My Ramblings

Chatham 57 Express

2011-12-01T19:12:00.001-08:00

Museum of Folk Music

2011-11-19T16:15:00.001-08:00

Does anyone know about a museum of folk music coming to Newburgh?

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Great Show

2011-11-12T10:33:00.001-08:00

Home

2011-11-11T14:26:00.000-08:00

So many interesting things I could do tonight but I just want to stay home and keep warm.

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Phil Ochs

2011-11-10T10:01:00.001-08:00

I love it. WHVW 950 AM is playing Ochs Crucifixion

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Current Schedule!

2011-10-04T18:23:00.000-07:00

10/8/2011 Saugerties Farmer's Market with the Kingston Sea Chantey Singers

10/9/2011 Forsyth Park Zoo. Animal songs with Jim Donnelly.

10/10/2011 Monday lunchtime 12-1 at the Inquiring Mind Bookstore in Saugerties, NY Instrumentals and folksongs on guitar and cittern.

10/15/2011 Woodstock Historic Society 2-4 pm. Solo performance of regional and historic songs and tunes.

10/21/2011 Amenia Historical Society with Veteran's in a New Field - regional civil war era music.

11/6/2011 Half Moon Bookstore, Kingston, NY with Veteran's in a New Field. - regional civil war era music.

11/23/2011 Elsie's Place, Corner of Route 208 & Route 300, (845) 895-8975 Wallkill, NY. With Jim Donnelly. It's the night before Thanksgiving, so we'll be playing a mix of harvest music.

Concert and Presentation: “Juneteenth” -The Dutchess Antislavery Singers, June19th

2011-06-15T06:31:00.001-07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Organization: Heritage Folk Music

Telephone: (845) 594-4412

Email: heritagefolkmusic@gmail.com

Website: http://heritageconcerts.blogspot.com/

Heritage Folk Music presents "Juneteenth" -The Dutchess Antislavery Singers

On June 19th, from 3-5 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Road, Kingston, NY 12401. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. This program will use music to trace the history of antislavery, with special emphasis on the Mid-Hudson Valley and the Underground Railroad.

Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Although originating in Texas, the celebration has spread all over the country. (It is reported that there were Juneteenth celebrations in Albany, NY.) For a complete history of Juneteenth, go to http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

The Dutchess Antislavery Singers are part of the Mid Hudson Anti-Slavery Project and perform abolitionist music written between 1833 and 1863. Set to hymns, patriotic and popular tunes, these pieces were sung at abolitionist conventions and rallies around the North. The Singers perform in period clothing, circa 1860. Their program will trace the rise of the inter-racial antislavery movement from its religious origins to its political clout in the 1850s, drawing in turn on hymns, patriotic tunes, parlor music, and even minstrel tunes.

The concert will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Road, Kingston, NY 12401 on Sunday June 19^th. 3-5 pm. Admission is $8.

Heritage Folk Music, Inc. is a non-profit organization with a mission to collect, preserve, document, display and interpret the regional and historic folk music, folklore and oral history of New York State, including specifically the Catskill Mountains and Hudson River Valley. For more information contact Bob Lusk at (845) 594-4412 or visit http://heritageconcerts.blogspot.com/

When Jesus came to India!

2011-05-03T05:10:00.001-07:00

When Jesus came to India!

Soumitra Chatterjee and Aparna Sen on the sets of The Unknown Story of the Messiah. Picture by Aranya Sen

Did Jesus Christ come to India and die in Kashmir? No way, most would say. But a ?yes? is now being heard from a not so insignificant section. On Wednesday afternoon, the answer in the affirmative resonated through NT-1 where archaeologist Soumitra Chatterjee and novelist Aparna Sen discussed Jesus?s life in India, for a documentary film.

Subhrajit Mitra?s The Unknown Story of the Messiah lives off the popular alternative theory that Jesus had travelled to India after crucifixion, along with Mother Mary, studied Hinduism and Buddhism, and died in Kashmir where he was entombed.

The plan is to make a ?docu-feature? of around 100 minutes in the fiction format ? ?to avoid boredom? ? and recreating this intriguing chapter through conversations between Soumitra and Aparna. ?I knew the theory that Jesus had survived crucifixion and come to India and it?s very interesting. Though it is just a theory and not the gospel truth, this documentary may lead to the truth and I want to know the truth,? says Aparna, a novelist researching Jesus.

?It?s a popular theory and has been around for a long time. I had heard about it but didn?t know the details that are there in the script (by Subhrajit). It is somewhat controversial but there are several stories surrounding this theory. This documentary is a depiction of all these myths,? says Soumitra, an archaeologist and an authority on the topic.

An empanelled scriptwriter-director for National Geographic and Discovery Channel, Subhrajit has been largely influenced by German scholar Holgar Kersten?s best-sellers, Jesus Lived in India and The Jesus Conspiracy. Kersten dwells on Jesus?s life beyond Central Asia. The India angle is currently gaining ground among experts, though Russian scholar Nicolas Notovich was the first to suggest this, in his book The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ.

?My docu-feature is an assimilation of all these myths and stories,? says Subhrajit, aware that his work will kick up a controversy. ?There is so much supporting evidence in favour of this theory in the Hindu and Buddhist scriptures and the courtroom records of Indian kings. There are references in the Quran too. But no scientific work has been done on this as yet? .?

Subhrajit, who moved to documentary film-making after working as a production assistant to Shyam Benegal, has sourced references from the Bhavishya Mahapurana, which records an encounter between King Shalivahana and Jesus near Srinagar, long after crucifixion. This would be enacted by Kushal Chakraborty and Paran Bandyopadhyay.

Faculty members of Islamic Studies and Sanskrit literature of Calcutta University, and of the pharmacology department, Jadavpur University, an ex-director of Buddhist Studies, Benares Hindu University, a Maharaj from Ramakrishna Mission and a forensic expert will provide glimpses of the theory.

The crew has already shot footage in Kashmir, Kerala, Ladakh, Varanasi and Puri (?where Jesus supposedly studied Hinduism for six years?). ?We will prepare the film and submit it to National Geographic or Discovery Channel,? says Subhrajit. Indranil Mukherjee is behind the camera, while Arghyakamal Mitra supervises the editing.

RESHMI SENGUPTA

May Celebration

2011-05-02T13:14:00.000-07:00

I will be playing songs of May, including Robin Hood ballads at the Half Moon bookstore in Kinston on North Front St. this Friday, May 7th from 5-7. Free admission.

Fwd: Kevin Burke in Rosendale 4/15

2011-04-04T19:22:00.001-07:00

From Sarah Underhill

Mark your calendars now:

Irish Fiddle master Kevin Burke will be performing at the Rosendale Café, www.rosendalecafe.org

Friday April 15, 8 pm. $15.

Please spread the word. Hope to see you there!

; )

Sarah U

Help Golden Hill

2011-03-31T19:15:00.001-07:00

Musicians are needed to support the Golden Hill Health Care Faciltiy. There hopefully will be a rally this Sunday on the green in Woodstock from 1-3. I will be away myself, but if anyone is interested in playing, e-mail me at bobluskmusic@gmail.com and I will put you in touch with the coordinators. Bob

Arkville Jam

2011-03-05T08:32:00.001-08:00

YIPPPEEE!!!!

IT'S "JAMMIN AT THE CABOOSE" TIME AGAIN…

GONNA GIVE TUESDAY A TRY AND START AT 7:00

TUESDAY MARCH 8TH

           A MUSICAL JAM FEST/PARTY TO BUGGER OFF WINTER


           PLAY OLD TIMEY/BLUEGRASS/JUG/JAZZ/CELTIC/BLUES

                        HAVE A BEER, CHIPS AND DIPS, MAYBE ANOTHER BEER

                              SINGING, DANCING AND STOMPING ENCOURAGED

AT "BREAD AND BREAKFAST"

IN THE RED CABOOSE IN ARKVILLE ON ROUTE 28 (just 23 minutes from Phoenicia)

ON YOUR RIGHT JUST AFTER THE RAILROAD TRACKS

STARTS AT 7:00 PM   A NEW TIME **********

ANY ???????????????????????S

plederman@hotmail.com

Anti Slavery Sing a Long

2011-02-11T13:12:00.001-08:00

Dear Friends,
I hope you're all doing well and staying warm amidst the snow. I'm writing to invite you to a special event.

On Sunday, February 27, the Mid-Hudson Antislavery Singers are leading an Abolitionist Sing-Along. For the past couple of years, I've been working on a songbook that will (eventually!) include 33 antislavery pieces, set for performance. On Feb. 27 we are going to gather a big group to sing about a dozen of these pieces, with a bit of historical commentary from me, and direction and accompaniment by First Congregational Church's immensely talented music director, Michael Golzmane.

Much of the music is a cappella but some has accompaniment and anyone who wishes to bring a banjo, fiddle, or other instrument and join in, is most welcome! (Note that I have so far scored only for piano.) The tunes range from Sacred Harp hymns to folk songs and patriotic pieces. Included will be "Sojourner Truth's Hymn," and also several lively minstrel tunes that were borrowed by the abolitionists for the cause of racial justice.

An invitation is attached. Please feel free to pass it along to one and all, who may be interested. You'll see that we will have two sitters on hand (experienced Vassar students) who will provide popcorn and a movie ("Ratatouille") for young kids, so parents can participate. We'll sing from 3 to 5 pm and then share a potluck supper afterward, for those who are able to linger awhile.

We're hopeful that a few of the participants may feel inspired, in the longer term, to join the Antislavery Singers and help us share this music occasionally in local schools and public venues. (If so, we have a frock coat or hoop skirt for you!) But that is definitely NOT expected. We're getting a big group together just for one afternoon, to enjoy and celebrate the music.

The location, as you'll see on the flyer, is First Congregational Church/UCC in Poughkeepsie--westbound 44/55 arterial, the brick church with the tall cedar-shingle steeple, on the right, just past Mill House Panda restaurant.

Hope you can join us!
All best wishes,
Rebecc

"Guitar Heroes" Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

2011-02-10T12:36:00.001-08:00

From my friend Jan Christensen

The instrument as visual art -- not merely aural -- has always been a part of the human experience. When I was a kid, while other guys were collecting pictures of cars, I was collecting pictures of guitars and dreaming just as hard as they were. When my leg heals, I hope to be able to go and see this.

Jan

An exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum: http://blog.metmuseum.org/guitarheroes/

New York City and nearby New Jersey, Long Island, and Westchester County have been home to a vibrant Italian American population since the late nineteenth century. Within this community, a remarkable tradition of lutherie (stringed-instrument making) has flourished. Italian American craftsmen have produced an enormous variety of musical instruments, from traditional European-style violins, mandolins, and guitars to newer American instruments such as archtop guitars and mandolins and even electric guitars. Since the 1930s, makers from this tradition in the New York region have become especially well known for their extraordinary archtop guitars. This exhibition examines the work of three remarkable craftsmen from this heritage—John D'Angelico, James D'Aquisto, and John Monteleone—their place in the extended context of Italian and Italian American instrument making, and the inspiration of the sights and sounds of New York City.

Some performances: http://blog.metmuseum.org/guitarheroes/performances/

Fwd: Monthly Sea Shanty Sing

2011-02-08T11:34:00.001-08:00

From Gus Pederson and the Kingston Sea Chantey Singers:

Well it's that time again, the second Wednesday of the month, that means that we will all be gathering at New World Home cooking at 7 PM tomorrow. The purpose is to sing a few sea chanties and drink a few beers. So join us and it looks like it will not SNOW this time, shocking - Gus

Fwd: Statement from Veterans For Peace Regarding current events in Northern Africa

2011-02-01T06:27:00.001-08:00

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THERE IS ONE THING STRONGER

THAN ALL THE ARMIES IN THE WORLD:

AND THAT IS AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME."

Statement from Veterans For Peace

Regarding current events in Northern Africa

January 30, 2011

Events unfolding in Tunisia and Egypt hold much hope for the people of that region and indeed the entire world. What do those events show us?

· The demonstrations are succeeding because in the main people are relying on the power of nonviolence. People are demonstrating nonviolently and young troops are refusing to violently stop them.

· Two weeks ago, few people thought the events in Tunisia and Egypt could ever happen, but they are happening.

In northern Africa, the words of Victor Hugo have come to life. "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world: and that is an idea whose time has come."

There is absolutely no reason Victor Hugo's words can't come to life in our own country.

· A clear majority of U.S. troops and U.S. residents oppose the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq but few believe we can bring the killing to a swift conclusion.

· If a small percentage of U.S. troops refused to fight and an even smaller percentage of U.S. residents halted business as usual by simply staying home from work and school, the killing would end.

Anyone who thinks Hugo's words are only a dream today in Egypt or America, should be aware of what has already come to pass in Egypt, as in so many other places since then.

In Egypt, grassroots organizing during World War I led to a demand, only two days after the November 11 armistice in 1918, for a meeting to discuss independence with the head of the British forces that had occupied Egypt for 36 years.

The British refused, but the growing movement refused to back down. When four of its leaders were arrested in March, 1919 trying to represent Egypt at the Versailles Treaty talks, people began a general uprising.

