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Society of New York, Inc.

April 2016 vol. 51, No. 4

April Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, Queens, 8pm 3 Sun Chantey & Folk Song & Music Session; 2pm, 44 John St. 3 Sun Triboro , 4-6pm, Good Coffeehouse, Brooklyn 3 Sun 4th Ann. Woody Guthrie Brooklyn Hoot, 7pm at Jalopy 6 Wed Folk Open Sing, 7pm in Brooklyn 7 Thur Plainsong ( & ), 7:30pm, O.S.A. Hall 10 Sun Chansons Poétiques - Performance-talk with Helen Levin; Staten Island, 3pm 11 Mon FMSNY Board of Directors Meeting, 7:15pm; see p. 5 13 Wed Old-Time Music Jam, 7:30-9:30pm in Brooklyn 17 Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2-5 pm 25 Mon Newsletter Mailing, 7pm in Jackson Heights, Queens 27 Wed Old-Time Music Jam, 7:30-9:30pm in Brooklyn 27 Wed Tara O'Grady, 8pm, Sunnyside Singers Club 29 Fri Women and the Sea: Performance-talk by Debra Cowan. 8pm at O.S.A. Hall, 220 East 23 St. May Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, Queens, 8pm 1 Sun Mara Levine & Caroline Cutroneo with Celestial Harmo- nies, 4-6pm, Good Coffeehouse, Brooklyn 4 Wed Folk Open Sing, 7pm in Brooklyn 9 Mon FMSNY Board of Directors Meeting, 7:15pm; see p. 5 11 Wed Tanya McKenna, 8pm, Sunnyside Singers Club 11 Wed Old-Time Music Jam, 7:30-9:30pm in Brooklyn 15 Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2-5 pm 21 Sat Ring Garden Sing, 2pm, Inwood 25 Wed Old-Time Music Jam, 7:30-9:30pm in Brooklyn 27-30 Spring Folk Music Weekend at HVRS, see centerfold Details on pages 2-4 Plainsong Thurs., April 7, 7:30pm, OSA - 1 - 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 Hell’s Kitchen 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; co-sponsored with and led by Don Meade; for info 212-247-2562 or www.blarneystar.com/ Sunnyside Singers Club: every Wednesday, 8-11pm Come join us every Wednesday at 8pm for a 3-hour pub style sing-around. All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Co-sponsored with and held at the Auber- gine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Occasionally there is a featured guest performer for part of the evening. Yummy des- serts, sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. Free admission. A voluntary contribution is requested on guest nights. The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local. Information: 718-899-1735. Featured Performer: April 27, Tara O'Grady Chantey & Folk Song & Music Session; Sun., April 3rd; 2-4pm A Community Sing & singalong. Bring voices, instruments, and friends; raise the rafters in this historic downtown venue! Co-sponsored with and at John Street Church, 44 John St. (east of Broadway, 1 block south of & parallel to Fulton), near Fulton St. subway stop. Info: 212-957-8386. Free will donation requested. Please note venue is an historic landmark and NOT handicapped accessible – approx. 13 stairs to reach the downstairs venue (facilities are also located on the same downstairs level). 4th Annual Woody Guthrie Brooklyn Hoot; Sunday, April 3rd; 7-9:30pm Enjoy this 4th Annual round robin songfest featuring Vincent Cross, Mike Glick, Beth Kotkin, Joel Landy, Anne Price, and Steve Suf- fet, performing the songs Woody Guthrie sang. At the Jalopy Theater and School of Music at 315 Columbia Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn, only a few hundred yards from where Woody shipped out when he served in the US Merchant Marine during World War II. The nearest bus stop is at Carroll & Columbia Streets on the B61 line. $10 cover. For venue info call 718-395-3214. Folk Open Sing: Wednesdays, April 6th & May 4th & ; 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 Society, Folk Music Society of NY/NYPFMC, Alison Kelley, Frank Woerner, and Tom Weir. Info: 212-695-5924. Continued on next page The Society’s web page: www.folkmusicny.org - 2 - FMSNY Events Details- Continued Triboro: Sunday, April. 3rd; 4-6pm Triboro hails from the boroughs of New York, but looks beyond the Hudson, to other places and other times, for songs and inspiration. They are an acoustic vocal trio that applies fine three-part harmony to an eclectic mix of musical genres. Hear great old-time, new-time, Carter Family, country, Western, bluegrass and beyond with Phyllis Elkind (Manhattan), Don Friedman (Brooklyn), and Evy Mayer (The Bronx). Co-sponsored with and at the Good Coffeehouse at the Old Stone House, 336 Third Street, in J.J. Byrne Park, between 4th and 5th Avenues, Brooklyn, 718-768-3195; 4-6pm; $10 contribution. Info: fbanjo(at)aol.com; facebook page: http://on.fb.me/1UxthNr. Old-Time Instrumental Jam: 2nd & 4th Wednesdays: April 13th & 27th; 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 the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. 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. Plainsong (Iain Matthews & Andy Roberts); Thurs, Apr. 7; 7:30 pm Iain was a founding member of the British band, and appeared on the band's first three recordings . He next formed his own band, Matthews Southern Comfort, and had a European hit with the song "Woodstock." Iain is a prolific songwriter, a superb singer, and an accomplished guitarist.Andy has been playing various instruments since he was a kid. He has performed with numerous bands, including The Liverpool Scene, , and . He and Iain have played together on and off since the early Seventies. At O.S.A. Hall, 220 E 23rd St, Suite 707 (between 2nd & 3rd Avs, Manhattan). Admis- sion: general public $20; FMSNY members $18; full-time students & those under 17 $10. Ian's website: www.iainmatthews.nl; Andy's website: www.andyrobertsmusic. com. Info: 212-957-8386. Chansons Poétiques; Sunday, April 10th; 3 pm The Exquisite French Folksong: Sung, Translated, Shared, with Helen Levin. The focus will be on the genre that emerged in the cafés of Paris following World War II, with particular attention to the songs of Jacques Douai, who is often compared to Pete Seeger. At Helen's apartment on Staten Island (Bay Street Landing, near SI Ferry Terminal). Seating limited to about 16. Suggested contribution: $10 FMSNY members. $12 non-members. All paying attendees will be entered into a raffle to win one of Helen's artworks. For information, location, reservations, and directions: email helevin[at]verizon.net or phone 718-356-5314. Shanty Sing: Sunday, April 17th, 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 