UPDATED as of 3/20/2018 ­ also see Events Calendar, p.11 Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. March. 2018 vol. 53 No. 3 March Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session; Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club; Woodside, 8pm 4 Sun Annual Pete Seeger Memorial Sing; John St. Ch., 2pm 4 Sun Gathering Time; 4pm, Good Coffee House, Brooklyn 7 Wed Folk Open Sing; 7pm in Brooklyn 10 Sat Pat Lamanna & Sharleen Leahey & Lydia Adams Davis; Peoples' Voice Cafe, 8pm 11 Sun Upper West Side Song Swap at HI­NY; 5­8pm 12 Mon FMSNY Board of Directors Meeting; 7:15pm; see p. 7 14 Wed Sunnyside Singers Club; performer Marie Mularczyk O'Connell & the Mountain Maidens, 8pm 17 Sat Dian Killian + Alice Farrell + Alison Kelley; PVC, 8pm 18 Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2­5 pm 18 Sun Lois Morton; 2­4pm at O.S.A. Hall, 220 E. 23 St; 2­4pm 21 Wed Sunnyside Singers Club CANCELED due to weather 23 Fri Keith Murphy, 7:30pm at O.S.A. Hall, 220 E. 23 St 24 Sat Colleen Kattau + John Ziv & Tom Weir; Peoples' Voice 29 Thur Newsletter Mailing, 7pm in Jackson Heights, Queens 31 Sa Sam Harmet & Erica Mancini; New World Folk Club, 4­ 6pm at the Scratcher Bar April Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session; Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, 8pm 4 Wed Folk Open Sing; 7pm in Brooklyn 8 Sun Tom Ghent; 4pm, Good Coffee House, Brooklyn 8 Sun Upper West Side Song Swap at HI­NY, 5­8pm 9 Mon FMSNY Board of Directors Meeting; 7:15pm; see p. 7 13 Fri Andy Cohen with Alan Kaufman; , 7:30pm at O.S.A. Hall 15 Sun Shanty Sing; Snug Harbor, Staten Island, 2­5pm 18 Wed Sunnyside Singers Club; perf's Dan & Bonnie Milner, 8pm 26 Thur John Doyle & Martin Carthy, 2nd Psby Ch, 96 St & CPW 27 Fri Brian Peters , 7:30pm at O.S.A. Hall, 220 E. 23 St 28 Sa Andrez Jimenez & Naomi Sturm; New World Folk Club, 4­6pm at the Scratcher Bar Details on pages 2­6; table of contents page 3 ­ 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; co­sponsored with and led by Don Meade; for info 212­247­2562 or www.blarneystar.com. Featured Performers­see calendar listings. Sunnyside Singers Club: every Wednesday, 8-11pm Come join us every Wednesday at 8pm for a 3­hour pub style sing­around. All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Co­sponsored with, and held at the Aubergine Cafe, 49­22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Occasionally there is a featured guest performer for part of the evening. Yummy desserts, sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. Free admission; a voluntary contribution is requested on guest nights. The nearest subway is 52nd St. on the #7 Flushing Local. Info: 718­899­1735. www. facebook.com/sunnysidesingersclub. Featured Performers: March 14, Marie Mularczyk O'Connell & the Mountain Maidens; April 18, Dan & Bonnie Milner. NOTE: 3/21 canceled due to weather Pete Seeger Memorial Sing; Sunday, Mar 4th; 2-4:30pm Fifth Annual Pete Seeger Memorial Sing led by Jan Christensen and special guests, including Geoff Kaufman of Mystic Seaport Museum, Anne Price, Steve Suffet, and others. Audience members can sign up to lead a song or just sing along to celebrate the legacy of this incredible human being. This is a fundraiser for Clearwater with a suggested donation of $15. At John Street Church, 44 John St. (east of Broadway, 1 block south of & parallel to Fulton), near Fulton St. subway stop. Info: 212­957­8386. 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). Hosted by The New York Packet & co­sponsored by the Folk Music Society of NY. Gathering Time; Sunday, March 4th, 4-6 pm Voted best band runner­up (and top folk band) in the 2011 Long Island Press readers' poll, Gathering Time is like a high­ energy Peter, Paul & Mary or a co­ed Crosby, Stills & Nash, with various parts of The Byrds, Joni Mitchell, the Eagles and America mixed in; a head­turning folk­rock harmony trio described recently as "getting a whole beehive­full of buzz" on the northeast regional folk scene. WFUV's John Platt has written that they are "among the finest continued on next page ­ 2 ­ Events Details, continued from previous page performers in the New York metropolitan area, whatever the size of the venue, from a house concert to an outdoor festival," with "harmonies that can charm the birds out of the trees, strong original songs, and a savvy repertoire of cover songs, ranging from traditional folk to classic rock. They appeal to audiences of all ages." Cosponsored with and at the Good Coffee House at the Old Stone House, 336 Third Street in J.J. Byrne Park, between 4th & 5th Avenues, Brooklyn 11215; $10 contribution. Info: fbanjo[at]aol.com. Facebook: : http://on.fb.me/1UxthNr Folk Open Sing: Wednesdays, Mar. 7th & Apr. 