All social classes participated. Organizers adopted as their symbol the "Crescent and the Cross," uniting majority Muslims and minority Coptic Christians. Within a week Egypt was economically paralyzed by strikes of every sort. The protests were mainly nonviolent in the cities but when the British tried to suppress the demonstrations violently, 800 Egyptians and nearly 30 British soldiers were killed by that summer.

Years later, Egyptian women chose March 16 as Women's Day because on that day in 1919, 300 women demonstrators led by Hoda Sha'arawi denounced British occupation and Hameida Khalil became the first woman to give her life for independence.

This mostly nonviolent revolution forced the British to recognize limited Egyptian independence in 1922. The following year, Egyptians adopted a new constitution.

Since the 1978 Camp David "Peace Accords," the U.S. has given Egypt over $50 billion in military aid, plus forgiving $7 billion in military debt for Egypt's support in the 1990 Persian Gulf War. The U.S. has a huge responsibility to see that Egypt does not use the weapons we gave it to crush a democratic movement.

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world: and that is an idea whose time has come."

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Jam today at Heritage Folk Music

2011-01-16T09:29:00.001-08:00

In place of the Dave Ruch concert today, several musicians including Pat Lamanna and Rich Bala are gathering for an informal song swap. Please come join us as we sing our favorite "heritage songs". 3 pm at Kiested House, 119 Main St, Saugerties., NY Free.

Sojourner truth concert

2011-01-14T15:02:00.001-08:00

Music of Sojourner Truth in Concert

On Saturday, March 5, Journey to Freedom - songs and stories of Sojourner Truth will be presented by the Sojourner Truth Memorial Fund and Heritage Folk Music, Inc at St James Methodist Church in Kingston. A variety of local singers and storytellers will give a 2 hour program, beginning at 7 pm. Admission is $10.

The concert will include songs written by Truth, spirituals, and songs from the Abolitionist movement and the Civil War. Storytellers Evelyn Clarke and Terry Gittens will be joined by singes, Betty & the Baby Boomers, the Veterans in a New Field, and several others. Refreshments will be served, accompanied by fiddlers, Earl and Mimi Pardini.

St. James Methodist Church is a fitting location for the concert. In 1827, the congregation welcomed as a member, Isabella Van Wagonen, a freed slave who later took the name Sojourner Truth. As a dynamic speaker advocating the end of slavery, voting rights for women, and basic human rights for all, she became one of the most notable women in the 19th century. There is a statue of her in the National Women's Hall of Fame, and most recently, a statue of her was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol by the First Lady, Michelle Obama. The proceeds from this concert will be used to erect a statue of her in The Ulster County town, Esopus, where she was born and lived for the first 30 years of her life.

In addition, a raffle for a beautiful hand made quilt will end on March 5, and the winning ticket will be drawn at the concert. The quilt, titled Isabella's Garden, measurers 60"x60" and has a retail value of $500. Raffle tickets are $ 5. or 5 for $20, and can be purchased from Anne Gordon (331-7380).

Old Hudson Valley Bands

2011-01-07T10:22:00.001-08:00

Check out http://www.oldhvbands.com/index.php

Saugerties Piping Weekend

2011-01-03T05:55:00.001-08:00

Saugerties Piping Weekend - April 29th through May 2nd

Dear Piping Friends,

The piping weekend at Falling Waters in Saugerties NY is unlike any other weekend on the piping calendar. No instructors, no schedules, no lessons, no concerts or performances. Simply a weekend of relaxation, good food and good piping with friends, some good players others beginners. It doesn't matter, this is a weekend of mutual encouragement, exchanging of ideas, tunes, reedmaking methods, etc, etc....

Our weekend is spent in a comfortable retreat centre on 60 acres of land bordering the Hudson River in Saugerties, NY. Although this event began life as a Northumbrian piping weekend it now encompasses many other instruments: Scottish small pipes, Uilleann pipes, Cornish and Leistershire pipes, concertinas, sakpipas, Celtic harps and ukuleles to name but a few. Non-piping family members often tag along to enjoy both the company and the walks through the 60 acres of woodland and farmland, or just to curl up and read a book in one of the lounges. The only structure to the weekend is mealtime. Although there is no requirement to take meals with the group, most people choose to do that. The meals are simple and good.

The dates for this year's Saugerties piping weekend are April 29th (Friday, anytime during the afternoon) until May 2nd (Monday, leave after lunch). Those unfortunate people who have to get back to work have the option of leaving on Sunday. If your schedule only allows you one day - that is fine also.

Costs:

Last year's prices are being maintained for this year although our host, Sr. Catherine, would welcome any extra donation that you feel able to contribute.

Non-refundable deposit of $25 (to be sent directly to Sr. Catherine - see below)

Friday through Monday (including Friday dinner, 3 meals on Saturday and Sunday and breakfast and lunch on Monday) $235

Friday through Sunday (including Friday dinner, 3 meals on Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday) $155

One night only (including dinner on the day of arrival together with breakfast and lunch on the following day) $80

Meals only: breakfast - $4/person; lunch - $5/person; dinner $12/person

Please let me know if you are thinking of joining this relaxed and enjoyable weekend group so that I may give Sr. Catherine an estimate of how many people to cater for. If you know you will be attending, please send you your deposit and reserve your room. There are a limited number of double rooms that will go to couples on a first-come-first-served basis.

If you wish to check travel times and distances, the address is:

Falling Waters, St. Joseph Villa, 43 Spaulding Lane, Saugerties, NY, 12477

Deposit checks for $25/person should be made out to "Villa St. Joseph" and sent directly to Sr. Catherine McKillop at the above address.

Please let me know by e-mail or by phone if you have any questions.

Looking forward to an 18th year of good piping, good conversation and good company,

Richard Shuttleworth

Tel: 450-248-3656

E-mail: rshuttleworth@sympatico.ca

Fwd: Fw: Fwd: Christmas can-can

2010-12-26T06:37:00.001-08:00

A link from my wonderful sister Ginny - Happy Holidays!

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1909243034?bctid=53156488001

Fabulous 50's Christmas Songs

2010-12-14T13:52:00.001-08:00

Just click on song and there you go..................

Fabulous 50's
Christmas Songs

A Holly Jolly Christmas
Burl Ives

Away In A Manger
Loretta Lynn

Christmas Alphabet
The McGuire Sisters

Christmas Country Christmas
The Statler Brothers

Christmas In My Hometown
Sonny James

Christmas Song
Alvin & The Chipmunks

Christmas Times A Coming
Bill Monroe
And The Bluegrass Boys

Christmas Waltz
Frank Sinatra

Christmas Without You
Kenny Rogers
Dolly Parton

Frosty The Snowman
Gene Autry

Grandma Got Run Over
By A Reindeer
Elmo & Patsy

Hard Rock Candy Christmas
Dolly Parton

Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Nat King Cole

Have Yourself A Very
Merry Christmas
Rosemary Clooney

Home For The Holidays
Perry Como

Its Beginning To Look
A Lot Like Christmas
Bing Crosby &
The Andrew Sisters

I Saw Mommy Kissing
Santa Claus
Jimmy Boyd

Its a Most Wonderful
Time Of The Year
Johnny Mathis

Jingle Bell Rock
Bobby Helms

Jingle Bells
Roy Rogers
Most Interesting Middle!

Jingle Bells
Perry Como

Jingle Bells
The Jingle Bell Piggie

Joy To The World
Nat King Cole

Leroy, the Redneck Reindeer
Joe Diffie

Let It Snow
Andy Williams

Lets Put Christ
Back Into Christmas
Tammy Wynette

Little Drummer Boy
Neil Diamond

O Christmas Tree
Nat King Cole

Please Come Home
The Platters

Pretty Paper
Roy Orbison

Rocking Around The
Christmas Tree
Brenda Lee

Rudolph The Red
Nose Reindeer
Gene Autry

Rudolph The Red
Nose Reindeer
Unknown Group

Santa Baby
Cynthia Basinet

Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town
Bing Crosby

Santa Claus Is
Watching You
Ray Stevens

Silver Bells
Bing Crosby/Peggy Lee

Silent Night
Dean Martin

Sleigh Ride
Johnny Mathis

The First Noel
Andy Williams

Up On The Housetop
Gene Autry

White Christmas
Bing Crosby

White Christmas
The Drifters (1954)

Winter Wonderland
Brenda Lee

Christmas
With Elvis

Fwd: BBC Video: Is clog dancing making a comeback?

2010-12-12T16:27:00.001-08:00

From Jan Christensen

A fascinating four-and-a-half-minute flash mob clog dance in Newcastle, England.

Jan

Strictly Come Dancing [the UK's Dancing With the Stars] managed to boost the fortunes of ballroom dancing in the UK. Now there are plans to revive a traditional folk dance for the north of England - clog dancing.

When Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly first unleashed sequin-clad, fake-tanned ballroom dancers back onto our TV screens in 2004, no one predicted how it would change the fortunes of ballroom dancing. The nation fell in love with glitter balls and the ballroom again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11930757

Fwd: Fw: Help Needed, Everything lost in a fire

2010-12-11T04:35:00.001-08:00

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Kamalakanta
From Thierry

Season's Greetings Everyone,

One of our community member, Raji, lost everything on wednesday when a fire broke out and destroyed every inches of her apartment while she was at work. Everything she owned except for her car and the clothes she wore that day has been destroyed. She needs our support. If you would like to donate clothes (size 14-16 pants), kitchen and bath items, furniture or just a financial donation, which is probably more helpful right now, please contact me by email at: t.revillon@verizon.net or by phone at 845-473-4324

May you all be safe this holiday season and forever as well.
Peace be with you and your loved ones,
Thierry

Fwd: [Sing Out!] Digest Number 1345

2010-12-09T06:21:00.001-08:00

Today's Trib had an article on a Northern IL University professor's 25 years of researching Christmas Carols:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-christmas-carol-expert-20101206,0,5005003.story

Be sure to read the two articles on the first page, to the left of the story:

Christmas carol trivia

Watch: The Christmas Carols of the Year series

Now if I only had a TV

2010-12-07T18:38:00.000-08:00

Saugerties Lighthouse TV23 will be airing previously recorded Heritage Folk Music performances on public access channel 23 in Saugerties around the holiday season on the following dates.

SOUNDS OF THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY

Current and historical songs of the region sung by Kevin and Carol Becker with Rich Keyes. The videocast, which runs 1 hr 24 mins, was recorded in Saugerties at the Dutch Arms Chapel. It features tunes such as "Apple Pickers Reel," "Erie Canal," "Hudson River Steamboat," and "The Burning of Kingston" among the 20 Hudson Valley themed songs.

Produced by Ernie Mortuzans.

Tuesday, January 4th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:24 p.m

Monday, January 10th, Noon to 1:24 p.m.

Monday, January 10th, 9:00 p.m. to 10:24 p.m.

Thursday, January 13th, 11:00 a.m. to 12:24 p.m.

Thursday, January 13th, 5:00 p.m. to 6:24 p.m.

FIDDLEFEST

with Earl Pardini on fiddle. He leads songs with other musicians on banjo,guitar and fiddle. Produced by Ernie Mortuzans.

Wednesday, December 29th, 2:00 p.m. to 3:28 p.m.

Wednesday, December 29th, 9:00 p.m. to 10:28 p.m.

Wednesday, January 5th, 11:00 a.m. to 12:28 p.m.

Wednesday, January 5th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:28 p.m.

Friday, January 7th, 1:00 p.m. to 2:28 p.m.

Friday, January 7th, 6:00 p.m. to 7:28 p.m.

HUDSON RIVER SONGS AND CHANTEYS

Capt. Rick Nestler sings chanteys and songs of the Hudson River. Produced by Ernie Mortuzans.

Wednesday, December 29th, Noon to 1:28 p.m

Wednesday, December 29th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:28 p.m.

Thursday, January 6th, 1:00 p.m. to 2:28 p.m.

Thursday, January 6th, 5:00 p.m. to 6:28 p.m.

Saturday, January 8th, 11:00 a.m. to 12:28 p.m.

Saturday, January 8th, 8:00 p.m. to 9:28 p.m

Fwd: New - Beginners' class starts on January 2, 2011

2010-11-25T11:55:00.000-08:00

http://www.swaranjalimusicschool.com/sing/uploads/photos/269.jpg

Hindustani Classical Music Class
(North Indian Classical Music)

Beginners' class is starting
(Start singing / playing Ragas in just a few weeks)

Day, Date and Time:
Sunday; January 2, 2011; 10 AM
Place:
15 Dartantra Drive, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533

Call to register: 1 845 226 2241

Instructor: Anjali Nandedkar
www.swaranjalimusicschool.com

Taste Budds in Red Hook, NY

2010-11-11T06:27:00.000-08:00

I will be doing folk music at Taste Budds Cafe in Red Hook NY this Saturday 11/13 from 2- 4 pm. Come on by and get some desert.

from Michael Eck

2010-10-25T10:32:00.001-07:00

Bob,

My duo is doing a show of all Folkways material at Caffe Lena this Saturday. It would be great if you wanted to let some of the folks on your list know about it!

Best,
Michael Eck

Here are the details:

Lost Radio Rounders
American Favorite Ballads: Songs from Folkways
wsg Railbird's Sarah Pedinotti and folklorist George Ward
8 p.m. Saturday, October 30
Caffe Lena
47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs NY
518.583.0022
$15 advance/$17 door
www.caffelena.org
www.lostradiorounders.com

A great, singalong night with songs from Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly and more!

