen historical personal anecdotes of his en- WEEKEND counters with senior musicians across the South — Ainslie brings the history, Discounts! roots music, and sounds of America to life. If you have not attend- More Information Scott’s website: cattailmusic.com ed any of the last three Folkmusicny.org/weekends weekends, you are enti- Phone 646-628-4604 tled to a $100 discount. Note it on your registra- tion form. Scholarships Join the Folk Music Society of NY! available! Michael & Carrie Kline are Website: folkmusicny.org Download the application form: absorbed in the study of oral tradi- Membership: folkmusicny.org/join tion, and are old-time singers and folkmusicny.org/schol-app.doc storytellers living in the Appalachian Deadline for Spring Weekend ap- region. Singing to audiences of all plications Friday, 20 April ages, the duo performs in a variety of situations, from classrooms to prisons, from coffeehouses to picket Liza DiSavino and A.J. Bodnar offer musical excellence, beauty, and lines. Michael & Carrie's website: communal experiences through a dazzling variety of acoustic music. They www.folktalk.org have shared their unbounded love of music with audiences for 21 years, originally in the Catskill Mountains and now in the Appalachians of Kentucky. Their engaging repertoire combines timeless traditional, virtuosic instru- Russ Chandler, special guest, is mental and original music to the ac- a forceful singer and banjo player who sings traditional, political and companiment of over 20 (often unusu- modern songs he feels have some- al) instruments. Their large repertoire thing to say to the world we live in. of Americana music includes songs He is a fine banjo player and is from the Catskills and Southern Appa- knowledgeable about the history lachian ballads and songs gleaned dur- and culture of the instrument. ing their seven years at Berea College. Russ's website: russchandlermusic.com www.lizaandaj.com Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, Kerhonkson, NY is 15 miles west of New Paltz, nes- tled in the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains, amid beautiful lakes and wa- terfalls. Great food! Double and single rooms with private bath, swimming and recreation. Detailed directions sent upon registration. Need a ride? Our Transportation Coordinator will try to arrange rides for those who need them. There is public transportation to Kerhonkson; we can arrange pick-up. About the Spring Weekend From dinner on Friday night to lunch on Monday, expect a weekend full of music, camaraderie, and relaxation. After dinner on Fri- day we meet the staff and hear a brief show-and-tell about their workshops. Then we'll play Themes from a Hat, followed by late-night jamming and singing (with snacks and coffee). There’s a Silent Auction to benefit our scholarship fund; please bring those unwanted treasures from home to donate. Saturday and Sunday offer a variety of workshops, a dance (or two), a Camper Concert where the applause can be for you, and an evening concert plus late- for: night jamming and singing. Monday, more workshops ‘til lunch, then it is all over until next time. The hotel and the area offer plenty of options for hiking, swim- ming (heated indoor pool or outdoor pool, weather permitting), a spa (extra Weekend charges), or just lying about and relaxing. Spring springfolkfriends.eventbrite.com
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