Continued on next page - 3 - FMSNY Events Details- Continued (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, 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 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. Newsletter Mailing: Monday, April 25th; 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 “74th 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 Women and the Sea; Friday, April 29th; 8 pm Performance-Talk with Debra Cowan Debra Cowan discusses the many different and diverse roles that women play in Maritime songs and stories and sings examples of contemporary and traditional sea-songs in which women are featured as the main characters. Best described as "a singer and interpreter of great songs old and new," Debra now makes a full-time career in folk music. When Debra isn’t touring internationally (sometimes with John Roberts) or busy with her activities as American Federation of Musicians Local 1000 Vice-President (USA), she makes her home near Worcester, Massachusetts with her husband and their two cats, Hazel ‘n Herman. Debra's website: http://debracowan. com. At O.S.A. Hall, 220 E. 23rd St, Suite 707 (between 2nd & 3rd Avs, Manhattan). Admission: general public $15; FMSNY members $12; Info: 212-957-8386. Please keep your details current Have you changed your home or email address? We send occasional emails to our members about events etc., especially things that crop up between newsletters. If we don't have your correct email address, you won't get these emails. You can check your details. Go to our home page, www.folkmusicny.org, click on Membership/Benefits, then, in Online Membership information, click on the link to www.fsgw.org/nypfmc. Log in using your last name and membership number (it is on your newsletter mailing label). Click on Directory and enter your name. This will tell you what info we have for you. If the information is wrong, you can correct it yourself or add your cellphone, your website, etc., by clicking on My Profile, or you can email changes to Tom Weir, our Membership Chair: membership(at)folkmusicny.org. The Directory button also allows you to find the information for any member. Table of Contents Events at a Glance...... 1 Repeating Events...... 13 Society Events Details...... 2-4 Calendar Location Info...... 13 From the Editor...... 6 Folk Music Society Info...... 16 The Folk Process...... 6 CDSS Camps Ad...... 17 Topical Listing of Society Events.5 Peoples' Voice Cafe Ad...... 18 Weekend Help Wanted...... 7 Pinewoods Hot Line...... 19 Weekend Scholarships...... 7 Membership Form - Join Us!.....20 TradMaD Camp ad...... 8 Weekend flier...... centerfold Calendar Listings...... 9 - 4 - Topical Listing of Society Events For details of current events see pages 2-4 Weekends May 27-30: Spring Folk Music Weekend at HVRS, see centerfold Oct. 21-23: Fall Folk Music Weekend at HVRS Feb. 10-12: Winter Folk Music Weekend at HVRS Concerts Good Coffeehouse, First Sunday, 4-6pm, in Brooklyn: Apr. 3, Triboro (Evy Mayer, Phyllis Elkind & Don Friedman); May 1, Mara Levine & Caroline Cutroneo with Celestial Harmonies (Barbara Novick and Nancy & Frank Moccaldi); June 12, James Reams and the Barn- stormers Thur, Apr.7: Plainsong (Iain Matthews & Andy Roberts), 7:30pm, O.S.A, Hall Fri, Oct. 7: Dan McKinnon, location to be announced Traditional Music & Dance Camp Aug. 27- Sep. 2: A Week at Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, Mass; details: www.tradmadcamp.org Workshops and Special Programs Sun, April 3: 4th Annual Woody Guthrie Brooklyn Hoot, 7pm at Jalopy, Bklyn Sun, April 10: Chansons Poétiques – The Exquisite French Folk Songs: Sung, Translated, Shared. Performance-talk with Helen Levin; S.I.; 3pm Fri, Apr. 29: Women and the Sea: Performance talk by Debra Cowan. 8pm at O.S.A. Hall, 220 East 23 St. Sun, June 19: Run the Film Backwards: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Sydney Carter with Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham. Sings and Informal Jams Sun, Apr.3 Chantey & Folk Song & Music Session; 2-4pm, John Street Church Sat, May 21: Ring Garden Sing, 2pm, Inwood section of Manhattan Fri, July 8: Ice Cream Social, O.S.A. Hall, 220 E. 23 St. Folk Open Sing: First Wednesday of each month (April 6, May 1, 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. featured perf's: to be announced Old-Time Music Jam, 2nd & 4th Wednesday (4/13, 4/27, etc.), 7:30-9:30pm at the Farmacy in Brooklyn Shanty Sing: on the 3rd Sunday, 2-5 pm on Staten Island (April 17, May 15, etc.) Sunnyside Singers Club: every Wednesday, 8-11pm, Aubergine Cafe, Woodside. Guest Performers are: April 27, Tara O'Grady; May 11, Tanya McK- enna; June 22. Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham. Business Meetings, etc. Newsletter Mailing: Monday, April 25th, 7pm in Queens -- see page 4 Board of Directors Meeting: 7:15pm, the second Monday except August (April 11, May 9, etc.), at Cap 21, 18 W. 18th St., between 5th & 6th Aves; ask at fifth or sixth floor reception for room. Info., call Heather at 212-957-8386. Updated FMSNY events information (online) is available on our website at: http://www.folkmusicny.org - 5 - Eileen Pentel Is spring finally here? I hope so. Let’s celebrate with Music. We start off the month with the Chantey & Folk Song & Music Session, with a Triboro concert, and with the 4th Annual Wood Guthrie Brooklyn Hoot. In addition, another concert this month is with Plainsong (Iain Matthews &Andy Roberts) and there is a performance-talk, “Women and the Sea” by Debra Cowan. Of course we have our regular Irish Traditional Music Sessions, The Sunnyside Singers Club, the Folk Open Sing, a Shanty Sing, and our Old-Time Music Jams. A busy month which ends with our ever popular Newsletter Mailing, and where we could always use your help. Thank you to the volunteers last month: Marilyn and Steve Suffet, Margaret Murray, Betsy Mayer, Rosalie Friend, Lynn Cole, Don Wade and Eileen Pentel. Join us on Mon, April 25, see page 4. Don’t forget that our Spring Weekend is coming up! It’s the right time for planning to come!! Letter to the editor From Tom & Ben Paley (who came on our Winter Weekend and did a concert for us): We just wanted to say thank you so much for your welcome to us in February. It was great to meet all the lovely people at Kerhonkson, and beyond that we really had such a good time.