Open Chantey Sing

2010-10-20T11:17:00.001-07:00

Join the Kingston Sea Chantey Singers for an open chantey sing at New World Home Cooking on Rt 212 between Woodstock and Saugerties Wed 11/10 at 7 pm.

Poetry reading this Friday

2010-09-14T14:51:00.001-07:00

Post Traumatic Press

invites you to a

Poetry Reading

From Universe at Your Door: the Slabsides Poets,

an anthology of poetry inspired by the life and work

of the American naturalist, John Burroughs

Poets Frank Boyer, Alison Koffler, Will Nixon, Kathryn Paulsen, Rich Parisio, Victoria Sullivan, and Dayl Wise will read from Universe at Your Door: the Slabsides Poets, edited by Will Nixon and Alison Koffler, an anthology of poetry inspired by the life and work of American naturalist, John Burroughs.

Music by Bob Lusk and Vito Piccininno.

Copies of the anthology will be available for purchase and signing.

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Friday, September 17, 2010

The Inquiring Mind Bookstore & Café

65 Partition Street, Saugerties

845-246-5775

played out

2010-09-12T15:18:00.001-07:00

Irish music this past Friday at a nice place in Chester called "Touch Base". The owner, Paul, is a prince of a guy. Played for 4 hours and then 2 hours today (Sun) at Taste Budd's in Red Hook. The arm and fingers are looking for a rest.

Irwin Silber RIP

2010-09-11T10:26:00.001-07:00

From: Les Herring

Irwin Silber, the co-founder of Sing Out! magazine with Pete Seeger and Alan Lomax, died Wednesday in Oakland, CA. He was 84.

Civil war music

2010-08-27T08:34:00.001-07:00

I'll be at the Inquiring Mind bookstore in Saugerties, NY on Saturday 8/28 from 7-9 pm with a 4 piece civil war era band - in period dress. -free

movie night: 'Fierce Light'

2010-07-31T05:07:00.001-07:00

From Thersa Dixon tellall45@yahoo.com

Hi all, our next film is fiercely up-lifting... for all who want a better world

Warm Regards Teresa

Fri 13th August 8:15pm at Elting Library, NewPaltz

Free Viewing of 'FIERCE LIGHT '

From the Film Maker:

The 2006 murder of friend and fellow media-activist
Brad Will in protest-torn Oaxaca, Mexico, is the impetus
for Ripper's journey, which takes him to the flash points
of spiritual activism around the world, including Montgomery,
Alabama; Robben Island, South Africa; Andrah, India;
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and South Central Los Angeles,
where a months-long protest against the razing of a vital
community garden provides a highly dramatic spine for the
wide-ranging film. En route, Ripper encounters a number
of eloquent icons, including American Civil Rights legend
Congressman John Lewis, actor turned activist Daryl Hannah,
Nobel prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Pulitzer Prize
Winning Author Alice Walker, Buddhist peace activist monk
Thich Nhat Hahn, famed tree sitter Julia Butterfly Hill, and
dharma punk, Noah Levine. Ripper takes an insightful and
inspirational look at change motivated by love. Called "soul force"
by Gandhi and "love in action" by Martin Luther King, spiritual
activism's roots are examined and illustrated by interviews and
stories from around the globe.

Sponcered by: Women In Black
Hosted by Ruth Molloy

HVFG's new chapter

2010-06-18T08:23:00.001-07:00

From: Les Herring lesherring@gmail.com

The Hudson Valley Folk Guild has a new chapter, at the Orange County Unitarian Fellowship's digs at Rock Tavern, which is on NYS route 207 about 10 miles west of Newburgh. They will start the second Saturday in October and run on the second saturday of the month thereafter with an open stage with feature format.

Monday June 7, 2010 - GERDES FOLK CITY at FIFTY ANNIVERSARY

2010-06-04T17:58:00.001-07:00

Gerdes Folk City at Fifty Anniversary Reunion

featuring over two dozen live performances by those who made Gerdes what it was...and still is.

Monday June 7, 2010

The Fat Black Pussycat

130 West 3rd

NYC

Doors open at 6:00

Show starts at 7PM

Tickets sold at the door only

$10 admission

The line up includes:

Jack Hardy

Dominic Chianese

Eric Weissberg

Bev Grant

David Massengill

Rod MacDonald

Willie Nile

Roger Sprung and Friends

Dick Reicheg

Vincent Vok

Erik Frandsen

Jonathan Kalb

Willie Nininger

Peter Stampfel

Lili Añel

Biff Rose

Lydia Adams Davis

Bob Horan

Steve Ben Isreal

Vince Martin

Richard Chanel

Frank Christian

Randy Burns

Mark Dann

David Amram

Roland Mousaa

Dirdy Birdies Jug Band

Sylvia Tyson

Heather Wood,Ken Schatz, and George Stevens.

Peggy Atwood

Judy Gorman

Poez

Terre and Suzzy Roche

David Goldman

Nick Holmes

Sally Spring

Happy Traum

Guy Davis

Joe Virga

John McEuen

Su Polo

(((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))

Details on the music-filled 50th Anniversary Get Together:

www.FolkCityatFifty.blogspot.com

Memorial Day

2010-05-31T06:39:00.001-07:00

I'll be singing on the Village Green today in Woodstock with Veterans for Peace. It should start around 11:30

Kingston Sea Chantey Singers

2010-05-24T19:15:00.001-07:00

The Kingston Sea Chantey Singers will be at the Inquiring Mind Bookstore in Saugerties, Saturday 5/29 from 7-9 pm.

Sunday at Inquiring Mind 1-3

2010-05-21T20:07:00.001-07:00

I'll be playing folk music at the Inquiring Mind in Saugerties 1-3 pm on Sunday 5/23. Come by, say hello and request your favorite tune!

Fwd: Gunks Mountain Road Jams

2010-05-20T14:30:00.001-07:00

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Redman <redmanjohn@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Subject: Gunks Mountain Road Jams
To:

OK, It is official. Next Wednesday at 7:00 PM. Pot luck. I'll do some spagetti. Come early if it suits you. The new sign will be up (on a tree) by then. 100 S. Mountain Rd, 12589. To those with folkie contacts (Bob, Sherrill, Evie), please send on the RSVP invite (below).

John

Gunks Mountain Road House Concert Series (folkmusic8760.com) is moving into new territory next week (Wednesday evening) by hosting an evening of jamming. Starting at 7:00 PM, it will be a pot luck and will have a donation jar. I can hold about 25 people. Please RSVP to redmanjohn@yahoo.com. Address is 100 S. Mountain Road, Wallkill, 12589 but I'm actually in Gardiner very near Tilson Lake.

Mandolin a la Hindustani next Saturday May 22 at Bliss Yoga

2010-05-16T08:46:00.001-07:00

From: ray spiegel simlahouse@gmail.com

Hello Woodstock Music Circle,

Next Saturday, May 22, the master of the Hindustani Mandolin will be in Woodstock in our continuing series of Indian music concerts at Bliss Yoga.

Ragas on Mandolin

Snehasish Mazumder, Mandolin

Ray Spiegel-Tabla

Saturday, May 22, 2010

8 PM

$20.00 admission

Bliss Yoga

6 Demming Street

Woodstock, NY 12498

845-679-8700

Snehasish, the master of the Hindustani Mandolin returns to Woodstock in a concert of evening ragas and light classical Indian melodies. Snehasish Mazumder, from Calcutta, India, is the only concert mandolin artist who specializes in North Indian music.

Ray Spiegel will accompany on the tabla drums.

Comfortable floor seating and chairs provided.

Tea and snacks will be available.

www.mandolinclassic.com

www.simlahouse.com

www.blissyogacenter.com/

Gigs, gigs, gigs

2010-05-13T08:34:00.000-07:00

Just updated my performing schedule at http://blschedule.blogspot.com/ I didn't realize I was so busy!

Fwd: Adirondack Baroque Consort concert and desserts!

2010-05-12T16:12:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone: Saturday, May 22nd at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Hurley Reformed church, Hurley Heritage Society is sponsoring a concert of Baroque music by ABC (Adirondack Baroque Consort). The program will last from 45 minutes to an hour, followed by a Vienese Table of desserts and coffee in the church hall. Cost is $18 per person. The music is played on antique instruments and the program sounds very interesting! I have some tickets or they can be purchased at the door that evening. You can call me for more info--331-4852 Joan Castka

HERTITAGE FOLK MUSIC CONCERT TO AIR ON SAUGERTIES PUBLIC ACCESS TV

2010-05-08T13:06:00.001-07:00

HERTITAGE FOLK MUSIC CONCERT TO AIR ON SAUGERTIES PUBLIC ACCESS TV

One of the Heritage Folk Music performances, "Fiddlefest with Earl Pardini and Friends," will air on Saugerties Lighthouse TV23 over the next several weeks.

The performance has Earl Pardini on fiddle playing old time and regional tunes with other musicians on guitars, banjos, and fiddles. Other musicians include Mimi Pardini, Ross West, Bob Lusk, Scott Berwick, Allen McKnight, Kate West, and Katie Jeannette. The audience also participates in a traditional hoe-down with Earl doing the calling. Produced for Heritage Folk Music by Ernie Mortuzans. Run time is about 1-1/2 hours.

The on-air schedules are:
Tuesday, May 18th, 9:00 p.m. to 10:28 p.m.
Wednesday, May 19th, 2:00 p.m. to 3:28 p.m.
Wednesday, May 19th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:28 p.m.
Sunday, May 23rd, 8:00 p.m. to 9:28 p.m.
Tuesday, May 25th, 8:30 p.m. to 9:58 p.m.

Please note that this DVD is for sale at $15.00 through Heritage Folk Music or can be borrowed for showing on your local public access station.

Reuters: Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis

2010-04-27T10:56:00.001-07:00

From Jan Christiansen

The faint rumbling sound you hear is Robbie Burns rolling in his grave.

Jan

Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis

Reuters: updated 12:09 p.m. ET, Fri., April 23, 2010

LONDON - One in five people in Britain thinks that haggis, the traditional Scottish dish made from the lung, liver and heart of a sheep, is an animal that roams the Highlands, according to a survey on Friday.

Commissioned by the online takeaway food service Just-Eat.co.uk, the survey found that

18 percent of Britons believe that haggis is a hilltop-dwelling animal.

Another 15 percent said it is a Scottish musical instrument while 4 percent admitted to thinking it was a character from Harry Potter.

The survey questioned 1,623 people across Britain to see how well they were acquainted with traditional Scottish food.

Even 14 percent of the 781 Scottish people polled said they did not know what haggis was.

Copyright 2010 Reuters.

Bob Lusk performance

2010-04-16T09:10:00.000-07:00

Please excuse this mass mailing.

I will be playing and singing folk music at the Inquiring Mind bookstore at Main and Partition Streets in Saugerties, NY Saturday 4/17 from 7-9 PM. Please come if you can. I'll be breaking in a new banjo.

They have a great selection of books, good refreshments for sale and soft chairs to sit in. No admission charge, but donations are accepted.

Bob Lusk

Fwd: Zoo Zoo's Songwriters Sessions - April 9 @ the Art Upstairs, above 60 Main St Phoenicia

2010-04-05T05:35:00.001-07:00

from Deborah Osherow

Subject: Zoo Zoo's Songwriters Sessions - April 9 @ the Art Upstairs, above 60 Main St Phoenicia

   ZOO ZOO'S SONGWRITER'S SESSIONS

   ~ The Perennial Benefit for Haiti ~

   April 9th, Friday at 7:30p donation $5





- Open Book ... extremely tight, brilliant harmonies from downstate

- Charles Lyonhart, our local bard, w/ George Quinn

- Chernobyl w/ Mighty Xee and T.G.Vanini

Don't miss 'em! Trust me...   Hope to see u there for some popcorn and organic teas...

   At the Art Upstairs

   above 60 Main Street, Phoenicia

Check out our New Facebook page..

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zoo-Zoos-Songwriters-Sessions/369156948243?v=app_10442206389

Fwd: MIAU

2010-02-18T10:20:00.001-08:00

I hope this loads - from Dakin Morehouse

This is absolutely precious ...
From an old girlfriend in London.
Curiously I had just now finished writing a "Cluck ol Hen"-like piece (using fiddle to simulate animal sounds) about "Critters in a Pond" when I opened this up.
Enjoy ...... Dakin

Izzy Young

2010-02-17T06:32:00.001-08:00

'Izzy Young: A folk man in Sweden defined by Dylan' on The Local

http://www.thelocal.se/24996/

The Local - Sweden's news in English

Fwd: FW: World Sound Healing Day 2010

2010-01-29T17:12:00.001-08:00

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World Sound Healing Day 2010
"The Sound Heard Around the World"
Feb. 14, 2010
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Dear Sound Friends:
Help make make this year's World Sound Healing Day the most extraordinary frequency shifting event that has ever manifested for planetary peace! The following is a press release that's gone out to stimulate awareness of World Sound Healing Day, Feb. 14, 2010. If it resonates with you and you feel so inclined, perhaps you could share it with others. This is a co-creative experience we all need to participate in. Thanks so much for your support of World Sound Healing Day.
Blessings of Light & Love through Sound!
Jonathan
Jonathan Goldman
www.healingsounds.com <http://www.healingsounds.com>
____________________________

WORLD PEACE TONING AND CHANTING: A SONIC MEDITATION FOR PEACE ON EARTH
Join thousands throughout the planet for the 8th Annual WORLD SOUND HEALING DAY on Sunday, February 14, 2010. At 12 noon Eastern Standard Time (EST--New York Time), soundforth for 5 minutes with the "AH", created and projected with the energy of compassion and love, sending a sonic valentine to Gaia, our Mother Earth. At that time, please go to templeofsacredsound.org to enhance the vibratory effect as we sound together for planetary peace and harmony. Please visit this link: healingsounds.com for more information.

