June, 2002 vol 37, No.6 June 4TueSea Music Concert: NY Packet; South Street Seaport Gallery; 6-8pm 5WedFolk Open Sing; 7pm in Brooklyn 6 Thur Warp 4 + Athena & Fionn O Lochlainn; 8pm at Advent Church J 9 Sun Sunnyside Song Circle Open Mic, 6 pm in Sunnyside 10 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting, 7:15pm at the club office, 450 7th Ave, #972, info (718) 575-1906 11 Tue Sea Music Concert: Louis Killen + NY Packet; South Street Seaport, in the Seaport Gallery; 6-8pm 16 Sun Old Time String Band Get-together; 1:30pm in Bklyn 16 Sun Sacred Harp Singing at St.Bartholomew’s; 2:30 pm 18 Tue Sea Music Concert: The NexTradition+ NY Packet; South Street Seaport Gallery, 6-8pm 19 Wed Traditional Music Open Mike & Folk Music Jam; loca- tion tba; 7 pm. 20 Thur Riverdale Sing, 7:30-10pm, Riverdale Prsby. Church. 25 Tue Sea Music Concert: Dan Milner & Bob Conroy + NY Packet; South Street Seaport Gallery; 6-8pm July 1 Mon Newsletter Mailing; at Club office, 450 7 Ave, #972, 7 pm 2TueSea Music Concert: Robbie Wedeen + NY Packet; South Street Seaport Gallery; 6-8pm 3WedFolk Open Sing; 7pm in Brooklyn 8 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting, 7:15pm at the club office, 450 7th Ave, #972, info (718) 575-1906 9TueSea Music Concert: Pat Mangan + NY Packet; South Street 13 Sat Swim & Sing Party in Queens; 2pm (rain date, Sun,July 14) 14 Sun Old Time String Band Get-together; 1:30pm in Bklyn 16 Tue Sea Music Concert: Deirdre & Sean Murtha + NY Packet 17 Wed Traditional Music Open Mike & Folk Music Jam 23 Tue Sea Music Concert: Spindrift + NY Packet; South Street Details Inside - Table of Contents on page 5 SEA MUSIC CONCERTS; Tuesdays, 6-8pm June 4, June 11, June 18, June25, July 2, etc. Sea Music Concerts at South Street Seaport Museum, &ulton Street and the East River. Members of The New York Packet (including &rank Woerner, The Johnson Girls and Dan Milner & Bob Conroy) join featured guests. Co-sponsored with the South Street Seaport Museum. At the Museum Gallery, 209 Water Street between &ulton & Beekman. Call 212-691-7610 for directions and to confirm location. Latest concert details at http:/ /pages.prodigy.net/folkmusic/thenewyorkpacket.htm Donation is $4, pay at the door. Tue, June 4 - Anything But The Sea concert with The New York Packet. If you dont think you like sea shan- ties, this is the week to come to South Street. New Yorks favorite sea music group will sing every- thing from blues to ballads to Woody Guthrie with not a sea song in sight or sound! June 11, Louis Killen - One of Lou's last American concerts before he moves back to England... for good! Lou sang with Ewan MacColl and with The Clancy Brothers and is universally regarded as one of the greatest living ballad singers. June 18, The NexTradition - Powerful singing from Ken Schatz, best known as a star voice of the Cartoon Network's "Sheep in the Big City", and Alison Kelley of the fabulous Johnson Girls. June 25, Dan Milner & Bob Conroy - Leaders of the Irish-American song revival. Dublin's Sunday Tribune newspaper called their singing "passionate" and Dirty Linen magazine called their songs "fascinating documents." Banjo, guitar and a bit of button box accordion. July 2 - Robbie Wedeen - One of Pinewoods' favorite singing members in a program of maritime songs. Robbie's voice is sweet yet knowing and her guitar accompaniment is just perfect. July 9 - Pat Mangan, a brilliant Irish-American fiddler +OLK OPEN SING; Wednesdays, June 5 & July 3; 7pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, children and a snack to share. At the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West (basement), Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Directions: & train to 7th Ave.; Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture/Good Coffeehouse, Pinewoods &olk Music Club, Alison Kelley, and &rank Woerner. &or info: Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341. PRE-MYSTIC +ESTIVAL IRISH CONCERT; Thursday, June 6th; 8 pmJ Warp 4 (Irelands premier chantey group) was formed in the early 1990s by Pat Sheridan from Cork. After several line-up changes the group honored a long time commitment to veteran Irish folk singer Liam Clancy to record two albums with him in time for the Dublin Cutty Sark Tall Ships &estival in the summer of 1999. Warp &our officially split up at the end of 1999, but the members Niall &ennell and Pat Sheridan occasionally met up for a singing session. Now they are back together with a new crew and they are headed for the Mystic (CT) Sea Music &estival. En route they will do this New York Pinewoods Series Concert. - 2 - Details Continued on next page &rom California