by Ruth Lipman

Judy Polish and Phil Stroh went to Florida for their annual visit. They always stay in the South Beach area of Miami Beach because they like walking amid the Art-deco hotels and on Lincoln Road. They visited relatives and friends, swam in the ocean and the pool, got to see a Pinter play and attended a local orchestral performance. Then they returned to a 77 degree New York day! More recently, they celebrated Judy’s mother's 99th birthday with family. She had a stroke seven years ago and is wheelchair bound. This doesn’t stop her from singing! She loves to sing mostly old songs, but occasion- ally surprises them with an English music hall song. She was born in London and her older sisters and brother brought some English songs with them such as "Where Did You Get That Hat?" She also loves to play cards. If you have news to share, contact me at 372 Central Park West, #15B, New York, NY 10025; 212-663-6309; [email protected]. Help spread the word! Can you help spread the word about our concerts? If you go to jams, sings, concerts, your office, anywhere (even your apartment laundry room) that you could put out fliers, help us by getting a supply of fliers to put out. Contact Don Wade, , 718-426-8555 and let us know how many to send you! - 6 - Special Weekend Welcome Offer A special welcome (or welcome back) offer for first time attendees at our Spring Weekend or anyone who has not been on any of our past three weekends (Spring, Fall, and Winter). If sending in the reservation by mail, say you are taking the welcome offer and subtract $100 per person. If you are registering online, contact the registrar (registrar [at] folomusicny.org or 212-957-8386) and get a discount code. Weekend Help Wanted Full and Partial stipends are available in exchange for administrative work done on our folk music weekends. Contact the Club President, Evy Mayer, , 718-549-1344 (after 11 am) if you are inter­ested in any of the jobs for the coming Spring Weekend. Weekend Chair: A management job with responsibility for the per­formance of all of the other jobs. On the weekend is the club’s contact between participants and the manager of the facility we are using. (half scholarship) 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 considerations 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, to arrive before the deadline of April 8 to: Marilyn Suffet, 41-05 47th Street, Sunnyside, NY 11104. Phone: 718-786-1533; E-mail: [email protected] To make our weekends available to more members there are several scholarship funds: George Parker Scholarship - provides one full scholarship per fall or spring weekend to a club member otherwise unable to attend. The fund was established in memoriam by George’s parents, the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club, and other contributors. George was a young man and a friend of folk music who greatly enjoyed our weekends. Charles & Ilse Mayer Scholarship Fund - provides one full scholarship for each of the fall, winter, and spring weekends each year. This fund was set up in memoriam by board member Evy and Ilse Mayer in honor of Evy’s father Charles Mayer. 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). The Lil & Lou Appel Scholarship is an independent fund which provides scholarship support for the spring and fall weekends to an individual who has a strong interest in folk music, singing, and/or instrumental playing. This fund was established by a loving group of regulars in memoriam to Lil’s 35+ years of bi-weekly Friday night sings, “a breeding and feeding ground for many of today’s accomplished singers and musicians.” For information, or to contribute, contact Alice Backer at 914-366-0037. - 7 - Sat 27 Aug – Fri 2 Sept, 2016 At Pinewoods Camp in Plymouth MA

Six days of Workshops. Concerts. Jamming. Ballads, Harmony, Breton and singing of all kinds. Contras, Squares, Breton, and Québecois dance (novice to experienced). Vocal coaching. Instrument instruction (beginner to advanced). String band. Camper concerts. Relaxing. Swimming. Learning. Yoga. Partying. Having fun — all in a magical place.

Scott Ainslie, Margaret Bennett, Ralph Bodington Benoit & Antoine Bourque, Allan Carr, , , Amy Conley, Coracree (Jane Rothfield, Allan Carr, Sarah Gowan, Bill Quern) Gina Forsyth, Geoff Kaufman, Chris Koldewey, John Krumm, MARA (Brigitte & Kattel Kloareg, Yuna Léon), Brenna MacCrimmon, Northern Aire (Bob Walser, Tim Reese, Pat O'Loughlin), Margie O’Loughlin, John Roberts, Sally Rogers, Jane Rothfield, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Dick Swain, Bob Walser, George Ward, Elissa Weiss, Bill Wescott Directors: Joy Bennett & Heather Wood

Members $745, non-members $795 Scholarships are available Full details: www.tradmadcamp.org Or contact Heather: 646-628-4604, [email protected] - 8 - For addresses, times, phone numbers, and other details, see the location informa­ tion on page 13, after the repeating events. Repeating events follow this calendar listing on page 13. A constantly updated repeating events list may be viewed at www.folkmusicny.org/repeating.html. Events with a pound sign (#) are run or co- sponsored 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 Calendar is updated online when late-breaking information is available. You can view the online pdf newsletter: there is sometimes a link on the club website. If not, for members there should be an ID number printed on the address label -- use that and your last name to login at: www.fsgw.org/nypfmc. NEW YORK CITY - APRIL see pp 2-3 Mondays#: Irish