_____________________________

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2010
Contact: ANDI GOLDMAN
(800) 246-9764 / (303) 443-8181

"There is a prophecy leading to 2012 thatsuggests when people sound together withtheir voice as a singing prayer for worldpeace and harmony, it can have a significanteffect in restoring peace on earth. The sonicmeditation of World Sound Healing Day is soimportant for the healing of our planet.World Sound Healing Day energizes the peaceand transformation that all people seek forplanet Earth. With our wisdom and intentionalsound, we can affect dire 2012 predictions ina helpful way - The Way of Compassion, Loveand Lasting Peace," says Healing Sounds pioneer Jonathan Goldman.

Goldman believes people making sound together can help create peace on the planet. On February 14th, thousands like-minded individuals will send a Sonic Valentine to the Earth - "World SoundHealing Day." For five minutes, meditators,peace activists, sound healers and manyothers throughout the planet will project theheart sound "AH" filled with the intention ofpeace and love!
"The "AH" is a universal, non-denominationalheart sound that when projected with focusedenergy is extremely powerful and effective,"Goldman says. He has found that creating aglobal sound such as "AH" will create atransformational wave of energy that willpositively affect the entire Earth.
An internationally acclaimed author(including HEALING SOUNDS , THE 7 SECRETSOF SOUND HEALING and the forthcoming THE DIVINE NAME: The Sound That Can Change The World), as well as anaward winning musician(including "Chakra Chants", "The DivineName", "Ultimate Om" and "2012: AscensionHarmonics" ) Goldman has found that soundcoupled with intention has the ability toheal and transform: He notes that "TheGlobal Consciousness Project at PrincetonUniversity has measured the effects of globalmeditations and found a correlation betweenpeaceful activities on the Earth and thesemeditations. We've added sound to this inorder to enhance the effects of globalmeditation." Here is a link to the outcome of last'syear World Sound Healing Day: www.healingsounds.com.Goldman <http://www.healingsounds.com.Goldman> adds: "The results are impressive.There is a reason most sacred prayers are chanted aloud. Sound amplifies the power ofconscious prayer: it's that simple!"

This 8th annual World Sound Healing Day, like its predecessors, will consist of both individual and group sound activities occurring throughout the planet. Thousands of people, not only in the United States, but also in many countries in Europe, Asia as well as Australia, will be sounding with the intention of creating peace and harmony on Earth. Goldman has created the world's first interactive website www.templeofsacredsound.org <http://www.templeofsacredsound.org> , where visitors can hear themselves sound along with others throughout the planet. Goldman says: "This website enables people throughout the world to sound together. It really enhances the affect of the sound that is created."
For more information on Jonathan Goldman and World Sound Healing Day, please visit: www.healingsounds.com <http://www.healingsounds.com> . There you will find a "Planetary Healing Sounds" section with articles on suggested sounds, visualizations and toning techniques as well as well an "AH" sound you can download and tone along with. Connect with us on MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. Contact Andi Goldman at 800 -246-9764 / (303) 443-8181 or via email: info@healingsounds.com.

Jonathan Goldman is available for interviews

Contact Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

email: info@healingsounds.com

phone: 303-443-8181

web: http://www.healingsounds.com

------ End of Forwarded Message

Fwd: The Songs and Stories of Bob Horan

2010-01-22T12:15:00.001-08:00

The Songs and Stories of Bob Horan

Feb. 11, 12 & 13 at 8pm

About the show: A veteran folksinger of Greenwich Village, Bob Horan was part of an era in folk music. He sang with Pete Seeger, for Joni Mitchell and at Gerde's Folk City, where Bob Dylan became a legend. Born in the bronx and raised in Queens, Bob has been a professional musician in NYC for 45 years, and he has seen it all.

Join Bob as he tells stories and sings of his personal journey through the 60's and 70's folk movement in NYC, and learn what happened when the era ended...

UNDER St. Marks

94 St. Marks Place btwn 1st and A

By Subway: 6 to Astor Place

Tickets: $15

For tickets visitwww.smarttix.com

or call (212) 868-4444

Brought to you by the Wunderkind Consortium.
For more information on Bob, visit www.bobhoran.com

The futility of war, as explained by Phil Ochs

2009-12-02T14:27:00.001-08:00

From: John Pietaro <leftmus@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Subject: The futility of war, as explained by Phil Ochs
To: "leftmus@earthlink.net" <leftmus@earthlink.net>

Sisters and Brothers,

Last night, like most of you, I watched as the president I'd worked hard to elect spoke out in West Point and loaded guns into the arms of future military recruits. This president who was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize, who'd served the people as a community organizer, who stood in union halls and told workers that they mattered, THAT president last night spoke words that could have come from Truman, Johnson, even Reagan (not Bush; this at least was eloquent) and drove us deep into war-mode.

Friends, we knew that he was going to focus on Afghanastan but that was before the numbers of the unemployed had climbed so high, when we thought we'd have universal healthcare and an Employee Free Choice Act. We thought he'd have the troops in Iraq home before this. Faced with the alternative of McCain-Palin, one can only imagine the state our nation would be in had that scenario played out....yet we cannot stand by as promises--not only campaign promises but the promises of a new day and outlook--are broken. There is NO military answer. As we have before in times of a liberal-leaning Democratic officials, we need to let President Obama know that his base is good and pissed off right now. As the quagmire-to-be thickens with crushing heartache, I am reminded of the lyrics of a Vietnam-era Phil Ochs song which spoke of the futility of war:

"One More Parade" by Phil Ochs

Hup, two, three, four, marching down the street
Rolling of the drums and the tramplin' of the feet
Generals salute and mothers wave and weep,
Here comes the big parade
Don't be afraid
Price is paid
One more parade

So young, so strong, so ready for the war
So willing to die upon a foreign shore
All march together, everybody looks the same
So there is no one you can blame
Don't be ashamed
Light the flame
One more parade

Listen for the sound and listen for the noise
Listen for the thunder of the marching boys
A few years ago their guns were only toys
Here comes the big parade
Don't be afraid
Price is paid
One more parade

So young, so strong, so ready for the war
So willing to die upon a foreign shore
All march together, everybody looks the same
So there is no one you can blame
Don't be ashamed
Light the flame
One more parade

Medals on their coats and guns in their hands
Trained to kill as they're trained to stand
10,000 ears need only one command
Here comes the big parade
Don't be afraid
Price is paid
One more parade

So young, so strong, so ready for the war
So willing to die upon a foreign shore
All march together, everybody looks the same
So there is no one you can blame
Don't be ashamed
Light the flame
One more parade

Cold hard stares on faces so proud,
Kisses from the girls and cheers from the crowd
And the widows from the last war cry into their shroud
Here comes the big parade
Don't be afraid
Price is paid
Don't be ashamed
War is a game
World in flames
So start the parade

-------------The futility of war continues to haunt the decisions of our leaders, even those who should know better. An excellent piece on this was published in today's edition of 'the People's World', written by that paper's editorial board. It, along with Ochs' lyric, says more about this issue than I ever could:

http://www.peoplesworld.org/jobs-not-bombs/

In Solidarity,
John Pietaro - www.flamesofdiscontent.org

Sing Out! Magazine needs help

2009-11-20T08:08:00.001-08:00

Pete Seeger is asking us to join together to help a folk music institution! Since 1950, Sing Out! Magazine has been one of the most
effective and respected ways for musicians to share and learn. As Sing Out! heads towards its 60th anniversary next spring, its
non-profit parent -- which also produces "Rise Up Singing," Sing Out! Radio Magazine, and Pete's newly revised autobiography "Where Have
All the Flowers Gone" -- is fighting for survival. Throughout its existence, Sing Out! has always operated close to the bone
financially, but recent economic conditions, along with the current state of the print trade and periodicals, have come together to put
the very existence of the magazine and organization in real danger. If you care about folk music, and want one of its community's
strongest voices and allies to survive, I urge you to check out Pete's message at: <http://www.singout.org/donate.html>. (You can
help by passing this message on to others you think should know about this too!)

P.S. For anyone who isn't on one of our regular mailing lists and hasn't seen the campaign, you can use the link to see a video appeal
and letter from Pete.
_____________________________________
Mark D. Moss / Sing Out!
P.O. Box 5460 (for UPS: 512 E. 4th St.)
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Ph: 610-865-5366 610-865-5366 x203 (cell: 610-533-4506 610-533-4506)
Fx: 610-865-5129 (efax: 215-895-3052 215-895-3052)
Toll Free (orders only!): 888-SING-OUT 888-SING-OUT
E-mail: mark@singout.org
Web: http://www.singout.org

More info about Concert for Veterans, Sat, Nov 7, 7pm

2009-11-02T04:43:00.001-08:00

More information about Lisa Dudley's Concert for Veterans

Saturday, Nov 7^th, 7pm

Johnson Ford has signed on as another sponsor. They are donating a brand new Mustang to an active-duty soldier. Families are invited to go the Johnson Ford and put their soldier's name in a hat. Drawing is in December. The car will be on display the night of our concert, on the front lawn of St John's Episcopal Church, 207 Albany Ave., Kingston.

Great news, Darraine Scoffield and Larry Federman are joining Gil Toro and Ed Kenney to play in Lisa Dudley's Prairie Dog band. Darraine and Larry are in the hot country band, Thunder Ridge. Yee-Ha!

Oh, and don't forget the flag ceremony. It's gonna be great. The VFW is sending a color guard and so are the Girl Scouts. We're hoping to hear from the Boy Scouts!

You can still get tickets online at www.lisadudley.com or at Burt's Electronics in Kingston. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Even if you can't come, please buy a ticket and help us help the veterans.

Profits benefit Fisher House, a home-away-from-home for families of wounded soldiers.

For more information call 845-757-3314.

Sat., Nov. 7th: BROAD OLD RIVER 2 CONCERT. CD release

2009-11-01T12:29:00.001-08:00

WHO:

The Hudson River Sloop Singers of the sloops Clearwater and Woody Guthrie, including:

Lydia Adams Davis / Peggy Atwood / Jan Christensen / Mel Healy / Bob Killian

Mel and Vinnie / Rick Nestler / Rik Palieri / Pete Seeger / Steve Stanne and others

WHAT:

BROAD OLD RIVER 2 CONCERT

CD Release

WHERE:

Beacon Sloop Club, Beacon train station parking lot, Beacon, NY

WHEN:

Saturday, November 7th, 2pm

Admission $10

This is a concert for the re-release of the BROAD OLD RIVER Cd, with all the original 12 cuts plus 5 more and one story. Originally released in 1986 as a vinyl record, the songs stand the test of time, and are as stirring as ever. I am proud to have been one of the original co-producers, with Steven Stanne, and John Guth as engineer working his magic on fragile tape way back then. The current incarnations have been organized by Mel Healy, who is preserving this wonderful slice of Clearwater history.

CONTACT:

Mel Healy

845 399 4630 / melhealy@yahoo.com

www.broadoldriver.blogspot.com,

Fwd: HVFG 30th Anniversary Shows

2009-10-20T13:46:00.001-07:00

Hi Bob,

I know you are very active with blogging and I was wondering if you might help us get the word out in the blogosphere...

Here's the pertinent info:

Hudson Valley Folk Guild 30th Anniversary Concerts

At the Cunneen Hacket Cultural Center

Oct 23 & 24 at 7:30pm

Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at door, group rate $8.00 (4 or more)

Box Office: 845-229-0170

Directions and info: www.folksymphony.com or hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org

Concert Line ups:

Friday Oct 23

Hudson River Folk Symphony (premiere, written by Kevin Becker)

Melissa Holland

HVFG Chapter Singers

Hudson Valley Ramblers

Helen Avakian

Saturday Oct 24

Hudson River Folk Symphony (premiere, written by Kevin Becker)

John and Luanne Martucci

HVFG Chapter Singers

Linda Breithaupt and Harmony Fire

Denise Jordan Finley and Daniel Pagdon

Thanks for your help!

Kevin Becker

Happy Diwali from pres obama

2009-10-17T13:10:00.001-07:00

happy Diwali (Festival of Lights)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuiAW_6XKVM

DCC Music School class on Music of Hudson River Valley

2009-10-16T12:44:00.001-07:00

MUX725- TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY FROM HENRY HUDSON TO THE CLEARWATER

Mondays: 11/2 & 11/9 6:30-8PM at Dutchess Community College

In two sessions, the instructor, Bob Lusk, will discuss the history of traditional folk music in our region, and will illustrate with performance of songs, accompanying himself on banjo and guitar, as well as authentic recordings. Class participation (singing, bringing instruments) is optional.

