CONCERT & DANCE LISTINGS • CD REVIEWS FREE BI-MONTHLY Volume 7 Number 1 January-February 2007 THESOURCE FOR FOLK/TRADITIONAL MUSIC, DANCE, STORYTELLING & OTHER RELATED FOLK ARTS IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA “Don’t you know that Folk Music is illegal in Los Angeles?” — WARREN C ASEY of the Wicked Tinkers MARIAMARIA MULDAURMULDAUR GIVESGIVES DYLANDYLAN AA SHOTSHOT OFOF LOVELOVE inside this issue: BY REX BUTTERS inside this issue: aria Muldaur’s latest release, Heart of Mine: Love Songs of Bob Dylan adds PraisingPraising PeacePeace another notch on an enviable creative upswing. A bona fide national treasure, AA TributeTribute toto PaulPaul RobesonRobeson her artistic momentum since the nineties has yielded a shelf full of CDs covering M roots music, blues, love songs, and Peggy CalifoniaCalifonia IndianIndian Lee, each with Muldaur’s faultless aesthetics overseeing the production as well. Graciously, she took a break from Tribal Culture her relentless performance-rehearsal-recording schedule Tribal Culture to chat about her recent projects. FW: It was great to hear you back on fiddle on You Ain’t Goin Nowhere, a very exuberant reading of that song. PLUS:PLUS: MM: Thank you. We just kind of got down with a low down Cajun hoedown on the whole thing. It reminded me RossRoss Altman’sAltman’s of the kind of stuff the Band was playing over at Big Pink when we all lived in Woodstock. It had that vibe to it. Bob HowHow CanCan II KeepKeep FromFrom TalkingTalking [Dylan], in the last ten years or so, every time I would see him backstage at a gig, he started asking me, “Hey are you ever playing your fiddle anymore?” And I’d say, oh no, && muchmuch more...more... I’m mostly singing blues now. “Well, you oughta take that thing out and play it. That would be something people MULDAUR page 12 Page 2 FolkWorks January-February 2007 EDITORIAL th Hills and wanted to tell his story as PUBLISHERS & EDITORS elcome to the 7 year of Leda & Steve Shapiro FolkWorks. Unless you a traditional instrument maker and W LAYOUT & PRODUCTION are one of the two people musician. It took some time, but we Alan Stone Creative Services are finally able to share it with our we know who jump straight to the FEATURED WRITERS editorial, you’ve probably noticed readers - how he came to be a mas- Brooke Alberts, Lookaround Maria Muldaur on our cover. We ter Veracruz craftsman living and Ross Altman saw her some months ago, when we playing in Los Angeles. How Can I Keep From Talking were up in the Bay Area. We had As usual, we can never praise David Bragger, Old-Time Oracle stopped in for a Sunday morning about our columnists enough. We Uncle Ruthie Buell breakfast and to listen to Suzy can’t pay them, so all we can do is Halfway Down the Stairs Thompson and some of her pals encourage you all to meet them and Valerie Cooley, That Reminds Me... play great old-time music. Maria let them know how much their writ- Linda Dewar, Grace Notes ing is enjoyed. Richard Gee, Law Talk came in and joined the audience. SONES PHOTO BY SONYA Turns out that she’s a friend and fan BY LEDA & STEVE SHAPIRO And speaking of money, or the Roger Goodman, Keys to the Highway David King, Dirt of Suzy’s. We’ve always loved lack thereof, we can really use your support. We are, in good part, sup- Michael Macheret, Forklore Maria’s uppity spirit and when we Dennis Roger Reed, Reed’s Ramblings found out she had a new CD with varied interests, she never ceases to ported by your membership in amaze us. In this issue she explores Dave Soyars, Dave’s Corner Dylan love songs, we asked Rex FolkWorks. We are great editors but Larry Wines, Tied to the Tracks Butters to talk to her. He was Native American music. She shares not good at telling you how much her personal learning experience as EDITORS thrilled. So are we. we need financial support - so the David Ascher • Mary Pat Cooney