Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. June 2007 vol 42, No.6 June 11 Mon FMSNY Exec. Board Meeting 7:15pm location tba. 12 Tue Sea Music: Jon Bartlett+ NY Packet; 6pm, South Street Seaport 16 Sat Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, 8pm. 17 Sun Sacred Harp Sing at St. Barts: 2:30pm. 19 Tue Sea Music: Joanie Madden (to be confirmed)+ NY Packet; 6pm, South Street Seaport 26 Tue Sea Music: Susan McKeown+ NY Packet; 6pm, South Street Seaport 29 Fri Danny Spooner; Community Church, 7:30pm ☺ July 4 Wed (no Folk Open Sing in Brooklyn) 5 Thur Newsletter Mailing, 7pm; in Jackson Heights ( Queens) 9 Mon FMSNY Exec. Board Meeting; 7:15pm location tba 10 Tue Sea Music: Robbie O'Connell+ NY Packet; 6pm, South Street Seaport 14 Sat Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, 8pm 15 Sun Singing Party on Staten Island at Helen Levin’s; 2 PM 17 Tue Sea Music: Anne Price + NY Packet; 6pm, South Street Seaport 24 Tue Sea Music: tba + NY Packet; 6pm, South Street Seaport 29 Sun John Roberts House Concert, in Sparrowbush, NY Details next pages; ☺= free to members Table of Contents Society Events details ...........2-3 Calendar Location Info ...........11 From the Editor, ................... 3 Festival Listings ...................12 Folk Music Society Info .......... 4 Guthrie Birthday Bash Ad .......20 Topical Listing of Events ......... 5 Falcon Ridge Ad ..................21 Danny Spooner info .............6-7 Labor Chorus Ad..................22 CD Reviews ......................... 7 30 Years Ago ......................22 Calendar Listings................... 8 Pinewoods Hot Line ..............23 Repeating Events ................... 9 Membership Form ................24 Danny Spooner Friday, June 29; 7:30pm Community Church, 35 St & Park Ave - 1 - SEA MUSIC CONCERTS; Tuesdays in June and July (except July 3), 6pm Members of The New York Packet (Frank Woerner, Bonnie Milner, Deirdre Murtha, Joy Bennett, Alison Kelley, Frank Hendricks, David Jones, Jan Christensen, Dan Milner & Bob Conroy) join featured guests. Co-sponsored with the South Street Seaport Museum. At the Museum’s Melville Gallery, 209 Water Street, between Fulton & Beekman. Call 212-691-7610 for directions. Donation is $5 (children, $2), pay at the door. Tuesday, June 12: Jon Bartlett - Originally from England, now many years resident in British Columbia, Jon was one of the surprise "hits" of the 2006 Mystic Sea Music Festival. He has a big voice and an excellect maritime song repertoire. Tuesday, June 19: Joanie Madden - Fabulous flautist of Cherish the Ladies... to be confirmed. Tuesday, June 26: Susan McKeown - Not only our favorite Irish singer but many other people's too. Susan has a great, full, effortless voice and a large following. Come early for a good seat. Tuesday July 3 (no concert) Tuesday, July 10 -Robbie O'Connell - Nephew of the Clancy Brothers, long-time bandmate of Mick Moloney, and Liam Clancy, Robbie has become America's best loved Irish balladeer. FOLK OPEN SING; Wednesdays, June 6th and Aug. 1; 6:30-10 pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month (except July 4) 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 (basement), Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Directions: F train to 7th Ave.; Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture/Good Coffeehouse, Pinewoods Folk Music Club, Alison Kelley, and Frank Woerner. Info: Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341 CHANTEY SING; Saturday, June 16th; 8 PM Come to the Chantey Sing at South St Seaport. Bring instruments, voices and songs. Co-sponsored and hosted by the Seamen’s Church Institute at 241 Water St NYC. Directions: A & C trains Broadway/Nassau St., and J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, 5, Fulton St. Walk down Fulton St and make a left on Water St. A small donation requested. Info: 718- 788-7563 or www.woodenshipsmusic.com/nychanty/nychanty.html. SACRED HARP SINGING AT ST. BART’S; Sunday, June 17th; 2:30pm Co-sponsored and hosted by St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan, on the 3rd Sun- day of each month Sept. thru June, 2:30 to 5pm, 109 East 50th St. We continue the colonial American tradition of four-part, unaccompanied gospel singing. Beginners welcome! Books available for loan or purchase. Contributions collected; free parking available. Food and fellowship following. Info: Gail Harper 212-750-8977. DANNY SPOONER; Friday, June 29th; 7:30 PM ☺ Danny Spooner is about the best singer Australia has to offer in traditional song. Born in southern England, he went to sea (skipping school) at age 13, and was lucky enough to crew on a boat captained by the fine source singer Bob Roberts. Danny absorbed songs from