Tuition is $35 with a HALF TUITION of $17.50 FOR SENIORS.

Please call Dutchess Community College Music School for info and registration: 845-431-8916.

Fwd: Oct 1st Pickin' Circle

2009-10-01T05:07:00.000-07:00

From: DAKIN MOREHOUSE <dakinwm@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:06 AM
Subject: Oct 1st Pickin' Circle
To: DakinWM@gmail.com

October already Pickers!
And we'll be down at the ol' Phoenicia RR station with our fingers on the heart strings of the songs in our hearts.
Might you be joining us?
It might be our last at the station for a while as we have another event scheduled at the Station for next Thursday (Oct 8).
So we'll probably be moving back to Harry's Ski Lodge then (just a mile West up the same road). Look for next week's 'Pickin' Post' e-m.
But we'll most likely return in the late Spring when Harry's Tubing Season opens again - but we still have several great performances coming up this month and through the winter at the station. I'll keep y'all posted.
So, hope to see you under the great wooden dome, one more time - tonight.

-----[ ]-----

*[ dakin ]*

~OO---OO~ .

Directions to the Phoenicia RR Station .. (Empire Railway Museum)

*Driving West on Rt 28 = Take the First Right (1/4 mile) after the Phoenicia Diner (on your left).
This is Lower High St and the Phoenicia RR Station is the first building on your Right.

*Driving East on Rt 28 = Pass the Shandaken Eagle and take the next left turn at the 'Y'.

Then the next Right turn onto Lower High St.

The Phoenicia RR Station is the 3rd building on your Left.

*From Main St. in Phoenicia (and Rt 214) = Turn South (toward the river) on Bridge St.
Cross the bridge AND the RR track turning immediately Left onto Lower High St.
The Phoenicia RR Station is the 3rd building on your Left.

Fwd: FW: Indian Classical Concert at Ridgely October 11

2009-09-30T16:01:00.001-07:00

--- On Wed, 9/30/09, Pravrajika Gitaprana <gitaprana@ridgely.org> wrote:

From: Pravrajika Gitaprana <gitaprana@ridgely.org>
Subject: Indian Classical Concert at Ridgely October 11
To: "Pravrajika Gitaprana" <gitaprana@ridgely.org>
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 10:37 AM

Dear Friends,We are very fortunate to be able to host a performance by the legendary Indian Classical violinist Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury. Attached is the info for this concert. Sisirkanaji has never made a recoding of any of her music. All her performances are live. We hope to see you there-7:30 pm, October 11. All donations go towards the maintenance of Vivekananda Retreat

SISIRKANA DHAR CHOWDHURY- violin

SUNDAY, OCT. 11, 7:30 P.M.
Vivekananda Retreat, 101 Leggett Road, Stone Ridge
www.ridgely.org <http://www.ridgely.org>

Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury is one of India's foremost violin virtuosos, who has performed frequently on All-India Radio, as well as touring the world. She received the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy award for her contribution to Hindustani Classical music. She is a student of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit V.G. Jog. She is a visiting professor at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music in California.

We are asking a contribution of $20 per person for this concert

please send this announcement to anyone who loves Indian music. It is a very special event.

Mighty Uke-Killian Mansfield Found. Benefit Concert

2009-09-29T14:12:00.001-07:00

THE MIGHTY UKE CONCERT to Benefit
THE KILLIAN MANSFIELD FOUNDATION
supporting Integrative Healthcare for Children with Cancer.

• JON BRAMAN "father of ukulele hip hop"

• MELVERN TAYLOR "the Sam Shepard of the Ukulele!"

• JIM & LIZ BELOFF "the Johnny Appleseed of the contemporary uke movement"

FRIDAY, OCT. 2 at 9PM - $20
The Colony Café.Woodstock, NY

This concert also celebrates the world premiere of Tony Coleman's film "Mighty Uke," which premiers Oct. 2 at the BearsvilleTheatre in Woodstock.

ORDER TICKETS ONLINE NOW!
http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/festival2009
OR CALL 845-810-0131
OR GO TO THE WOODSTOCK FILM FEST BOX OFFICE
13 ROCK CITY RD, Woodstock, NY

Lisa Dudley Veteran's Concert

2009-09-17T18:40:00.001-07:00

Press Release         Contact:   Lisa Dudley 845-757-3314, Lisa@LisaDudley.comLisa Dudley to sing for Veterans
Concert to benefit Fisher House – a home for families of hospitalized Veterans.
Sponsored by Ulster County Veterans and SCORE

KINGSTON,NY—DoRight Records recording artist, Lisa Dudley, will perform with her band the Prairie Dogs on Saturday November 7; 7-9pm at St. John's Church on Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY. Cost is $10 in advance online (www.lisadudley.com) or $15 at the door.

The concert is a benefit for Fisher House, which is a place for families of hospitalized veterans to stay, when they don't live nearby. It's being sponsored by the Ulster County Veterans and SCORE – "the Counselors to America's Small Business."

Both of Lisa Dudley's parents are Veterans who served during the Korean conflict. "I come by my love of this country honestly," she proclaims.

Lisa Dudley is well known for her musical association with Veterans and patriotic themes.   Her new album, Harley Girl, visits many of the issues that are dear to veterans of all wars.

"Harry Moore, my co-writer on many of these songs, was a Vietnam Veteran. We wrote these songs to be a healthy catharsis for the pent-up emotions and flash backs that veterans of all wars face. "We wanted these songs to be fun -- but deep."

Dudley talks candidly about her concerns for Veterans' health care and benefits.

"This is an incredible opportunity for me to speak out for veterans issues. After bravely serving their country, they deserve more."

According to Dudley, "Harley Girl" -- the cover song off her new album -- was given to her in a dream after a friend of hers, another Vietnam Veteran, died at a Harley Davidson motorcycle rally in Shreveport, Louisiana. "We're hoping the bikers will give their support to the veterans and come on out!"

Lisa promises to play such popular songs as "Dangerous Curves" and "Angel on My Shoulder."

"The soldiers love Angel on My Shoulder. They say angels brought them safely home from battle."

Lisa Dudley is part Cherokee and part Blackfoot and she lived for years in Nashville working for the Native American Indian association. She performs in an awesome collection of vintage cowboy boots and turquoise jewelry, singing Americana music with a touch of gospel and a pinch of country.

Her music can be purchased online at www.LisaDudley.com or downloaded through iTunes. For more information contact Lisa Dudley at 845-757-3314.

This Friday--PEACE PATH 9/11

2009-09-10T13:29:00.001-07:00

Please join us on Friday for Kingston's annual PEACE PATH 9/11, a vigil to promote peace and honor those who lost their lives in the 2001 tragedy. Bring a non-partisan, positive sign about peace or use one of ours. All ages welcomed. PEACE PATH 9/11, Friday, September 11, 4:30-6 p.m., Rte. 9W near Hannaford's, Kingston, NY. Sponsored by the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston, NY. PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS & INDIVIDUALS. CONTACT: paulacorno@yahoo.com Paula Silbey
845-679-2821
PO Box 156,
Lake Hill, NY 12448

"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Fwd: BBC: British Library opens music vault / URLs

2009-09-05T16:26:00.001-07:00

From Jan Christensen

British Library opens music vault

The British Library has made 28,000 rare recordings available free online.

The collection focuses on both traditional English music and recordings gathered from across the globe by British-based scholars.

The 2,000 hours of material ranges from a rendition of Any Old Iron in Birmingham, to performances by Ugandan royal musicians.

Full story at BBC URL below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8238428.stm

For the British Library's press release and the URL for the song files, see:

http://www.bl.uk/news/2009/pressrelease20090904.html

Upcoming appearances

2009-08-29T15:50:00.001-07:00

9/5/09 Half Moon Book Store on North Front St in Kingston, NY. Labor Day Songs 5-6 pm - free

9/6/09 Hooleyon lower Broadway in Kingston, NY - At Madden's Liquor Store with Jim Donnelly - time - tba

Eisteddfod (New Venue)

2009-08-28T17:55:00.001-07:00

Eisteddfod (New Venue)
Friday, October 16 – Sunday October 18, 2009
at the Friar Tuck Inn, Catskill, NY 12414

The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. announces a change in venue for this exciting Festival of Traditional Music. The festival is being moved from the Nevele (due to uncertain availability) to the Friar Tuck Inn in Catskill, NY. Located in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains, the Friar Tuck Inn has the facilities needed to accommodate the festival as well as all the amenities of a first class hotel and spa. It is about 40 miles south of Albany, NY and about 20 miles north of Kingston, NY.

This is the sixth festival to be held in New York after a 30 year history of festivals in Pittsburgh and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The previous 5 were held in New York City and this is the first to be held in the upper Hudson Valley.

The festival features over 25 performers who are representatives of the traditional music of the US, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Canada, as well as other European regions . It has programs ideal for the whole family, and provides a very rare chance in New York to hear such diverse, and such high quality, performers all in a single venue. The Performers include: Claire Boucher, Paul Geremia, Norman Kennedy, Enoch Kent, Alison McMorland & Geordie McIntyre, John Roberts & Tony Barrand, Happy Traum, Bill & Livia Vanaver, George Ward, Eric Weissberg, Heather Wood, the Wreck Room String Band, and more. For a full list and details of the performers go to www.eisteddfod-ny.org.

Participants are encouraged to register for the entire weekend to stay at the hotel and experience all the music. A special registration rate has been set up with information and a booking form available at www.eisteddfod-ny.org. Information on day rates is also available at www.eisteddfod-ny.org. You can reserve online directly at: http://eisteddfod-ny.eventbrite.com/.

For information go to www.eisteddfod-ny.org or call 718-672-6399

[The word "Eisteddfod" is Welsh. It connotes a gathering of poets and musicians, and there is a large Eisteddfod every year in Wales. The name was adopted by Howard Glasser, the founder of the American Eisteddfod, when he began these gatherings of singers and musicians four decades ago.]

Enlist for Peace!

2009-08-27T11:23:00.001-07:00

Saturday September 5^th 10-12

Enlist for Peace will be reading the names of those who died in the wars at the new Military Recruitment office on Ulster Avenue in Kingston, NY. We will also be offering alternative education materials regarding recruitment.

Mike Seeger in Hospice

2009-08-07T17:00:00.001-07:00

Here's some unfortunate news about one of the giants of folk and traditional American music.

Mike Seeger has been in treatment for leukemia this past few years, and has just recently been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Though therapies exist, this sort of blood cancer (plasma cell myeloma) is considered incurable.

It is Mike's decision to forgo treatment and enter hospice care.

We are told that Mike would love to hear from his many friends in the music world. Email messages can be sent to him via Folklore Productions (his booking agency), where you can also send cards.

Folklore Productions
1671 Appian Way
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Fwd: Anniversaries

2009-07-25T19:07:00.000-07:00

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Les Herring lesherring@gmail.com

I think it worth pointing out that in addition to next month being the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, it is the 50th anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival, the next addition of which will take place next weekend. If you can't make it, kiss someone from Rhode Island!!

WOODSTOCK WOODY GUTHRIE FEST & WOODY RADICAL PROSE

2009-07-21T06:21:00.001-07:00

From: John Pietaro leftmus@earthlink.net

Friends,

Well, if this is July it must be another Woody birthday anniversary. He would have been 97 this time around. Like many others around the world, I organize this annual salute to Woody in the world's most famous little village, Woodstock NY, and this year will be spectacular. Come on up to Woodstock early---check out the galleries, the shops, the memorobilia, the Byrdcliffe Art Colony (where Dylan had his home), the Bearsville site that was Albert Grossman's digs and Todd Rundgren's studio and where Jimi Hendrix lived for a time, and then come over to the Colony Cafe to celebrate Woody.

By the way, at the end of this announcement, look for the radical prose by Woody. I will be reciting this to the accompaniment of Laurie's bass and my own drumkit on Saturday evening....just one of the many reminders of Woody's revolutionary art!

In Solidarity,
John Pietaro - www.flamesofdiscontent.org

WOODSTOCK WOODY GUTHRIE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO COLONY CAFÉ, JULY 25

Woodstock NY: Woody Guthrie, legendary folksinger and prototypical protest musician, will once again be celebrated at Woodstock's historic Colony Café. This is the third annual event in his honor. This July would have been the 97th birthday of Guthrie, who died in 1967 but has long been remembered not only by fans of folk song but progressive thinkers all over the world. Guthrie, who fought against racism and fascism as well as for workers' rights and a more equitable society in his lifetime, has been acknowledged as the father of the folk song revival that begat the likes of Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, the Almanac Singers, the Weavers, and their 1960s offspring, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs and numerous others.

This year's event will feature not only some of Woody's most powerful songs but also his poetry, prose and even a member of his family. The Keynote Address will be given by ANNA CANONI, Woody's granddaughter and the Outreach Coordinator for the Woody Guthrie Archive. The Festival is very pleased to present Ms. Canoni in Woodstock for the first time.

A special feature will include guest speakers who are both journalists: DAN MARGOLIS, New York Bureau Chief of the People's Weekly World newspaper who will discuss Guthrie's contributions as a columnist for the Daily Worker, and GARY ALEXANDER, Music Writer with the Woodstock Times.
Music will be provided by festival hosts THE FLAMES OF DISCONTENT who perform 'alternative protest song', folk expansionists HOPE MACHINE, Mexican revolutionary musician ZENOTE SOMPANTLE, and Labor singer JOHN O'CONNOR. And there will also be recitation of Guthrie writings by performance poet PATRICIA MARTIN.

