October 2012 www.folkproject org New Jersey’s Premier Acoustic Music and Dance Organization Festival Emergency! Fall Festival – Friday through Sunday, October 5 – 7 It’s not an emergency for us. It’s an emergency for you, though. You have only a few days left before you miss not only the official make-believe registration deadline, but the actual, real, honest-to-goodness “you can’t come anymore” registration deadline. Day passes are now available, so it’s easy for you first timers to make the leap. It is hard to believe how many of our Folk Project friends regret delaying their first festival. Remember, it’s more like a music retreat with only 150 guests, and it’s a special way to experience acoustic music. That’s why we say it’s the best darn three-day music party ever. Check out the lineup, the workshops and the fun at FolkProject.org/Festival. Register on line. Call Mark at (201) 207-8696 if you have any questions. Try it. You’ll love it. October Evening o’ Music Sat., 10/13, 8pm • Lindsey Meyer’s Keep the post-festival spirit jumping at Lindsey’s historic home in Peapack. Please bring instruments, voices, food and/or beverages to share (folding chairs are also welcome!) and bring a flashlight so you can find your car. 156 Main St, Peapack. (908) 208-3884. (GPS refers to my town as “Peapack and Gladstone”.) Directions: From Route 287, take Route 202/206 North and start counting traffic lights. When the road splits, bear left to stay on Route 206 N. At the 5th traffic light, turn right onto Holland Road. At the stop sign, turn left onto Main St. Go 1/2 mile and turn right into the driveway marked “Folk Project”. PARKING: Park anywhere along the driveway BEYOND the 2 houses. If drive is full, keep going, turn left onto School Street, and park in the municipal lot. NOTE: house is the two-famiily on the right side of the driveway. Enter through any door marked “Folk Project”. BONUS Evening o’ Music! Sat., 10/27, 8pm • the Roffmans’ Every month, our 4th Saturday Bonus Evening o’ Music takes place at Eddie and Robin’s place, 11 Butternut Rd., Randolph. (973) 328-7742. Bring song, voice, insruments and food/bev to share. Note: Eddie and Robin keep Kosher. Non-kosher items can be shared on the kitchen table; bring serving utensils. Directions: >From I287 Southbound: exit 36, Ridgedale Ave. Keep right at fork, follow signs for and turn right at Ridgedale Ave., go 0.7 mi. Follow directions from Ridgedale-Hanover intersection below >From I287 Northbound: exit 36B, W Lafayette Ave. Right at light onto Ridgedale Ave., go 0.9 mi. >From Ridgedale-Hanover Intersection: Left onto E Hanover (westbound), go 4.6 mi. Turn right at Black Birch Dr. (just past traffic light at Shongum Rd.) go 0.8 mi. Turn right at Butternut Rd., second driveway on the right. The Minstrel October 2012 Members’ Gigs & Friends Acoustic Concert Series presented by Mike Agranoff: Mon. 10/22: 7:30pm, Port Washington, NY, Public LIbrary. www.pwpl. org/events/ or call (516) 883-4400 Fri., 10/5: Closed for Folk Project Festival Blue Jersey Band (Frank Ruck, Ellen Ruck, Mike Sutton): Sun., 10/14: 3pm, Featuring The Jeremy Kittel Band, Magpie, Toby Walker, Grover Kemble, the Lords of Liechtenstein and more. Community Concert Association of Bordentown, Bordentown Middle School, 50 Fri., 10/12: Open Stage Dunns Mill Rd., Bordentown, NJ, (609) 954-8130; Wed., 10/17: Princeton Country Dance (see Feets) This is an opportunity for all acoustic musicians to perform a 15-minute set on our stage, and for the audience to be treated to a diverse collection of acoustic musicians. We’ve often seen previews of our regular scheduled acts for the first Russ Kelner: w/ Cream Cheese Ensemble, Thurs., 10/18, Cranford Hall Nursing Home time at Open Stage. For information on how to secure a performance slot, call 973-335-9489, or go to www.folkproject. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - org and visit the Open Stage page. Unclassifieds Fri., 10/19: Amy Regan, Rachel Marie WEST ORANGE ROOM FOR RENT: Private bedroom/bathroom in large house with Amy Regan stands out among singer-songwriters as one who excels in all amenities, relaxed atmosphere, privacy respected, shuttle to train, easy access to both art of singing and the craft of writing, never letting the art and the craft interfere with each other. Her writing is literate and sophisticated. Her singing 280. Call Tom Picard (848) 219-1868 or Shari Korenstein (201) 306-8744 is passionate without drawing attention to itself. And her small combo graces MOONLIGHT CATERING: Catering for many types of events — weddings, gradua- her songs