Traditional Music Ses- 7 Th Eve Sicular & Isle of Klezbos sion at the Landmark; 8pm; see p. 2 & Special Surprise Guests: NY Wednesdays#: Sunnyside Singers Club in Klezmer Series; Jalopy; 8:30pm Woodside, 8pm; see p. 2 8-10 8th Annual Brooklyn Folk 1 Fr Glen Cutrona & Patrice Festival: concerts and work- Bohlen: Tavern Concerts shops; many performers; held at 1 Fr Damien Connolly and Jerry St. Ann’s Church, 157 Mon- O’Sullivan: Blarney Star; tague St., Brooklyn Hts.; Fri. 2 Sa Amjaa Ali Khan with Ayaan 8pm-11:45pm; Sat. 12:45pm- and Aman Ali Khan: WMI; 11:30pm and Sun. 1pm-9:45pm; Metropolitan Museum of Art www.jalopy.biz 2 Sa Pat LaManna and Elaine 8 Fr David Broza: MWB; Naked Romanelli: Peoples Voice Cafe Soul; RMA; 7pm 2 Sa The Sea Wife – by The Lob- 9 Sa Mike & Aleksi Glick plus Da- byists and Seth Moore; show vid Massengill: Peoples Voice with original folk music; post 9 Sa Simon Shaheen & Qan- show CD signing; at On Stage tara with special guests Nidal at Kingsborough, 2001 Oriental Ibourk, Auxi Fernandez & Blvd., Bklyn.; 8pm; 718-368- Juan Perez Rodriguez – Zafir: 5596; www.onstageatkingsbor- Baruch Performing Arts Cen- ough.org/event ter’s Mason Hall; 8pm 2 Sa Uxaa & Narf with special 10 Su# Chansons Poétiques: perfor- guest Lara Bello: Roulette; 8p mance-talk with Helen Levin in 2 Sa Wahoo Skiffle Crazies: Tavern Staten Island; 3pm; see pp 2-3 Concerts; Historic Richmond- 13 We# Old-Time Music Jam: 7:30- town; 6 &8pm 9:30pm in Brooklyn; see pp 2-3 3 Su# Chantey & Folk Song & Mu- 15 Fr Rebecca Pronsky with Jessica sic Session: John St. Church; Coslet opening: Jalopy 2pm; see p. 2 15 Fr Queen Tipsy: Tavern Concerts; 3 Su# Triboro*: Good Coffeehouse; Historic Richmondtown 4pm; see p. 2 16 Sa Maestro Hossein Alizadeh w/ 3 Su# 4th Ann. Woody Guthrie Bklyn Pejman Hadadi: Roulette; 8pm Hoot*: 7pm, Jalopy; see pp 2-3 16 Sa Second Annual Ray Korona 6 We# Folk Open Sing: 7pm in Song Night with members of the Brooklyn; see p. 2 Ray Korona Band and many 7 Th Sharon Goldman and Her others: Peoples Voice Café Band: house concert; First 17 Su# Shanty Sing on Staten Island; Acoustics; 8pm 2-5pm; see p. 3 7 Th# Plainsong: OSA Hall; 7:30pm; 21 Th Jake Schulman-Ment with - 9 - Continued on next page Folk Music Events Calendar- Continued lette Yoshie Fruchter & Richie 4 We# Folk Open Sing: 7pm in Barshay: NY Klezmer Series; Brooklyn; see p. 2 Jalopy 7 Sa Women in Story and Song – 22 Fr Joseph Arthur: MWB; Naked Thelma Thomas and Robin Soul; 7pm Greenstein: Peoples Voice Café 23 Sa Mythill Prakesh: JWALA – The Flame; WMI; Symphony LONG ISLAND – APRIL Space 1 Fr Harpeth Rising: Garden Stage; 24 Su Sanjukta Wagh: Rage and Be- UUCCN yond; Irwatis Gandhari: WMI; 2 Sa Steve Gillette & Cindy Mang- Symphony Space sen plus Jack Williams: FMSH 25 Mo# Newsletter Mailing: 7pm in 2 Sa Klezmatics: Freeport Concert Jackson Hts, Queens; see p. 4 Assoc. Concert Series; Freeport 27 We# Old-Time Music Jam: 7:30- High School; 8pm 9:30pm in Brooklyn; see pp 2-3 3 Su John Sebastian & Tom Rush: 27 We# Tara O’Grady: featured at Landmark-Main St;SOLDOUT Sunnyside Singers Club; 8pm; 9 Sa Graham Parker: Landmark on see p. 2 Main Street 29 Fr Dan Bern: MWB; Naked Soul; 21 Th The Kennedys: Hard Luck 7pm Café; FMSH 29 Fr All Hands on Deck! A Fund- LONG ISLAND – MAY raiser for Clearwater with Kim 6 Fr Gathering Time & Mara & Reggie Harris, the Chapin Levine*: Garden Stage; Sisters, Bethany & Rufus, UUCCN Judy Gorman, Ebony Hill- 7 Sa Irish Mythen:; FMSH billies and Bev Grant; 6:30- 9:30pm; www.nycfriendsof- NEW YORK STATE – APRIL clearwater.org; ques. call John 1 Fr David Bromberg Big Band: at 212-316-1654 MWB; Tarrytown Music Hall 29 Fr Saeid Shanbehzadeh Ensem- 1 Fr Catie Curtis: The Folkus; 8pm ble: A World in Trance Festival 1 Fr Paul Guzzone and Freedie – 2nd Ed; Roulette; 8pm Johnston: Turning Pt; 8:30pm 29 Fr# Women and the Sea: Perfor- 1 Fr Jack Williams: Caffe Lena mance –Talk by Debra Cowan; 2 Sa Dala: Towne Crier; 8:30pm OSA Hall; 8pm; see p. 3-4 2 Sa Songs of the Earth – A Tribute 30 Sa A World in Trance Festival – 2nd to Rachel Carson by Terry Edition with Gundecha Broth- Leonino & Greg Artzner ers – Drupad Music/India: (Magpie): 8th Step; 7:30pm; Roulette; 8pm note date correction 30 Sa Professor Louie and the Lewis 2 Sa Abbie Gardner & The Crazi- Family: Peoples Voice Café est Dream Band: Common 30 Sa Brother Sun: First Acoustics Ground at Andrus On Hudson, 185 Old Broadway, Hastings on NEW YORK CITY – MAY Hudson; 7:30pm Mondays#: Irish Traditional Music 2 Sa Jesse Lege and Bayou Brew: Session at the Landmark; see p. 2 Rosendale Café; 8pm Wednesdays#: Sunnyside Singers Club 2 Sa David Mallett: Caffe Lena; 8p in Woodside, Queens; see p. 2 2 Sa Brooklyn Folk Festival Preview 1 Su# Mara Levine & Caroline featuring Meredith Axelrod Cutroneo with Celestial Har- and Down Hill Strugglers: monies (Barbara Novick and Turning Point; 7:30pm Nancy & Frank Moccaldi)*: 3 Su Dala w/ Mo Kenny: Caffe Lena Good Coffeehousee 3 Su Bobby DiBlasio: Turning Pt; 4p 1 Su Shahid Parvez & Lalgudi 3 Su No Fuss and Feathers with Vijay Alakshmi: A World in special guest Cheryl Prashker: Trance Festival – 2nd Ed; Rou- - 10 - Continued on next page Folk Music Events Calendar- Continued town Music Hall Towne Crier; 7:30pm 17 Su Richard Freitag Band feat. 6 We Tokyo Rosenthal: Turning Pt; Johnny Markowski: Turning 8pm Point; 4pm 7 Th Citizen Cope: MWB; Tarry- 17 Su The Levins + Tom Cordullo: town Music Hall; 8pm Borderline Folk Music Club 7 Th John Nemeth: Towne Crier; 17 Su Tannihill Weavers: Towne 7:30pm Crier; 7:30pm 8 Fr John