THE WOODSTOCK WOODY GUTHRIE FESTIVAL 2009
When: SATURDAY, JULY 25, 8 – 11PM
Where: The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock NY, (845) 679-5342
Admission: $10.
For more info: www.flamesofdiscontent.org or www.colonycafe.com
----------------------------------------------------------------

Art is a weapon and as deadly as steel cannons or exploding bombs.
It is the job of poets to untangle all of the knots, wipe away all of the clouds and fog.
It is the job of all artists, painters, dancers, writers, singers, sculptors, musicians, critics, actors, everybody everywhere, to join hands with the workers and root out, expose, and kill out the fascist enemy everywhere. Words must be turned against the Nazis like red hot machine gun bullets, mowing their poor, misled soldiers to the ground like brutes and monsters, blowing their factories and munitions dumps into 10 million pieces. Unless words do this job, they are useless……

I carted my paints and my water color brushes today down the street two short blocks and painted some fancy leafs and weeds and stems all around the edge of the window of the Communist Party.
I painted, "Join the Communist Party" on a strip of wrapping paper and "Kill the Taft-Hartley Slave law" on some more strips. "Lets Have a Low-Cost Housing Project in Coney Island" and "Read Your Daily Worker". Gwen, my 11 year old daughter from Texas helped me clean, sweep, scrape and paint and fix the windows of the Party office and book shop.
When we got it all done, I went in next door to a little eat shop and the soda jerker told me, "Your work is just one big, gigantic smudge!"
I didn't even say one single word. Just drunk my coffee and walked out.

I drew pen sketches for the Peoples World and Daily Worker and learned all I could from the speeches and debates, forums, picnics, where famous labor leaders spoke. I heard William Z Foster, Mother Bloor, Gurley Flynn, Blackie Myers.
I heard most all of them and played my songs on their platforms…….
Art is a weapon and as deadly as steel cannons or exploding bombs.
-Woody Guthrie

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

2009-07-15T14:24:00.001-07:00

At http://www.parttimemusician.com about Glenn Donnellan, violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC, making an electric violin from a baseball bat.

Catskills Irish Arts Week!

2009-07-11T11:37:00.001-07:00

There's SOOOOO MUCH MORE than classes

at the

CATSKILLS IRISH ARTS WEEK

CD Launches! Lectures! Tunes!

Céilithe, Seisiúns, Concerts
EVERY NIGHT!

Some Highlights:

(see the current IRISH VOICE for detailed schedule)

Monday 13 July, Weldon House 4:00

"From Shore to Shore:

Irish Traditional Music in New York City"

screening & discussion presented by Pat Mullins (filmmaker)

Tuesday 14 July, Weldon House 4:00

Paddy O'Brien's compositions & work

Book Launch

presented by Eileen O'Brien Minogue

Wednesday 15 July, Weldon House 4:00

Tribute to Mike Rafferty

Lecture presented by Don Meade

Wednesday 15 July, Shamrock House 4:00

Mrs. Crotty's Legacy

Led by Edel Fox with Caitlinn Nic Gabhann

Wednesday 15 July,Bernie O's 10:00

"THE OLD BROOM"

CD Launch / Listening Room Seisiún

Mike Rafferty & Willie Kelly

Thursday 16 July, Weldon House 4:00

"Unskirting the Issue"

Pivotal Irish American women in Irish traditional music

Lecture presented by Earl Hitchner

Thursday 16 July, Shamrock House 9:00

"PRIDE OF NEW YORK"

CD Launch / Céilí

Brian Conway, Brendan Dolan,

Joanie Madden, Billy McComiskey

Friday 17 July, Weldon House 4:00

Irish music in the Catskills

Lecture presented by Brendan Dolan

Friday 17 July, Shamrock House 4:00

Tunes & Chat

James Keane & Antoine Mac Gabhann

Friday 17 July, Quill Festival Grounds 7:30

Tribute to Joe Madden

Concert featuring Joanie Madden, John Nolan,

James Keane, Billy McComiskey & many, many more

Friday 17 July, Gavin's 10:00

GIRSA

CD Launch

These events alone make the week worth the short drive to East Durham! If you cannot be there for the full summer school, consider heading there for a few days at the end of the week. Something for Everyone!

Andy McGann Traditional Music Festival

Saturday, July 18th

Noon ~ 7pm

1-800 / 434-FEST

www.irishvillageusa.com

For more info:

518 / 634-2286 or contact@irishartsweek.com

Slán,
Maureen
www.my.calendars.net/ceolagusrince

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Fwd: An Exciting Event this Saturday

2009-07-09T06:22:00.001-07:00

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Cara Cruickshank <cara@catskillwoodlandcamp.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Subject: An Exciting Event this Saturday
To: boblusk@gmail.com

Camp Woodland: 1959
An Evening of Stories and Songs

Saturday, July 11
7:30pm
At the Pine Hill Community Center
287 Main St., Pine Hill
Free Admission

A Legendary and Historical Event

Camp Woodland was a summer camp in Phoenicia, N.Y. from 1939-1962. Interracial and progressive, it helped to preserve much of the folklore of the Catskills.
Alumni Sue Rosenberg, Pat Gordon Lamanna, Karl and Greg Finger, and (possibly) Eric Weissberg
will give a Camp Woodland Multi-Media Presentation through photos, stories and songs.

(After-Party and Music Jam at Cara's House)

For more info. call: 845-452-4013, email: patla@hvc.rr.com orinfo@pinehillcommunitycenter.org
www.pinehillcommunitycenter.org

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Fwd: WORKSHOP ATA HARTFORD

2009-07-08T05:02:00.001-07:00

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Debashish Bhattacharya <debashishguitar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Subject: WORKSHOP ATA HARTFORD
To: boblusk@gmail.com

- Broad-spectrum finger picking and left hand movement

- Raga Music Workshop with Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya

Hartford, CT, USA

Gurus: Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya and Sri Subhasis Bhattacharya

Detailed and extensive knowledge of the following topics will be imparted in this 5 day long residency/workshop program. The workshop will conclude with a full-length concert by Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya and Sri Subhasis Bhattacharya at Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford. All participants will be able to attend this concert by invitation.

* An Overview of Raga Music:

- Raga music interpretation for both the beginner and advanced level students.

- The historical and philosophical perspective with an emphasis on the aesthetics and literature of Raga Music.

- The inherent capacity of Raga music to express and interpret human nature, along with different moods and emotions.

- Compositions and Performance

- How to amalgamate Raga Music in your own work.

* Rhythm Structure in Indian Music:

- Different rhythmic cycles and various rhythmic structures

- The synthesis of rhythm and melody in Indian music

* The Impact of technology and modern life on ancient art of Raga Music.

* Raga Music in context with the slide guitar, regular guitar, and other Western and Indian instruments.

- Slide guitar techniques and practices.

practices

* Indian melodic chanting and rhythmic vocalizations.

Other details

Place: 34 Hilltop Drive , Weatogue, Connecticut

Date: October 12th, 2009 – October 16^th, 2009

Concert of Pt. Debashish bhattacharya: October 17th, 2009

For Registration and further inquiry Please contact: bsumkol@gmail.com

debashishguitar@gmail.com

Phone No: INDIA +919830204542

Phone No: USA 1 901 757 4567

Participants are requested to bring their individual instruments and sleeping bags.

--
With Best Regards,
Sannati Talukder

Bhattacharya's School of Universal Music
Kolkata, India
Phone:  +91.33.2428 6882
                  +91 9830204542
e-mail:   debashishguitar@gmail.com
visit at:   www.debashishbhattacharya.com

Seeger Banjo

2009-06-19T08:45:00.000-07:00

Here is an article on a Pete Seeger style banjo bridge that used to be on the internet. I can't find it anymore - I believe the design is copyright free. If you click on the articles, they will get larger.

Fwd: Bob Horan-NY1 Video

2009-06-14T10:00:00.000-07:00

From Bob Horan!

Hello!
Springtime greetings to all!
I decided to enter the video contest promoting our local "NY 1" news station here in Manhattan.
It was suggested by my wife Peggy to bring daughter Colleen's boyfriend Phlip Wilson to do the hearing impaired signing, along with my singing the NY 1 theme song. We had much fun shooting the video; and NY 1 has accepted our entry to be judged as the possible winner.
I invite you all to check it out at the following link.
http://contest.ny1.com/videos/56

*The more hits it receives the more likely We get "most viewed video status".

Thanks - Bob Horan

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Polka

2009-06-12T17:43:00.001-07:00

From Les Herring

The Grammys have announced that they will no longer present an award in the polka catagory. Too bad for Jimmy Sturr--who, incidently, is mostly Irish.

Fwd: Music and Torture - Fri, 5/15 - Bard College

2009-05-15T04:55:00.001-07:00

The Human Rights Project and the Center for Curatorial Studies
at Bard College invite you to join us at a one-day conference on

MUSIC AND TORTURE

to be held in conjunction with the opening of, and taking place at, Olafur
Eliasson's "Parliament of Reality" installation, on Friday 15 May.

Schedule of speakers

10:30AM Opening remarks

10:45AM Chloe Davies, Reprieve and ZeroDB (London)
on music torture

11:30AM David Peisner, SPIN Magazine
"Bring The Noise: How music found its way into American
interrogation booths"

12:15PM John Hamilton, Comparative Literature, NYU
"Torture as an Instrument of Music" (on the brazen bull of
Phalaris)

1:00PM LUNCH + ZeroDB silent protest recording session

2:00PM Thomas Levin, German, Princeton University
"Diabolus in Musica: A Playdoyer for Painful Sounds"

2:45PM Branden Joseph, Art History, Columbia University
"Biomusic"

3:30PM Keynote address by Mark Danner, Chace Professor of Foreign
Affairs, Politics, and Humanities

4:15PM Roundtable discussion moderated by Suzanne Cusick, Music, NYU

5:00PM Closing remarks

In the event of rain, all events will take place in the Multipurpose Room,
Bertelsmann Campus Center.

Additional support for the conference provided by the Goethe-Institut New
York.

Please let me or Danielle Riou (riou@bard.edu, x 7110) know if you have any
questions.

- Tom Keenan

My recording reissued!

2009-05-06T15:44:00.001-07:00

My CD recording “Slainte from Ulster County N.Y. Irish Music of the Catskills” from 20 years ago has now been reissued! If you are interested in getting a copy, contact me at bobluskmusic@gmail.com The price is $15 (includes shipping).

Bob Cohen's NEWEST PROJECT: A 4-CD SET FOR ALL OUR GRANDCHILDREN

2009-04-03T09:53:00.001-07:00

From: ROBERT COHEN rcohen4@hvc.rr.com

Friends:

Attached is the story of and the list of songs on my newest CD project: "Grandson Beecher & Grandpa Bob's Songbook for All Grandchildren Everwhere" - that's GBGBSAGE in case you like to say it all in one breath. I have sung all 131 songs in the Reader's Digest Children's Songbook which is a favorite of our grandson, Beecher Woods Robbi. The songs range from Sesame Street, Wizard of Oz and Disney movie pieces to nursery rhymes, folksongs, and novelty numbers. I accompany myself on piana, guitar, autoharp and accordion (but not all at once!) It is a fun filled informal rendering (mistakes included) that should get your grandchildren singing, dancing, and laughing.

I am making it available for $25 plus postage ($2.53) for anyone who wants to gift their grandchildren with these wonderful songs, or even enjoy it with your own inner-grandchild. The 3-page listing of songs and the story of how this CD came to be (see the attached) will be sent along with the 4-CD set.

I don't have fancy-shmancy ways for you to pay, so if your interested (look over the song list) you can send a check, made out to me, to P.O.Box 651, Hurley, NY 12443 and I will mail it out to you post-haste.

You are the first, aside from our grandchildren, to know about this. May I wish you a joyous and loving Pesach (Passover) and Easter and a prayer for a warm and peace-filled Spring in which the new green of the season will stir the green in our wallets and our country will, as it always has, meet the challenges that lie ahead.

Shalom, Bob

845 338-6180 or cell: 845 309-3041

P.S. The cover page of the program notes has colorful pictures of me, Beecher, and me & Beecher. It was too complicated to send out into cyberspace but you will have it with the set. Our dear friend, Estelle Nadler designed it. Another dear friend, Bruce Berky recorded the whole megillah, and one other dear friend, Bill Ayton who designed my website - www.cantorBob.com posted it there. Of course, Pat and the grandchildren were the inspiration throughout.

Songbook Order Form & CD song program attached.