all over, especially on the waterways around the East coast of Britain. He has lived in Australia now for 30 years and has picked up lots of songs, stories, history, Continued on next page - 2 - FMSNY Events Details- Continued humor from there as well. He plays a mean concertina and sings with power and style. In the few years he has been coming to America, he has become a real favorite for good reason. To see more about Danny, see page 6. FREE TO CLUB MEMBERS, fulltime students under 22, and anyone under 18. Others: $20; seniors $12. Information: (212) 957-8386 At the Community Church, 40 E. 35 St between Park & Madison, Manhattan, 7:30 p.m. Non-members can buy general admission tickets on-line at http://folkconcert4.eventbrite.com. NEWSLETTER MAILING; Thursday, July 5th; 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 home of Don Wade and Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72nd Street, Jackson Heights (Queens). Right near the “74 St” Station of the #7 line or the “Roosevelt-Ave-Jackson Heights” Station of the E,F,V, and R trains. For info. call 718-426-8555. Help! 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 flyers, help us by getting a supply of flyers to put out. Contact Don Wade, <[email protected]>, 718-426-8555 and let us know how many to send you! Thanks June is here with warm weather, finally. We had a wonderful Spring Weekend and we have some fun things for June and for the summer. Also note the second instalment of our festival listings. Again, thanks to John Mazza for compiling it. Our next series concert performer is Danny Spooner, a great singer, who will have you singing and laughing along with him. The weekly Sea Music Concerts have started at the South Street Seaport. Don’t forget the Chantey Sings and the Sacred Harp Sing. Any banjo players out there? Must be. See below for a banjo player’s workshop. Just to let you know, I am now officially the Program Chair. Our special thanks to David Kleiman, who has been Program Chair for many years, and who will continue to be active. Thank you to the volunteers who help to put out the newsletter each month and ensure that you get the word about what’s going on in the club and at events throughout the city. They could always use more help. For the last newsletter thank you to: Isabel Goldstein, Brenda Pena, Eileen Pentel, Anne Price, Marcus Tieman, and Don Wade. Won’t you join us and help mail out the next newsletter on Thursday, July 5? (See above) A BANJO PLAYER’S Alert— Remarkable, young banjo player Adam Hurt Might give an old-time banjo workshop in the City. If you miss it, ‘twould really be a pity. Might be one full weekend or one full day; If interested, contact me right away! Alan Friend, Education Chairman, [email protected] (718) 965-4074 - 3 - Folk Music Society of NY Information The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc./NY Pin- NEWSLETTER INFORMATION (ISSN 1041-4150) ewoods Folk Music Club was started in 1965 and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational corporation; an DEADLINE: the 14th of the month prior to affiliate of the Country Dance & Song Society of publication (no Dec. or Aug. issue). America; a member of the Folk Alliance; and a mem- Publisher: Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc., 444 ber of the NY-NJ Trail Conference. A copy of our W. 57 St., #7, NYC, NY 10019, 718-651-1115. annual report is available from our office at 444 W. 57 St, #7., NYC, NY 10119, or from the Office of Editor: Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72 St, Jackson Hts, Charities Registration, N.Y. Dept. of State, 162 NY 11372; 718-426-8555. Send all Hotlines & Washington Av, Albany, NY 12232. ads (with check made out to FMSNY) and all correspondence & articles ONLY to this address. We have approximately 500 members and run con- certs, week-ends, classes, and get-togethers, all with Change of address to Circulation (see list at left) an emphasis on traditional music. The Society is Send calendar or listings info directly to the run by all volunteers with a Board of Directors, appropriate person below (no charge for listing): elected by the membership. The working officers below (members of and elected by the board) wel- Events Calendar: Lenore Greenberg, (summer come your help and suggestions. address) 300 Buck Island Road, 13H W. Yarmouth, Ma 02673; <[email protected]> Membership fees are listed on the back page; regu- Locations & Radio Listings:Don Wade, 35-41 72 lar memberships include one subscription to the St, Jcksn Hts, NY 11372; <[email protected]> newsletter (10 issues yearly), free admission to our approximately 5 series events, and reduced admis- Festival Listings: John Mazza, 50 Plum Tree sion to many events.