Pousette-Dart: 8:30pm 21 Th Jimmy LaFave with special 8 Fr Yarn + The Costellos: Towne guest Marc Douglas Berardo: Crier; 8:30pm Towne Crier; 7:30pm 8 Fr Brook Williams: Caffe Lena 22 Fr Chris O’Leary Blues Band: 9 Sa De Temps Antan: Emelin The- Towne Crier; 8:30pm ater; 8pm 23 Sa Willy Porter & Carmen Nick- 9 Sa Johnny Campbell & the Blue- erson: Caffe Lena grass Drifters: Rosendale Café 23 Sa Slambovian Circus of 9 Sa Garland Jeffreys Band: Towne Dreams: Towne Crier: 8:30pm Crier; 8:30pm 23 Sa Upsouth Twisters: Turning 9 Sa Alex P. Suter Band: Turning Point; 8:30pm Point; 8:30pm 24 Su Kathy Griffin: MWB; Tarry- 9 Sa Brother Sun: Walkabout Clear- town Music Hall water Coffeehouse 24 Su Sharon Katz & The Peace 9 Sa Caravan of Thieves: Caffe Train: Towne Crier: 4pm Lena 24 Su An Evening with Loudon 10 Su Tommy Castro & The Pain- Wainwright III: Caffe Lena killers: Towne Crier; 7:30pm 28 Th Cowboy Junkies: Tarrytown 10 Su Dean Friedman: Turning Music Hall Point; 4pm 29-30 & 5/1: Folkathon: many per- 10 Su Dan Navarro with opener John formers; Caffe Lena; Fri. 6pm; Craigie: Caffe Lena Sat & Sun. 8:30am-10pm 13 We Boz Scaggs: Tarrytown Music 29 Fr The Subdudes and Beausoleil: Hall MWB; Tarrytown Music Hall 14 Th David Lindley: Turning Point 30 Sa Paula Cole: Towne Crier; 8:30p 15 Fr Shemekia Copeland Band: 30 Sa Tret Fure: CD Release con- Towne Crier; 8:30pm cert; 8th Step at Proctors 15 Fr Loren Barrigan and Mark 30 Sa Savoca & Heitzman: The Nel- Mazengarb: The Folkus; 8pm son Odeon 16 Fr The Small Glories plus Joe 30 Sa Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Crookston: Caramoor Ctr. for Malkine: Rosendale Café; 8pm Music & Arts, 149 Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah; tix: 914-232- NEW YORK STATE – MAY 1252; www.caramoor.org 1 Su Guy Davis: River Spirit Music 16 Sa Griffin House: Caffe Lena; 8p House Concerts; 5pm 16 Sa Phoebe Legere & Bon Appé- 1 Su Woody Mann with special tit: Rosendale Café guests Dave Keyes and Brian 16 Sa Terrance Simien & The Glassman: Turning Point Zydeco Experience: Towne 6 Fr Burns and Kristy: Folkus; 8p 6 Fr Aztec Two-Step 45th Anniver- Crier; 8:30pm th 16 Sa Roger McGuinn: Emelin The- sary Show: 8 Step; 7:30pm ater; 8pm 7 Sa Slaid Cleaves: Turning Point; 16 Sa Roy Zimmerman: 8th Step 8:30pm 17 Su Blues Brothers - Andy Cohen, 7 Sa Tribute to Bob Dylan and the Dakota Dave Hull & Paul As- Band feat. The THE BAND bell: Café Lena Band with the TTBB Horns: 17 Su Ry Cooder, Sharon White and Towne Crier; 8:30pm Ricky Scaggs: MWB; Tarry- 7 Sa Gaelic Storm: MWB; Tarry- town Music Hall - 11 - Continued on next page Folk Music Events Calendar- Continued 3 Su Michael Braunfeld: Acoustic 7 Sa Prof. Louie & The Crow- Celebration; 4pm matix: Turning Point; 8:30pm 3 Su Southeast Expressway: The 7 Sa Aztec Two-Step 45th Anniver- Half Door sary Show: The Nelson Odeon; 9 Sa Susie Burke & David Surette: Sounding Board NEW JERSEY – APRIL 9 Sa Andrew McKnight: The Va- 1 Fr No Fuss and Feathers Road- nilla Bean Café show plus Circle Round the 9 Sa Porch Party Mamas: North- Sun: the Minstrel west Park Concert Series 2 Sa Iona: Hurdy Gurdy 9 Sa & Kelly 8 Fr Steve Gun plus Dawn Landes: Jones plus Stan Sullivan: Outpost in the Burbs Roaring Brook Concerts 15 Fr The Berrymans:PrincetonFMS 9 Sa Stacy Phillips and His Blue- 15 Fr The Shockenaw Mountain grass Characters: Branford Boys + Bob McNally: Minstrel 10 Su Brother Sun: Voices Café; 16 Sa Cheryl Wheeler + Mindy Unitarian Church of Westport, Schmidt: Sanctuary Concerts 10 Lyons Plains Rd.,Westport; 22 Fr Jim Hurst plus Stuart Kabak: www.voicescafe.org the Minstrel 10 Su Mile Twelve: The Half Door 29 Fr James Keelaghan with Neely 15 Fr David Allen Hammond: Friday Emmert Bly: the Minstrel Night at All Souls 29 Fr Garland Jeffries: Outpost 16 Sa Amy Gallatin with The Cad- 29 Fr Rita Wilson: MWB; SOPAC leys: Sounding Board 16 Sa Jeff Prezech: Vanilla Bean Café NEW JERSEY – MAY 16 Sa Tannihill Weavers: Celtic Airs; 1 Su John Hiatt: MWB; SOPAC Wilde Aud; U. of Hartford 6 Fr Summer Songs Beach Party: 17 Su 81 South: The Half Door the Minstrel 17 Su Bill Staines: Roaring Brook 7 Sa Arlon Bennett & the Healing 23 Sa Lui Collins: Vanilla Bean Café Project and the Loretta Hagen 23 Sa Steve Gillette & Cindy Mang- Trio (co-bill): Acoustic Café; sen: Sounding Board at St. John Baptist Church, 69 23 Sa Christine Lavin & Don White: Valley St., Hillsdale; 8pm Northwest Park Concert Series 7 Sa The Chapin Sisters with Dubl 24 Su Rock Hearts: The Half Door Handi: Hurdy Gurdy 30 Sa Joe Crookston (at The Pine 7 Sa Dan Tyminski and Ronnie Loaf Pizzeria and Café, 1474 Bowman: Sanctuary Concerts Berlin Tpke., Berlin): Sounding CONNECTICUT – APRIL Board 1 Fr The Uncommon Nightcrawl- 30 Sa Antje Duvekot: Vanilla Bean ers: Milford Arts Council 30 Sa Gil Gutierrez: Northwest Park Performance Coffeehouse, Concert Series 2 Sa Seat of Our Pants: Vanilla CONNECTICUT – MAY Bean Café 1 Su Burning Bridget Cleary: 2 Sa Rupert Wates/Bob Gotta: Acoustic Celebration Roaring Book Concerts 4 We The Waifs: Ridgefield Play- 2 Sa The Boucher’s 8th Annual “Par- house ty De Sucre” 2016 – Traditional 6 Fr South Carolina Broadcasters: French Canadian Maple Sugar GuitartownCT Productions; Cabin Party w/ Josee Vachon, Spaceland Ballroom; Hamden Patrick Ross, Daniel Boucher 6 Fr Tribute to Linda Ronstadt others; noon-5pm; adv. pur- featuring No Fuss and Feath- chase only; call 860-614-9970; ers Road Show: Folk Fridays [email protected] or Series; CT Folk [email protected]; www. 6 Fr The Weight: The Ridgefield facebook.com/jam.francais Playhouse - 12 - Repeating Events Space limitations prevent us from printing the list this month. For a complete and constantly updated list, go on the web at: http://www.folkmusicny.org/repeating.html. All of these listings change -- you should always call and check. Additions and Cor- rections to these lists are most welcome! Send to: Don Wade, 35-41 72nd St, Jackson Hts, NY 11372; E-mail: Don(at)folkmusicny.org #=new or changed item.; %= organization with newsletter