Musicians wanted

2009-03-27T16:44:00.001-07:00

From Jim Marzano -

Dear Hudson Valley Folkies~ Anyone wishing to participate in our "Songs of the Hudson Valley" Open Mic night please get in touch as we still have a few openings. Our "Open Mic" is not like any other as we like to present about 6 acts with a 20-30min set each. The food is great & I always share the door with the musicians, so if you can get out your base, the better we do, the better you'll do.
keep lookin up...jbo~*(:-)>

Contact Jim Marzano -

A.I.R. Studio Gallery
(Artist-In-Residence)
71 O'Neil St, Kingston, NY
http://www.AirStudioGallery.com/

Remembering the Women's Orchestra of Birkenau

2009-03-24T13:13:00.001-07:00

Music in Desperate Times: Remembering the Women's Orchestra of Birkenau

One night only

Host:	Ars Choralis
Type:	Music/Arts - Concert
Network:	Global

Date:	Saturday, March 28, 2009
Time:	8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:	The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Street:	1047 Amsterdam Ave.
City/Town:	New York, NY

Phone:	2123167490
Email:	YakketyAct@gmail.com

Description

Ars Choralis (the group I sing with) presents "Music in Desperate Times: Remembering the Women's Orchestra of Birkenau," conceived and conducted by Barbara Pickhardt. "Music in Desperate Times" is a choral concert interweaving orchestral music with spoken memoirs of the World War II women's orchestra and songs of hope, peace and resistance.

Based on memoirs and histories of survivors of the only women's orchestra to play in World War II concentration camps, this concert recreates the unusual instrumentation of the orchestra: violins, mandolins, accordion, recorder, flute, cello, piano, percussion, and singers. The story is told through readings, choral music and representative orchestral music.

For tickets, visit:
http://www.stjohndivine.org/DesperateTimes.html

North American Urban Folk Music 1940-1960

2009-03-20T08:41:00.000-07:00

You are invited!

North American Urban Folk Music 1940-1960
Saturday

March 28, 2009

1:00-10:00 PM

Elisabeth Irwin High School
40 Charlton Street

Between Varrick Street and Sixth Avenue
New York, NY 10014

Sponsored by New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
(Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.)

Hosted by Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School
(LREI, Inc.)

Come celebrate the North American urban folk music community of the 1940s and 1950s,

and pay tribute to the people who were part of it.

Schedule of events
1:00 - 1:55 PM: The Urban Folk Music Community: an Overview
2:00 - 2:55 PM: Women of the Folk Community
3:00 - 3:55 PM: Families of the Folk Musicians
4:10 - 6:00 PM: The Songs We Sang
6:00 - 7:30 PM: Dinner break
7:30 - 10:00 PM: Evening Concert

Participants (partial list)
Prof. Ray Allen
Oscar Brand
Anna Guthrie Canoni
Rochelle Goldstein
Dottie Miller Gutenkauf
Richard Hawthorne
Lori Holland
George Pickow
Jon Pickow
Jean Ritchie
Tony Saletan
Roger Sprung
Dr. Anna Lomax Wood
Hal Wylie
plus others TBA

All event general admission: $40.
NY Pinewoods members and LREI faculty, staff, parents, and alumni: $30.
Children and F/T students under 23: $20.

Afternoon only or evening concert only general admission: $25.
NY Pinewoods/LREI: $20.
Children and F/T students under 23: $ 15.

For more information please visit the website www.folkmusicny.org or call 718-672-6399.

Lincoln symposium

2009-03-07T08:55:00.001-08:00

From Les Herring

For those of you as batty about history as me, there will be a daylong symposium on Lincoln at Bard College on Friday march 13. It will feature the Lincoln scholars Harold Holzer and james Oakes and cover several topics. It runs from 10am to 5pm in Olin Hall on campus. www.bard.edu.

Books for troops

2009-03-06T04:30:00.001-08:00

I usually don't post stories like this, but I'll be playing at Donna's bookstore, the Hudson Valley Guild on 3/13 at 7:30. Come on by and help celebrate the birthday of this remarkable woman.

From: Donna Favicchio brighidscove@optonline.net

I thought this was a great human interest story. ... As all of you know by now I have been trying to get rid of some books in order to make room new stock, well I hooked up with 'Operation Paperback' to send books to the troops; but on the whole, it is individuals collecting books and mailing them and/or raising money to mail them. So I, as one of those individuals, would be hanging on the those books for awhile, because our entrepreneurial shoe-string budget really wouldn't afford that postage right now. ...

Then a friend suggested donating them to the prison system, and went so far as to find me all of the contact information so all I had to do is compose an e-mail. ...Before I contacted NYState prison system, I contacted Sue Story, founder of 'Operation Paperback' and told her I had all of these books I couldn't afford postage for, plus piles of hard-covers, and I had an opportunity to donate them to the prisons. ... She thought by all means that these books should go to the prison libraries instead of sitting in storage; and that to put a book in an inmate's hands could be part of a transformation.

So I contacted the prison. I was initially told that they wanted the books and they would make arrangements to pick them up. I was ecstatic! So Tom Testo, Senior Librarian at Hudson Correctional Facility, contacted me, and when hearing that I had so many paperbacks and hardcovers as well, he decided they didn't have room for them afterall. ...He was very nice and in conversation I mentioned how I originally wanted to send the paperbacks to troops and have him take only the hardcover; but that I couldn't afford the postage. ... When he hung up said he would see what he could do and get back to me. I wasn't sure what he meant. ...

Less than 24 hours later he called back and said the inmates had collected $200.00 for postage for me to send the paperbacks to the troops! Not state money, money that they make or is given to them. I was so touched by this.

...If you want to donate anything to this cause go to http://www.operationpaperback.org/ All monies go directly for postage. Just a few dollars will put a book in the hands of one of our troops.

Fisher Poets Gather for Verse, Song and Stories

2009-03-05T08:11:00.001-08:00

From Jan Christensen

A fascinating story of the annual meeting of poets and singers in
Astoria, Oregon. Use the URL below (free New York Times registration
may be required) to hear and see the interactive feature of poems and
songs, and view the slide show.
Jan

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/us/04poets.html?hp

Fisher Poets Gather for Verse, Song and Stories

Dave Densmore, on his boat, wrote his first poem as a joke in the
1970s. Now he studies writing.

By WILLIAM YARDLEY

Published: March 3, 2009 (The New York Times)

ASTORIA, Ore. — Work, sometimes just the memory of it, is what brings
the fisher poets to this faded port at the mouth of the Columbia River
for a weekend each year.

Stuart Isett for The New York Times

Max Broderick reads his poem. His father, Jon, helped start the Fisher
Poets Gathering in 1998.

They might wax about the versatility of a deck bucket or of romance in
rubber boots, but they also describe a livelihood that can kill those
who pursue it. And at a time when industries everywhere are in
decline, this year some said that increasingly restrictive fishing
laws had long ago taught them about struggle.

"The bailout is there for bankers," said Jon Campbell, a former
fisherman from Rhode Island, reading Saturday night from what he
called a work in progress, "but they're out to sink the fleet."

That line met rousing applause here at the annual Fisher Poets
Gathering. First held in 1998 with a few people standing on a stage in
a bar, the event now fills a weekend with verse, song and storytelling
across four sites. Given the economy, attendance was somewhat lower
this year than in the past. Then again, populism played particularly
well. Camp converged with oceangoing cred. Old salts dazzled
California transplants. Even a bad day of fishing, it seems, can
produce a decent rhyme. Or not.

"I have to set aside my English-teacher hat now and then," said Fred
Chancey, recently retired from Chemeketa Community College in Salem,
Ore., who showed up for the second year in a row, just to listen. "But
a lot of it is really good stuff. I like the blue-collar school of
poetry."

The gathering generates what Mr. Chancey called "friction," a
constructive tension between those who have accumulated real
experience at sea and those who are drawn to them. Looks can be
deceiving. Some participants seem more city than seaworthy but can
recount years on deck. Others look the part but mostly like the lore.

A few performers, like Mr. Campbell, have Web sites. Others, too busy
fishing, write only when the gathering presents a deadline. Still
others face parental expectations.

Max Broderick, 20, a junior at Humboldt State University who is
majoring in natural resource planning, has fished his family's
commercial site on Bristol Bay in Alaska each summer since he was 13.
On Saturday night, he recounted one dreamlike haul:

As it turns out, this set saves the day,

Because the fish train hits

and now we're being highly paid.

With each jag that comes over the roller of kings, reds and chums,

This business of fishing has instantly become more fun.

Mr. Broderick's father, Jon, teaches English and other subjects at
Seaside High School, just south of Astoria and helped start the Fisher
Poets Gathering. Jon Broderick said he was motivated by an interest in
storytelling and because "work was a better subject than love."

For a few fishermen, the event has helped introduce them to a new
audience. Dave Densmore, 62, of Knappa, Ore., said he wrote his first
poem as a joke while hung over one morning in the 1970s. He read it to
fellow fishermen over a VHF radio off Kodiak, Alaska. Now Mr. Densmore
gets calls to perform on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in the middle of
salmon season and has to decide what to do. He says he chooses
fishing.

"Those are the people I want to talk to," Mr. Densmore said of the
affluent coastal residents who have shown a steady interest in his
stories. "Not that I want to benefit, but I want the industry to
benefit. We're being managed to death."

Mr. Densmore grew up on the Aleutian Islands, where his parents were
missionaries. Writing was not an early interest; now he studies with a
teacher from the local community college.

On Saturday morning, he held an "open boat," inviting attendees of the
gathering into the galley of his salmon fishing boat, the Cold Stream.
Retirees in trim weatherproof jackets marveled at his hard-work hands.

"This is the closest I've been to a boat like this," said Ted Osborn,
an architect who, with his wife Wendy, is waiting for their new
retirement home overlooking the Columbia to be completed. "We lived
for 30 years in Southern California, where pretentiousness is king.
This place is much more real."

The Clatsop County Historical Society is preparing for Astoria's
bicentennial celebration in 2011, two centuries after John Jacob
Astor's Pacific Fur Company established a trading post here. Timber
and fishing followed the fur trade. Struggle came when other ports
rose, dams were built and resource industries faded. The population,
about 10,000, has been flat for decades, though downtown is shifting
toward art and espresso. Victorian houses clutter hillsides, some
brightly renovated, others falling apart.

The most striking legacy of the past is the pilings that rise
everywhere out of the river, with no apparent purpose. They used to
support scores of salmon canneries. Now the new Cannery Pier Hotel
rests on one century-old set beneath the Astoria-Megler Bridge, which
crosses the river to Washington State.

Of course, fresh fish from the region is favored now, not canned.
Entrants in the gathering's "on-site" poetry contest on Saturday night
were told barely 24 hours earlier that submissions had to be at least
eight lines, take less than a minute to read and include the phrase
"you might be missing fish."

Rob Seitz, who cycles nearly year round through cod, whiting and
Dungeness crab seasons on his 80-foot steel boat, placed third with
these verses:

If your son is not intimidating

On the line of scrimmage,

If your daughter's report card

Is not the brightest image,

If your children are not turning out

As healthy as you'd wished,

Perhaps on your dinner table

You might be missing fish.

Mr. Seitz, 42, said he wrote only once a year, on gathering weekend in
Astoria. But he does prepare.

"On the boat, I don't have a TV," he said. "We just read."

Congratulations to me!

2009-02-17T19:10:00.001-08:00

After 2 1/2 years of study at the Swaranjali Hindustani Classical
Music School I finally finished the first year, (level 1, Bal
Sangeet, by Pandit Vinayakbua Patwardhan). This by the way is a class
that young children do very well in. The instructor, Anjali Nandedkar
is a very patient dedicated teacher. www.swaranjalimusicschool.com

Dance Flurry

2009-02-14T23:08:00.001-08:00

Was only able to go to the Saratoga Dance Flurry for the day. What a
wonderful time! Played dobro at some unlikely jams including Waltz,
Cape Breton and Old Timey. Cape Breton not that much of a stretch as
there has always been a strong C&W influence there. (But ow, the key
of A).

Also had a good workout on the fiddle and concertina, saw so many old
friends. Next year we're there for the weekend.

Then back to Saugerties to the Democratic Party party/dance with
Doctor Romo and the group "Too Much Fun" at the old Sach's Lodge -
Total Tennis. After not dancing at the Dance Flurry, Michelle
actually got me out on the floog for a few whirls and waltzes. Happy
Valentines!

Tomorrow Shape Note Singing.

Valentines Day Dance

2009-02-11T05:55:00.001-08:00

VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE
SATURDAY FEB. 14, 2009
AT
TOTAL TENNIS CLUB
1811 OLD KINGS HWY.

SPONSORED BY SAUGERTIES DEMOCRATIC COMMITEE.

DANCING, RAFFLES, DESSERTS, COFFEE, TEA, CASH BAR

MUSIC BY TOO MUCH FUN*

TOO MUCH FUN plays a mix of Bluegrass, Old Time, Cajun/Zydeco, and Americana.

Jerome Cimino: Guitar, vocals
Mira Fink: Mandolin
Doctor Romo: Fiddle, Accordions, Vocals
Jim Sullivan, Banjo, Bass, Vocals
Special guest appearance: Vida Nathanson: Fiddle/percussion

The event is from 8pm- 11 pm

Contact Harriet: 845-246-1138

Romo

SAUGERTIES, NY

Who needs books?