with appropriate lead work that does not get in the way of the tions, bar/bat mitzvahs, birthdays, special occasions — you name it, Richard can songs themselves. One can admire her skill and still be swept away. cater it. www.MoonlightCatering.net Rachel Marie is a recent addition to the roster of Folk Project performing members. A singer-songwriter and student at Drew University, she shows precocious sophistication in her songs and presentation. Her appearance was a highlight of the Minstrel’s Birthday Show in August. “...Horses Sing None of It!” Fri., 10/26: Finest Kind, Jody Kruskal A folksy non-commercial public access TV series featuring a surprising variety of guest Finest Kind is the vocally oriented trio of Ian Robb, Shelly Posen, and Anne Downey. These three singers, each a performers, hosted by Ralph Litwin. All types of mainly acoustic music, storytellers, powerhouse in their own right, combine to produce some of the most beautiful and intricate harmonies in the folk dancers, others. Schedule available at www.folkproject.org. Seen on: Cablevision Morris world. Much of their material stems from the traditional repertoire of their respective native countries, England, Canada, area, Sun. 7:300pm ch. 21; Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), New York City, and the US. But they also glean from genres from Western Swing to Sacred Harp to Tin Pan Alley to their Thurs. 2:30pm on Time/Warner Cable ch. 34 and on RCN Cable ch. 82; also broadcast via own formidable pens. streaming video on the web at www.MNN.org (popup players 34/82 http | mms); Service You can’t do that on the concertina! Well, maybe you Electric Cable TV Allentown, PA, Thurs. 9:30pm ch. 50; Staten Island Community TV (SICTV) or I can’t, but tonight’s opener Jody Kruskal can. Jody Thursdays 7:30pm ch. 35; Fargo Access (www.cityoffargo.com/cable) on Cable One Fri. is known in the contra-dance world as a wizard of the 6:30pm & Mon. 3:00pm ch. 12 in Fargo, ND; Cablevision Anglo concertina as a member of numerous bands including Grand Picnic and Squeezology. But as a solo 67; RCN 82; Verizon 42. Also streams via www. performer, he applies the little squeeze box to the bricartsmedia.org/community-media/bcat- most unlikely of songs, including blues, ragtime, jazz, tv-network. Mendham TV: Mon., Wed., and novelty numbers to marvelous effect. Fri.: 8am, 2pm & 8pm; Tues., Thurs., Sat.: 7am, 1pm & 7pm (same epi- UPCOMING: 11/2: Lou & Peter Berryman; 11/9: Open Stage; 11/16: Small Potatoes, Matthew Broady; 11/23: FP Past sode all week) on Comcast Presidents Concert; 11/30: An Agranoff Imperative! Brother Sun,The Sea, The Sea; 12/7: Chorus Song Night; 12/14: Open Stage; 12/21: Closed; 12/28: A Folk Project Special Concert —Trout Fishing in America; 1/4: The Kennedys; ch. 22 or 25 & Verizon ch. 1/11: Open Stage; 1/25: Runa —An Agranoff Imperative 22 or 25; Comcast Central The Minstrel is an acoustic music concert series run by the Folk Project, a non-profit folk music and arts organization. We use the facilities of the NJ 2, 3:30pm Friday, Ch. Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ. We hold shows almost every Friday, year round, and the second 280; simulcast on Comcast Friday of the month is usually an open stage/audition night. The music we present is “folk” music in its broadest sense. That is, in addition to traditional American and ethnic “folk” music (in its purist definition), we welcome music of contemporary, primarily acoustic songwriters, and Northwest NJ (Hunterdon County other types of music more folkie in attitude than in content. Shows start at 8pm; dress is casual. We serve coffee, teas, and baked goods. There is no alcohol or tobacco on the premises. Admission is inexpensive; on our regular Friday concerts we ask $7.00 on your way in, and, if you feel area) ch. 21. the show was worth it, an additional amount at your discretion on the way out, which goes to supplement what we pay the feature performer. Children under 12 are free. For travel information or information on shows, call (973) 335-9489 or visit our website at www.folkproject.org. Funding has been made possible in part by funds from the Arts Council of the Morris Area through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. To volunteer email [email protected] 3 All Venues That’s Fit To Print Music at the Mission: West Milford Presbyterian Church, 1452 Union Valley Rd., West Milford, (973) 728-3081, www.musicatthemission.org; Sat., 10/20: Ryan Montbleau Albert Hall/Sounds of the NJ Pines: Country/bluegrass/folk every Saturday. 125 Wells Mills Music on Main: 7:30pm, Woodbridge.