As usual, the remaining pages she learns about some unusual non- best we can do is ask you to become drum instruments, how they are Diane Sherman • Chris Stuart herein, contain a wide spectrum of members and then encourage your CONTRIBUTING WRITERS folk music and dance. Perhaps you made and what the differences are friends to do this as well. While we Rex Butters • Audrey Coleman remember when Leon Bibb was between them. love to hear it, telling us how much Ariella Kristol Fornstein well known in folk circles. Then, a And let’s not forget the dance - you enjoy this newspaper is not Meg Hoffman • George Reese few years ago, his son Eric came we start off the year with a begin- enough to keep it going. Public Yvonne Tator touring around and became known ner’s perspective on tango. There radio/TV does fund raising 3 or 4 DISTRIBUTION was some “discussion” about times a year on-air. We don’t have Brooke Alberts • Ross Altman to us as a wonderful performer. Now Ric Alviso • Beverly/Irwin Bar the two of them have gotten togeth- whether tango is in the folk tradi- “air.” We have ink, so please help us tion. That you see it in these pages is Anna Byrne • Judy CaJacob er and produced a CD; a tribute to out and become a supporting mem- Audrey Coleman • Jim Cope another hero of generations past - testimony to our broad definition of ber of FolkWorks. And, in April, Mary Dolinskis • Marge Gajicki Paul Robeson. Ross Altman brings “folk.” when we have our annual benefit Sharon Gates • Cliff Gilpatric Finally, FolkWorks is pleased to concert, be part of a sell-out crowd. Ken Helms • Sue Hunter us a bit of history (as usual) and Holly Kiger • Stan Kohls reviews the CD. publish a short interview with Jorge Speaking of this New Year….we Mijangos. We met Jorge at the 2005 Amy Masumiya Our “in depth” article is by wish all of you a Healthy, Bill/Mary Anne McCarthy Audrey Coleman, a woman of such FAR-West conference in Woodland Prosperous New Year! Russ/Julie Paris Larry Rainwater • Milt Rosenberg Doug Moon • Daria Simolke Alaina Smith • Sylvia Stachura Mimi Tanaka • Larry Wines Visit us on the web: www.FolkWorks.org Lynn Worrilow LOGO DESIGN The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of FolkWorks Tim Steinmeier Thanks to all those who have supported and inspired us, especially Warren Casey of the IN THIS ISSUE Wicked Tinkers. Music at the Skirball EDITORIAL ................................................... 2 Published bi-monthly by FolkWorks a 501 PRAISING PEACE........................................ 3 (c)(3) non-profit organization an affiliate of Forró for All A TRIBUTE TO PAUL ROBESON Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS). MEDIA SPONSOR: KEYS TO THE HIGHWAY: THE SOUND OF BELLS.............................. 4 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AN ACOUSTIC PARADOX Brooke Alberts • Ric Alviso Kay Gilpatric • Roger Goodman Promoting FORKLORE .................................................. 5 Folk/Traditional Arts MAGIC FROM NEW MEXICO Don Kiger • Holly Kiger www.FolkWorks.org TIED TO THE TRACKS ............................. 6 Teresa Modnick • Gitta Morris YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME Lisa Richardson • Steve Shapiro GOODBYE, KULAK’S AND HIGHLAND GROUNDS Mimi Tanaka • Monika White WHERE’S THE DRUM? .............................. 7 DISCOVERING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIAN Leda Shapiro, Executive Director TRIBAL CULTURE ADVISORY BOARD DAVE’S CORNER OF THE WORLD......... 8 Richard Gee • Howard & Roz Larman ON-GOING STORYTELLING EVENTS... 8 Sabrina Motley • Colin Quigley TANGO............................................................ 9 Cait Reed • Tom Sauber A BEGINNER’S TALE REED’S RAMBLINGS................................ 10 CONTACT INFORMATION ON OF WHADDA YA MEAN YA NEVER HEARD OF…? 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