2009-02-11T04:45:00.001-08:00

My new favorite site -

http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/

Traditional Music of the Hudson River Valley

2009-02-03T12:06:00.001-08:00

DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

MUSIC SCHOOL

SPRING 2009

Traditional Music of the Hudson River Valley

mUX725 Traditional Music of the Hudson River Valley

(2 Sessions) This course will cover traditional regional and historic music of the Hudson River Valley. No musical experience is required, but experienced musicians and singers will have a chance to increase their repertoire with "Home Grown" music of the corridor from Albany to New York City. We will study the major local collections of music including, colonial songs from the Allison family, songs of Henry Backus "The Saugerties Bard" from the 1850's and songs and dances from Camp Woodland in the 1950's. Examples will include songs of the railroaders, quarrymen, lumberjacks, steamboat captains, and apple growers. We will also include 20th Century songs by folksong writers such as Grant Rogers, Les Rice, William Geckle, Ken Gonyea, Mark Fried, Rich Nestler and Pete Seeger.

Fee free to bring instruments to the class

Instructor: Robert Lusk

5005 10 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (W) 2/11/09 – 2/18/09 $35.00

For additional information contact Julie Wegener, Director,

DCC Music School at 845-431-8916

OFFICE OF COMMNITY SERVICES

53 PENDELL ROAD

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601

To Register: call 845-431-8910

REFUND POLICY

Refunds for withdrawal from non-credit courses will be given if requested prior to the end of the business day preceding the day the course starts. If a refund request is approved for a course, a $5 processing fee will be deducted from the refund. Full refunds will be given for all courses that are cancelled by the College.

Gigs

2009-01-31T14:33:00.001-08:00

I'll be teaching Wednesday 2/11/ and 2/18/09 at Dutchess Commuinity College -Music of the Hudson River Valley from 7-8:30 pm. No musical experience is required, but experienced musicians and singers will have a chance to increase their repertoire with "Home Grown" music from our area. We will study the major local collections of music including area colonial songs from the Allison family, songs of Henry Backus "The Saugerties Bard" from the 1850's and songs of the steamboat captains, and apple growers.
We will also include 20th Century songs by folksong writers such as Les Rice, William Geckle, Ken Gonyea, Rick Nestler and Pete Seeger.

2/20/09 I'll be singing at the Muddycup in Kingston doing pure unabashed "Folk Music" 7:30 pm donation.

Wednesday 3/4/09 and 3/11/09 Dutchess Commuinity College - Vocal Toning 7-9 pm. Toning is very old and basic to many traditional cultures. Much of religious chant involves toning. It consists of non-verbal conscious elongation of sounds, using the breath and voice, similar to sighing, moaning, chanting yawning and humming. It has applications for meditation, healing, musical performance, personal transformation and spiritual journeys

Singing Festival

2009-01-30T07:31:00.001-08:00

Singing Festival
Posted by: "sallypotter100@aol.com" sallypotter100@aol.com
Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:06 pm (PST)
To folks who love to sing:

Just a short message to remind singers of the existence of the seventh annual Mid-Winter Singing Festival taking place next weekend, Feb. 6-7, 2009?in East Lansing, Michigan. (www.singingfestival.com)

It is?a weeknd where 1000+ people get together to sing. Just to sing. That's it.

Song leaders lead. Everyone has the lyrics (no music). The songs are the real?stars of the whole weekend.

Personally, I dream of every folk community having an event where everyone can participate. Why not?

Over?the past few days, the discussion has centered around folk music (what is it, what are it's roots, etc...). This Festival eliminates the need, and?desire to care about?any of these definitions.

All weekend long, we sing great songs...songs?which?are good for eveyone to sing along with: Motown, Tin Pan Alley, The Hit Parade, Old Time, Protest Songs, Top 40...you name the genre and over seven years, we have tapped its best songs.

Song leaders are wonderful musicians who can lead songs (not 'perform' these songs - at least not in this setting). On Friday and Saturday nights we hold two huge 500-person Community Sings. On Saturday afternoon we hold 12 singing workshops, each with a different theme, led by the evening?song leaders and additional folks from the community.?

Please check out the web site and if you don't already, think about producing such an event in your neck of the woods. ?If you have any questions, please feel free to email me or give me a call (I'm in the book - Lansing, MI).

As we say at the Singing Festival, "Without you, there is no sound."

Thanks for reading,

Sally Potter

www.singingfestival.com
sallypotter100@aol.com

Charlie King on Politics and the "Power of Song"

2009-01-30T07:28:00.001-08:00

Charlie King on Politics and the "Power of Song"
Posted by: "George Mann" georgeandjulius@att.net georgeandjulius
Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:09 pm (PST)
The great folksinger and songwriter Charlie King (http://www.charlieking.org) presented these thoughts at a Peoples Music Network gathering last week and I'm reprinting them here.... powerful stuff from a committed singer/activist-- G

I'm imagining political music on a spectrum with the Freedom Singers at one end and the Capital Steps at the other. The variable is advocacy: Which Side Are You On? I like political songs that take sides, name names and fight for very specific goals. Every time the Freedom Singers sang they were moving along the cause of freedom and justice. I like songs that build bridges, songs that open people's minds to new possibilities. I like songs that help me look at some reality in a totally new way.

Political songs should build community among the people who hear them and the people that sing them. They should strengthen solidarity and bring out the best in every person they touch. We should sing each other's songs. All of us on this panel sing each other's songs. We should sing traditional songs that that tell our history. I used to sing and record mostly my own songs. I was a lot lonelier because of that and my repertoire was a lot leaner. Our union, Local 1000, builds community. Some of the best work I've done as a political performer has been helping to build Local 1000.

Utah Phillips tells us that the long memory is our most radical resource. I like songs that remember our history and make us hopeful about the future. Appleseed's recording of songs of the Spanish Civil War does that. Michael Smith and Jamie O'Reilly also did a fine recording of those songs. Karen Brandow and I have been doing scripted performances of songs from the Civil Rights Movement, 1955 to 1967. We do a similar piece on the trial of Sacco & Vanzetti. These historical memories shine a powerful light on the present and offer ideas, strategies and hopes for the future.

I like songs that are useful. Some times a quick parody that hits the nail on the head or celebrates the local heroes is better than a well-crafted song that floats above the fray.

Concerts aren't the best environment to use music for good political purpose. There are competing demands. I'm supposed to be entertaining, I want people to like me, my ego gets in the way. Here are some settings where I do better work:

The Journey of Hope is an annual pilgrimage against the death penalty. Karen and I travel with it for as long as 17 days at a stretch. We become part of the Journey, part of that community. We do lots of different work – drive people around, carry boxes, get petitions signed. Steve Earle does this kind of work too. And every time we sing the music has a purpose: to refresh and encourage the community of travelers; to open up audiences to alternatives to capital punishment; to put a human face on the men and women on death row.

School of the America's Watch. I don't know any other movement around today that uses music as thoroughly and effectively as SOAW. Every time they put a speaker they follow it with a song. We hit the mic's 10 or 12 singers at a time. The focus is on the song, not the singer. We're singing to energize 10,000 people who've traveled from all over the country and are standing in blazing sun or pouring rain for 5 hour vigils and demonstrations. When the demonstration is over for the day they send us around to non-violence training centers, special interest caucuses, meetings of people on their way in or out of jail. The music is always connected to the issue at hand.

Labor Struggles. The United Farm Workers taught me the politics of music over 30 years ago. Labor struggles change people's lives. For many American's it's the most powerful they will ever feel, the most democratic exercise they will ever do. Even when they lose, as they did in the Hormel strike at Austin MN in the mid-80s, their lives open up and change and they look back with few regrets. It's easy for a singer to become part of a labor struggle. The issues are clear, the targets are big, the heroes are your friends and neighbors. People are so used to having their lives trivialized by our culture, so when you sing a song that celebrates their lives, that takes them seriously it's an amazing event. It's good work and it's thrilling.

I like to sing in hospice settings, especially one on one. I sit at someone's bedside, chat, figure out their age, try to sing a song that was popular when they were in high school, try to sing a song that looks at death, loss, leaving – honest and compassionate songs. The most amazing and powerful things have happened when I sung in hospice. I've never felt more useful as a singer. I think that's very political.

--
George Mann and Julius Margolin
http://www.georgeandjulius.com
http://www.georgemannmusic.com
http://www.aunionman.com
Labor and protest music in the finest tradition

Seeger and Obama

2009-01-26T07:58:00.000-08:00

From http://dacurmudge.livejournal.com/

04:36 pm - "Music sends a message to America" (article from LA Times) reporting on the 1/18 Inaugural Concert

This past weekend I spent some time reading different reviews of the 1/18 Inaugural Concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Now I hadn't planned to spend so much time reading, but the more I read the more uncomfortable I became. Across the country it seemed as if America's problems and possible solutions were seemingly being ignored by so many journalists.

A major opportunity was missed when these writers chose instead, to focus on the entertainment ("feel good") value and superifically pay homage to the celebrities present.. What seemed truly ironic was that the one voice- that of Pete Seeger was present but for the most part ignored. The one man who has been saying for so many years if only "we the people" could work together we could resolve our issues.

One newspaper (from a large West Coast city) ran a picture of Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen. To assist the reader who might not know which was whom, when you moused over the performer his name popped up. So, not too surprisingly, mousing over Bruce Springsteen resulted in his name popping up. However, when you moused over Pete Seeger he was also identified as Bruce Springsteen. Moving along, another (this time a major East Coast city) newspaper forgot to mention Pete Seeger at all.

The majority of the press articles read this weekend made it sound almost as if Seeger and Springsteen were an up and coming folk rock group. The Presidential Inaugural Committee listed a number of performers for the event but in all fairness to the committee they did acknowledge it was not a complete list (and did not include Pete Seeger). CNN led off their coverage with a description of the roaring crowd and ...high energy acts such as U2, Mary J. Blige, Usher and Beyonce.

All but missing was any awareness that Pete Seeger has been singing to presidents about issues of economy, healthcare, peace, taking care of our military for more than 68 years. March, 1941 he was invited to perform for Eleanor Roosevelt at the White house honoring US military serving in WWII.

It was bittersweet to read repeatedly of Pete Seeger being asked to join (as in back up) Bruce Springsteen on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in the the singing of "This Land is Your Land." originally written by Woody Guthrie and performed initially by the "Almanac Singers" in 1940, a folk quartet later black balled by the U.S. Senate. Today only one person from this infamous quartet remains alive- Pete Seeger.

The redeeming aspect of the concert was provided by(then still) President-Elect Obama when he joined Pete to share an intimate exchange between two great men from different generations both of whom have worked so hard on behalf of all of us. With Pete's grandson Tao Rodriguez-Seeger present, one could not miss the significance of history being made- Obama and Seeger talking on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with Martin Luther King, Jr day being celebrate the next day. Among his many accomplishments Pete Seeger also Marched with Martin Luther King, Jr.

So what can we do today? One suggestion- go to: http://www.nobelprize4pete.org/resources.html click the link on the left that says "sign the petition" and become one of only 23,000 people so far to sign the petition requesting that Pete Seeger be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. If Pete Seeger doesn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize then who does? If not awarded to Pete Seeger perhaps the Nobel Peace Prize should be retired as no longer relevant in a greed driven corporate America.

Bob Lusk on Imprint

2009-01-26T07:13:00.001-08:00

My version of "Mary's Wedding", "Kathy's wedding" is on this weeks' edition of the radio show Imprint. Imprint can be heard daily on Catskill Community radio www.catskillradio.org and Saturdays at 5pm on WUOW 104.7FM Oneonta Community radio www.wuow.org.

NYC event 3/28/09

2009-01-21T05:52:00.001-08:00

North American Urban Folk Music 1940-1960
A Celebration and Tribute
Saturday • March 28, 2009
1:00-10:00 PM

To be held at Elisabeth Irwin High School
40 Charlton Street
Between Varick Street & Sixth Avenue
New York, NY 10014
Sponsored by the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
(Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.)

Come celebrate the North American urban folk music community of the 1940s and 1950s, and pay tribute to the people who were part of it.

Schedule of events
1:00 - 1:55 PM: The Urban Folk Music Community: an Overview
2:00 - 2:55 PM: Women of the Folk Community
3:00 - 3:55 PM: Families of the Folk Musicians
4:00 - 6:00 PM: Song and Story Circle
6:00 - 7:30 PM: Dinner break
7:30 - 10:00 PM: Evening concert

Participants (partial list)
Prof. Ray Allen
Oscar Brand
Anna Guthrie Canoni
Rochelle Goldstein
Dottie Miller Gutenkauf
Richard Hawthorne
Lori Holland
Matt Jones
George Pickow
Jon Pickow
Jean Ritchie
Tony Saletan
Roger Sprung
Dr. Anna Lomax Wood
Hal Wylie
plus others TBA

All event general admission: $40.
NY Pinewoods members and LREI (Little Red School House - Elisabeth Irwin HS) faculty, staff, parents, and alumni: $30.
Children and F/T students under 23: $20.

Afternoon only or evening concert only general admission: $25.
NY Pinewoods/LREI: $20.
Children and F/T students under 23: $ 15.

For more information please visit the website http://www.folkmusicny.org or call 718-672-6399.

Pete Seeger-Bruce Springstein "This Land"

2009-01-20T07:15:00.000-08:00

It brought chills to my spine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5KnYADCSms

Inaugeration Springsteen/Seeger

2009-01-17T06:31:00.001-08:00

Supposedly Bruce Springstein and Pete Seeger will be singing This Land is Your Land together on the HBO inauguration show, Sunday 7-9 pm