More detailed information for locations listed in the chronological Events Cal- endar. 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)folkmusicny.org. §= Organization with a newsletter which lists area events AROUND TOWN (The 5 boroughs of NYC) Blarney Star --see Glucksman Ireland House Ethical Culture Society (Brooklyn), 53 Prospect Park West, B’klyn 11215 (2nd St) Ethical Culture Society (NYC), 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West New York, NY 10023 ; 212-874-5210 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/ 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 Sun, 7pm other days; $15 MWB / Naked Soul; see Rubin Museum of Art OSA (Organization of Staff Analysts), 220 E. 23rd Street New York., suite 707 (between 2nd and 3rd Ave).--for NYPFMC concerts, see page 2-3. 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 Av., Brooklyn; 917-267-0363 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 Sunnyside Singers Club; Aubergine Café, 49-22 Skillman Ave., Woodside; www. - 13 - Continued on next page Calendar Listings information continued from previous page auberginecafe.com; sings Wednesdays sometimes with featured performer. Symphony Space; 95 St & Bway, Manhattan; 212-864-5400; various groups. www. symphonyspace.org Tavern Concerts; see Richmondtown Restoration WMI‑World Music Institute Concerts: (8:00 PM unless indicated) various locations: Symphony Space; 2537 Bway (at 95th St), Manhattan; 212-864-5400 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 § (Long Island Traditional Music Assn. c/o Liz Levitt, 133 Clinton Ave, Mastic NY 11950). 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 (note: 845 is the new area code for all 914 but Westchester. 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 Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs; 518-583-0022; www.caffelena.org Cranberry Coffeehouse, 183 Riverside Drive, Binghamton, New York 13905; third Saturday, 7:30pm; featured performers plus open mic; http://www. cranberrycoffeehouse.org/. e-mail: [email protected]; phone: Chris, 607-754-9437 Eighth Step Coffeehouse; 8th Step at Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady; 518-434-1703 Emelin Theater; Library La, Mamaroneck, 10543; 8:30pm; 914-698-0098; www.emelin.org Folkus; concerts at May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, 3800 East Genesee St, Syracuse, N.Y.; http://www.folkus.org/; Box 197, DeWitt, NY 13214 Nelson Odeon; 8pm, 4035 Nelson Rd., Nelson; www.nelsonodeon.com; 315-655-9193 River Spirit Music house concerts, 5pm in Hastings-on Hudson; (potluck at 4pm) http:// www.riverspiritmusic.com/houseconcerts (347) MUSIC-76 Rosendale Cafe, 434 Main St, Rosendale 12472; 845-658-9048; 9pm cover & min; www. rosendalecafe.com 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 Continued on next page - 14 - Calendar Listings information Continued from previous page 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 §); ; www.hurdygurdyfolk. org.) Minstrel Coffeehouse; Fri, 8:30pm, $7 (2nd Fri, open stage); Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ. (Run by Folk Project §, POB 41, Mendham 07945; 973-335-9489; www.folkproject.org; Sat info: 973-335-9489 Outpost in the “Burbs” Coffeehouse The Unitarian Church of Montclair or the Montclair High School Auditorium; twice monthly; 8:30pm; 973-744-6560; www. outpostintheburbs.org Princeton Folk Music Soc. § (POB 427, Princeton 08540); usually cncrts 3rd Fri. at Christ Congregation Church, 55 Walnut Lane (across from Princeton HS), Princeton; $20 ($15 NYPFMC members); info: Justin Kodner, 609-799-0944; www.princetonfolk.org The Sanctuary Concerts, Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Boulevard, Chatham, NJ; folk concerts twice monthly September-May; info:973-376-4946, boxoffice@ sanctuaryconcerts.org; www.sanctuaryconcerts.org SOPAC: South Orange Performing Arts Center‎. 1 SOPAC way. South Orange, NJ 07079; (973) 313-2787; www.sopacnow.org‎ CONNECTICUT (Southern New England-WWUH FOLKFONE: 860-768-5000) Acoustic Celebration; Most Concerts in St. Stephen’s North Hall, 351 Main St., Ridgefield; 4pm; www.acousticcelebration.org Branford Folk Music Society, First Cong. Ch, 1009 Main St, Branford, 8pm; 203-488- 7715, , http://folknotes.org/branfordfolk/ Celtic Airs: Lincoln Theater at the University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25; $10 for UHar students. Information: 860-768-4228 and harttweb.hartford.edu Folk Fridays Series; CT Folk@First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Ave., New Haven; www.ctfolk.com Friday Night Folk Cfehse, All Souls Universalist Unitarian Congregation, 19 Jay St., New London; 860-443-0316; www.fridaynightfolk.org GuitartownCT Productions; The Unitarian Society Hall, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden; 203-430-4060 or www.guitartownct.com Half Door, 270 Sisson Av., Hartford; 5-8pm; 860-232-7827; info 203-650-3492 Milford Arts Council, Center for Arts, 40 Railroad Avenue South, Milford; 203-878-6647 Northwest Park Concert Series, Northwest Park Nature Center,145 Lang Road, Windsor, CT, 860-285-1886; 7:30pm; http//: www.northwestpark.org Ridgefield Playhouse. 