to Cape Breton, from Glasgow to Galway, and from London to Las Vegas, Athena O Lochlainn is recognized as a true master of the Celtic fiddle. A student of such fiddling luminaries as Aly Bain, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh, and Alasdair &rasier, Athena won the Junior National Scottish &iddling Championship three years in a row. She later toured with the Sharon Shannon Band, played fiddle for the Las Vegas production of The Lord of the Dance, and was the featured fiddler in the original Broad- way production of Riverdance. &or this concert, Athena will perform her tunes and songs along with her husband +ionn O Lochlainn. &ionn is an accomplished bass player who has toured or recorded with a diverse array of artists, including Donal Lunny, Billy Bragg, Dan Ar Braz, Jimmy Nail, and Desree. At the Advent Lutheran Church, Broadway at 93rd St., Manhattan. &REE to NYP&MC members; $18 general public; $15 CDNY members; $10 seniors & full-time students; $6 children under 12. OLD TIME STRING BAND GET-TOGETHER; Sunday, June 9th; 1:30 pm Musicians are invited to play music in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Join us on the second Sunday of the month. Call David Stevens, 718-369-3319, for details. SUNNYSIDE SONG CIRCLE OPEN MICROPHONE; Sunday, June 9th; 6-9 pm The first of what we hope will become an annual event. At Belles Off the Boulevard, 43-06 43 Street in Sunnyside, Queens. Just north of Queens Blvd. Very close to the #7 &lushing train and the QM32 and Q60 buses. Sign-up at 5:45 pm; Open mic starts promptly at 6 pm. &ree admission, but the purchase of at least one drink is required (can be a soft drink). &or information call Joel Landy at (718) 937-2240. SACRED HARP SINGING; Sunday, June 16st; 2:30pm Co-sponsored and hosted by St. Bartholomews Church in Manhattan, on the 3rd Sun- day of each month through June, 2:30 to 5:30pm, 109 East 50th St. We continue the colonial American tradition of lively (high-volume, up-tempo) four-part, unaccompa- nied gospel singing. Shaped notes, indicating fa-so-la intervals, make sight-reading easy. Instruction provided; beginners welcome! Sacred Harp hymnals available for loan or purchase. No fee; contributions collected. &ree parking (Distinctive Parking, 51st between Lexington and 3rd Avenues; your church ticket is good until midnight)! Ques- tions: Gail Harper 212-750-8977. TRADITIONAL MUSIC OPEN MIKE; Wednesday, June 19th; 7-10 pm Third Wednesday of each month is an acoustic open mike and jam circle (if time) night for traditional music. Sign-up starts at 6:45pm. Admission is $5. Hopefully our new location will be ready, call &olk &one, 212-563-4099 for info. RIVERDALE SING; Thursday, June 20th; 7:30-10 pm A sing in the Bronx one Thursday a month! Bring instruments, voices, and songs to share. At the Riverdale Presbyterian Church, 4765 Henry Hudson Parkway (between 246-249 Streets, west side of parkway). Go down the driveway to the double red doors off the parking area. The sing is in the auditorium. On site parking for the first 18 cars. Admission is $2. Information: 718-549-1344. NEWSLETTER MAILING; Monday, July 1st 7 PM We need your help to mail out the next Newsletter. Join the important band of volun- teers that sticks the stamps and labels and staples the pages to mail out this newsletter. At the Club office, 450 7th Ave., #972. Info: 718-426-8555. - 3 - The &olk Music Society of New York, Inc./NY Pin- NEWSLETTER IN+ORMATION (ISSN 1041-4150) ewoods &olk Music Club was started in 1965 and is a DEADLINE: the 12th of the month prior to 501c(3) non-profit, educational corporation; an af- publication (no Aug. issue). Space reservations filiate of the Country Dance & Song Society of should be in by the 10th of the month. America, a member of the &olk Alliance and a mem- ber of the NY-NJ Trail Conference. A copy of our Publisher: &olk Music Society of N.Y., Inc., 450 annual report is available from our office at 450 7th 7th Ave, #972, NYC, NY 10123; 212-563-4099. Ave, #972, NYC, NY 10123, or from the Office of Editor: Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72 St, Jackson Hts, Charities Registration, N.Y. Dept. of State, 162 Wash- NY 11372; 718-426-8555. Send all Hotlines & ads ington Av, Albany, NY 12232. (with check or MO made out to #MSNY) and all We have approximately 700 members and run con- correspondence & articles ONLY to this address. certs, week-ends, classes, and get-togethers, all with Change of address to Circulation (address at left) an emphasis on traditional music. The Society is run by all volunteers with a Board of Directors, elected Send calendar or listings info directly to the by the membership.