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.). (If door is locked, ring the BSEC bell.) Directions: F or Q train to 7th Ave.; 2 or 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: 212­695­5924. Songs for International Women's Month, Sat., March 10th, 8pm Celebrate International Women's Month with songs and stories performed by three artists: Sharleen Leahey, Lydia Adams Davis, and Pat Lamanna, known together as The Herstorians. For the past year the trio has been performing gripping songs and stories of activism and bravery about the women's movements for abolition, temperance, and suffrage to enthusiastic audiences throughout the Hudson Valley. Historical material from the 19th and early 20th centuries is brought full circle with original contemporary songs written to honor the modern feminist movement.. Singer­songwriter Lindsey Wilson will open. At and cosponsored with the Peoples' Voice Cafe at Community Church of New York. 40 East 35th Street. New York NY 10016. Suggested contribution: $20. PVC subscribers, FMSNY members, students, or youth: $12. No one turned away for lack of money. Doors open 7:30pm. Info: 212­787­3903. Upper West Side Song Swap: Sunday, March 11th; 5-8pm A series on the second Sunday of the month! FMSNY and PMN have joined up to start a new sing­around on the Upper West Side. Bring your voices, your acoustic continued on next page Table of Contents Events at a Glance.........................1 Repeating Events.........................15 Society Events Details...............2­6 Calendar Location Info...............18 From the Editor.............................6 Folk Music Society Info..............21 Topical Listing of Society Events. 7 Peoples' Voice Cafe Ad...............22 Weekend Scholarships...................8 Mark Hamburgh Ad....................22 Spring Weekend Registration........9 Pinewoods Hot Line....................23 Folk Process................................10 Membership Form ­ Join Us!......24 Calendar Listings.........................11 ­ 3 ­ Events Details, continued from previous page instruments and your ears. It’s free! At Hostel International­New York (HI­NY), 891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street. For info. call John Ziv at 212­662­6575. Irish Women's Voices for Peace & Equality, Sat., March 17th, 8pm This concert of traditional and contemporary folk songs features Dian Killian (DK and the Joy Machine), Alison Kelley, and Alice Farrell, three women of Irish heritage with wide ranging repertoires and powerful voices. Come enjoy Saint Patrick's Night in a relaxed, LGBTQ­welcoming, alcohol­free environment, while Dian, Alison, and Alice sing out for peace, freedom, justice, and equality. The first 25 people who attend will receive a free copy of Dian Killian's CD Shy One. At and cosponsored with the Peoples' Voice Cafe at Community Church of NY, 40 East 35th Street (lower level), between Park & Madison, New York NY 10016. Suggested donation $20. FMSNY members or PVC subscribers $12. Doors open 7:30pm. Show time 8:00pm. For info call 212­787­3903. Shanty Sing: Sunday, March 18th; 2-5pm We are co­sponsoring the Shanty Sing on the 3rd Sunday of every month. The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) are from 2 to 5pm at the Noble Gallery, Building D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. For more information about the Noble Collection, go to http://www. noblemaritime.org ­­ click on "Visitor Information" for directions. For further information contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or 347­267­9394. Lois Morton: Sunday, March 18th; 2-4pm Lois Morton is a performing songwriter who has delighted audiences throughout the New York metropolitan area for the last few years with her abundant charm and humorous songs of social commentary. Reinventing herself in retirement, Lois has gone from being an educator and therapist to a singer­songwriter with a rapier wit and a surprisingly contemporary approach.