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT 06877, 203-438-5795; www. ridgefieldplayhouse.org Roaring Brook Concerts; Roaring Brook Nature Cent, 70 Gracey Rd, Canton; Sat’s, 7:30pm; Open Mike one Wed, 7:30pm (open thru April); 860-693-0263, www. roaringbrookconcerts.org Sounding Board C.H., Universalist Church of West Hartford, 433 Fern St., West Hartford CT; Sat’s, 8pm, $10, (closed July & August) info: Brent Hall, 460 Wallingford Rd, Cheshire, CT 06410; 203-272-8404; http://folknotes.org. Univ. of Hartford - (W)Wilde Auditorium or (M)Millard Auditorium in Harry Jack Gray Center, 200 Bloomfield Ave. (Rt. 189), W. Hartford; Fridays 7:30; 860-768-4228 or 800-274-8587; www.hartford.edu Vanilla Bean Café, corner of 44, 169 & 97, Pomfret; 8pm Sat eve’s plus first Fri open mike, 860-928-1562; www.thevanillabeancafe.com - 15 - Folk Music Society of NY Information The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc./NY NEWSLETTER INFORMATION (ISSN 1041‑4150) Pinewoods Folk Music Club was started in 1965 and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational corporation; DEADLINE: the 12th of the month prior to pub­li­ an affiliate of the Country Dance & Song Society cation (no Aug. issue). of America and a member of the Folk Alliance. A Publisher: Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc., 444 copy of our annual report is avail­able from our of­fice W. 54 St., #7, NYC, NY 10019. © 2015 at 444 W. 54th St, #7, NYC, NY 10019 or from the Office of Charities Registration, N.Y. Dept. of State, Send address changes to the membership chair: 162 Washington Av, Albany, NY 12232. Tom Weir, 340 W. 28 St, #13J, NYC, NY 10001; 212-695-5924; membership(at)folkmusicny.org We have approximately 400 members and run con- Editor: Eileen Pentel, 35‑41 72nd St, Jackson certs, week-ends, classes, and get-togethers, all with Hts, NY 11372; 718‑672-6399. Send all Hot­lines & ads run entirely by volunteers with a Board of Directors (with check made out to FMSNY) and all elected by the membership. The working officers correspondence & articles ONLY to this address. below (members of and elected by the board) wel- come your help and suggestions. Send calendar or listings info directly to the ap­propriate person below (no charge for listing): Memberships are listed on the back page; regular memberships help support the society and include Events Calendar: one subscription to the newsletter (10-11 issues Margaret Murray, 1684 W. First Street, #C6, yearly) and reduced admissions. Won’t you join us? Brooklyn, New York 11223. 2016 Board of Directors: Locations: Don Wade, 35-41 72 St, Jcksn Hts, NY 11372; Membership: Tom Weir, 340 W. 28th Street, #13J, New York, NY 10001;212-695-5924; membership Festival Listings: John Mazza, 50 Plum Tree (at)folkmusicny.org. [coupon on back cover.] Lane, Trumbull, CT 06611 Program: Heather Wood, Calligraphy Headings: Anthony Bloch 444 W. 54th St, #7, NYC, NY 10019; Front Cover Heading: Patricia Greene 212-957-8386; Chief Drudge and Layout: Don Wade Education: Steve Suffet, 718-786-1533 Don(at)folkmusicny.org Other Staff: Lynn Cole, Ruth Lipman, Social Chair: Betsy Mayer, 212-369-1896 Judy Polish All members are encouraged to submit articles on President: Evy Mayer, 3050 Fairfield Avenue folk music & related subjects, and book, concert, #3K, Bronx, NY 10463 718-549-1344 (after 11 and record reviews. Preferably submit articles and am) ads on CD ROM or via E-mail to Don(at)folkmu- Vice‑President: Anne Price 718-543-4971 sicny.org. (InDesign CS 5 or below, PDF, ASCII or MS-Word format) or else type them. Send articles to the editor; be sure to include your day & evening Treasurer & Finance Comm Chair: Heather phone numbers and keep a copy. Wood, 444 W. 54th St, #7, New York, NY 10019; 212-957-8386; Newsletters are sent by first class mail or on-line to members on or about the first of each month (except Publicity: Lynn Cole, 83-10 35th Avenue #2W, August). Views expressed in signed articles and ads Jackson Heights, NY 11372; represent those of the author and not necessarily 919-308-9526 those of the club. 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The Editor has no facilities for doing art work and ads which are Reciprocal Arrangements: sloppily laid out will be refused! Ads are subject to The Society has a reciprocal members’ admission the approval of the Advertising Committee. Page or agreement with CD*NY, Princeton Folk Music position placement cannot be guaranteed. Society, and the Borderline Folk Music Club. website: www.folkmusicny.org What's up with (at)? To prevent harvesting of E-Mail: (but it is e-mail addresses, we replace @ with (at) in e-mail best to send to individual officers as listed above). addresses. - 16 - Share the Joy of Dance, Music & Song CDSS Summer Camps 2016 photo: Alistair Brown

e believe in the joy and strength that dance, music and song W bring to people. Our summer camp programs are a place for skill building, learning and sharing, having fun, and taking back what we learn to our community. Laughter and learning—so evident at a camp week, whether it's Pinewoods (MA), Ogontz (NH), Timber Ridge (WV) or Cavell (MI), and whether your passion is dancing contras, squares, English country, morris or sword, singing songs up into the sky, or filling the air with music—that feeling will go home with you. The skills learned and connections made at camp can last a lifetime. Adults love it, families thrive on it. Join us this summer!

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- 17 - Peoples’ Voice Cafe Saturday8/27to at Community Church of NY Friday9/2 40 East 35th Street • New York City PinewoodsCamp Between Park & Madison Avenues Plymouth,MA Lower level • Accessible site Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Doors open 7:30 April 2: Pat Lamanna + Elaine Romanelli April 9: David Massengill + Generations concerts workshops April 16: Ray Korona Song Night singing dancing jamming April 30: Prof. Louie & the Lewis Family May 7: Thelma Thomas +Robin Greenstein Stillspaceavailable.Reservenow. May 14: Joel Landy + Steve Suffet May 21: Matt Jones / Phil Ochs Tribute Concert with Magpie Suggested donation: $18. The Society’s web page: Peoples’ Voice Cafe subscribers: $10. www.folkmusicny.org More if you choose, less if you can’t. No one turned away for lack of money. Volunteer Jobs Available; Info: 212-787-3903 www.peoplesvoicecafe.org Mindless Work Fair Trade Music 1000 Does your day job cause a lot of stress because you have to do too much The FMSNY executive board has agreed to thinking? Come and relax after work the American Federation of Musicians Local 1000 at our monthly Pinewoods newsletter Fair Trade Music princi- mailings where all you have to do is label, ples for our concert pro- sticker, and stamp. See the information gram. In essence it means for the next mailing on page 4. Info: 718- that our club agrees to 672-6399. pay at least union scale to the performers in those PRENEWAL concerts, including house Your membership expiration date is concerts, for which we are the primary printed on your newsletter mailing label. sponsor. Our agreement does not cover non-concert events such as sing-arounds If you send in your renewal before it ex- and weekends, nor does it cover concerts pires, you will save wear and tear on Tom, featuring our own club members and con- our Membership Chair, and also save the certs where we are a cosponsor but from club the cost of mailing you a reminder. which we receive no income. For more Address to send to is on the back cover information please visit: www.fairtrade- membership blank. music1000.wordpress.com. Thank you.

Spring Folk Music Weekend, May 27-30 see flier in centerfold - 18 - Anyone may place Advertisements of 40 words or less; RATES: $10 each Hotline per month ($5 for members), 1/2 year for $30 ($15 for members). Members please include mailing label or ID number for discount. (Lost & Found ads are free.) Send all ads to: Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72nd St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. We will be happy to accept ads by E-mail with the text as part of the message (coincident with mailing your check) to DonWade(at)donwade.us. All ads must be prepaid, make checks to: Folk Music Society of NY, Inc. (FMSNY). [Last run date is in brackets.] Sound reinforcement: Your program deserves the best, whether it’s a con­cert or a large festival. Location recording: Direct to stereo or Digital 8-track recording and editing. Acoustic Folk and Classical are specialties. Collegium Sound, Inc.; 718-426-8555; soundman(at)computer.org [1-17] Minstrel Records: Bob Coltman, David Jones, Jack Langstaff, Almeda Riddle, Frank Warner, Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis, Jerry Epstein, Dwayne Thorpe, Sonja Savig. On LP, newer releases on CD. www.minstrelrecords.com or Minstrel Records, 35-41 72 St, Jackson Hts, NY 11372, 718-426-8555 [1-17] Come do English and American country dancing with Country Dance *NY! Always live music! All dances taught, beginners and experienced dancers wel- come, no partners necessary. English dancing (think Jane Austen!) Tuesdays, 7:00-10:00 pm. American (mostly contra) dancing most Saturdays, 8:00-11:00 pm (beginners at 7:30). Sept. through June. All at the Church of the Village, 201 W. 13th St. at 7th Ave. For current schedule and other information see: www.cdny.org or call the Dancephone: 212-459-4080. [12-16x2] Move our Money from the Pentagon back to our neighborhoods. Join Peace Action Manhattan, your hometown Peace group. Phone 212-580-1504. email: peaceactman(at)gmail.com. [6-16] Entertainment/Arts Attorney – Making a record? Publishing your book? Collabo- rating on a score, play, film? Licensing copyrights? Registering Trademark? Forming LLC or incorporating non-profit? I negotiate fair agreements, draft readable contracts, file forms, mediate disputes. Law Office of Leslie Berman, 631-675-1139, [email protected] Advertising. [1-17] If you are the proud parent of one of the hotlines, please check the ending date. Send in your renewal before the 12th of the preceding month to have it continue in the next month. Folk Alliance - Membership Benefits Because FMSNY is a member of the Folk Alliance, our members are entitled to certain benefits, including instrument insurance, health insurance, and more. The complete list can be found at http://www.folkalliance.org/membership/all-membership-services/ However, only nine of our members can be signed up to receive those benefits. If you are interested, contact Heather Wood, hwood50(at)aol.com, (646) 628-4604. The Society’s web page: www.folkmusicny.org - 19 - Membership Form - JOIN US! (For a sample newsletter, write to the Society office—address at left.) To join (or to renew) and receive the newsletter regularly, you may join online at http://fmsny. eventbrite.com or mail this to: FMS membership, c/o Tom Weir, 340 W. 28 Street, #13J, New York, NY 10001; 212-695- 5924; membership(at)folkmusicny.org. MAKE ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. Yearly Dues $38 individual; $55 family/dual; low income/full-time student: $25 individual; $30 family (low income is a hardship category for those who can’t otherwise afford to join). (please state reason: ______) Two Year dues:  70 individual; $100 family/dual Lifetime: $700 ind.; $1000 family/dual Memberships above include newsletter, and reduced admission to concerts and most events. Long Distance Membership (more than 50 miles from midtown Manhattan): Yearly: $30 Individual; $48 family/dual Includes newsletter, weekend discounts, and voting privileges.  I wish to be a supporting member, my check includes an additional $______over regular dues. (Additional contributions are tax deductible, as permitted by law.) renewal (exp month:______) new (How did you first hear about us? ______)  Send the newsletter online Name(s): ______Address:______City:______State:______ZIP______Telephone (______) ______

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