Folk Music Auction - more

A bunch more items have been donated to the 11/16 folk music auction - for details go to http://heritagemusicauction.blogspot.com/  One of the more interesting is a 12-string bowl-back mandolin built by the famous Franz Schwarzer zither company in Washington, Missouri. It is nicely inlaid and, while in need of serious restoration, is still a joy to see. It is complete except for the fingerboard.
Regarding Schwarzer, see:

http://www.historicmarkers.com/Missouri/Franklin_County_Missouri/Franz_Schwarzer_MO8/

http://www.zither.us/?q=node/31

Furthermore, this mandolin was owned by Jackson C. Frank ("He's the most famous folksinger of the 1960s that no one has ever heard of.") 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_C._Frank

Here is a lesser-known 8-string (restored) going for $285.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Antique-1890s-Champion-Bowlback-Mandolin_W0QQitemZ140277283017QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20081025?IMSfp=TL081025101009r28546

If you wish to donate items to the auction, e-mail  heritagefolkmusic@gmail.com

 

 

Auction

Ernie Sakar Guitars just donated a new "A" style mandolin to the Heritage Folk Music Auction to be held on 11/16/08 - go to http://heritagemusicauction.blogspot.com/

Folk Music Auction needs donations

Auction of Folk Music Memorabilia!
November 16th 2008; 3-6 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church Hall, Sawkill Road, Kingston, NY (Near the Kingston Thruway Entrance)

We are having a folk music auction as part of our fall Hootenanny.  This is a fundraiser for the Heritage Music Foundation.  Our mission is to bring the historic and regional folk traditions of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson River Valley back to the people from whence it came through concerts, workshops and community events.

We would welcome donations of and type of memorabilia including LP's tapes, CD's, songbooks, posters, even instruments.  An artists' own recordings of course would be especially welcome.  Items may be new or used. If you can't come that day, but wish to donate an item, contact us for pickup.

You can see the current list of donated items at http://heritagemusicauction.blogspot.com/

Thank you!

Bob Lusk
Heritage Folk Music Foundation
61 Wurts Street, Kingston , New York, 12401
(845)594-4412
http://heritageconcerts.blogspot.com/
 heritagemusic@gmail.com

 

FHK Hosts Talk on Historic Kingston Boatyard

From: Patricia Murphy

To: Friends of Historic Kingston

Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 3:17 PM

Subject: FHK Hosts Talk on Historic Kingston Boatyard

Contact:  Jane Kellar (845) 339-0720                      

 

FHK HOSTS TALK ON HISTORIC BOATYARD

  

     The Feeney boatyard, the lone survivor of an industry that once flourished along the banks of the Rondout Creek at Kingston, will be the topic of an illustrated talk on Saturday, November 8  at 4 pm. in the Friends of Historic Kingston Museum Gallery.  Retired City Judge Edward T. Feeney will trace the evolution of the family's involvement in maritime activity which dates back to the days when his great-grandfather Bernard Feeney operated boats on the Delaware and Hudson Canal in the nineteenth century. From those roots sprang the boat building and repairing business, founded by his grandfather Thomas R. Feeney, which four successive generations have carried on in the same location on the Rondout for more than a century. Judge Feeney's talk will be illustrated with a DVD with vintage photos of Feeney-built tugboats and barges, and film footage of boat launchings at the boatyard shot by his father Bernard A. Feeney, Sr.

     Judge Feeney is a graduate of Kingston High School, Fordham University and Albany Law School.  He founded the Kingston law firm of Feeney and Bruhn with current County Court Judge Michael Bruhn.  Judge Feeney created the City of Kingston Drug Court which has received statewide recognition and has served as the model for other programs throughout New York State.

    The public is invited to the event and there is no admission fee. The Friends of Historic Kingston Museum is located on the corner of Wall-Main Streets in uptown Kingston.  For more information call (845) 339-0720; www.fohk.org.

Northeast Tionol Concert October 25th

From:    Liam O'Neill <liam@HVC.RR.COM>

On Saturday, October 25, 2008, the East Coast Pipers, a non-profit 501c(3) musicians' association, presents an evening concert of Irish traditional pipe and fiddle music at Gavin's Golden Hill Resort in East Durham, New York.  The concert, which will begin at 7:30 pm,  features an international cast of higly-regarded traditional Irish musicians, including Mick O'Brien, Cormac Cannon and Breda Keville from Ireland; Debbie Quigley and Patrick Ourceau from Toronto; and Ivan Goff, Cillian Vallely, and Patrick D'Arcy, all originally from Ireland but now living in the U.S.   Tickets are $15 at the door.

The public concert is the highlight of the Northeast Tionol, an annual weekend gathering and workshop for players of the Irish uilleann pipes and fiddle.   About sixty amateur musicians of all levels are expected to attend the music worskhops, led by the instructors who will perform in the concert. This event, which has been taking place annually in the Eastern U.S. for more than two decades and is now in its fourth year in the Catskills, will draw student pipers and fiddle players from as close by as Schenectady and from as far away as St. Paul, Los Angeles, and even England and Ireland.

For more information on the concert or the weekend workshops, or for detailed biographical infromation in the performers, contact Kara Doyle, or visit www.eastcoastpipers.com.

The Folk Music Revival: Politics and Community

Registration Now Open!

The Folk Music Revival: Politics and Community
A Symposium by the New York Folklore Society

Clark Auditorium of the New York State Museum
Albany, NY
October 18, 2008

New York State was instrumental to the revival of folk music and folksong in the second half of the 20th  century.  Institutions such as Caffe' Lena and media outlets such as radio station WNYC helped to launch the careers of many folk musicians in the 1960s and 1970s.  The New York Folklore Quarterly devoted a conference and an entire journal issue to the subject in 1963, inviting the commentary of many noted scholars and proponents of that day.  

 

Fast Forward 45 years!

The 2008 NYFS conference, "The Folk Music Revival: Politics & Community" continues this scrutiny, through exploring the influences of and on the folk music community.  
 

Participants include Andy Spence of Old Songs, Wanda Fischer of WAMC's Hudson River Sampler, and Sarah Craig, manage of Caffe' Lena.  
"Folk Scare! Politics and the Folksong Revival," will examine the politics of the era through the
eyes of those who experienced it firsthand, including Sonny Ochs, Josh White, Jr., Oscar Brand, and Jaye Alper.

Suze Rotolo, author of A Freewheelin' Time, will deliver the keynote speech.  Suze Rotolo was 17 years old when she met Bob Dylan in 1961.  Her recently published book offers a firsthand, eyewitness account of the early days of the folk music explosion when Bob Dylan was first bursting on the folk scene.

 

Special guests include Josh White, Jr, Oscar Brand, Tony Barrand, and John Roberts.

Oscar Brand, who appeared at the 1963 New York Folklore Society conference, is a folk singer, songwriter, radio personality and author who has played alongside such legends of folk music as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger.  He is host of the longest-running radio show, "Oscar Brand's Folksong Festival," which airs on WNYC in New York City and which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2005.  He has twice been awarded the Peabody Award for broadcast excellence.

Josh White Jr. began his folksong career as a child, singing with his father, Josh White, who was a singer, actor, and civil rights activist.  After his father appeared before the House Un-American Committee and was blacklisted, Josh White Jr. continued to perform as a solo folksinger.  Josh White, Jr. has produced over 20 recordings in his contiuous career of more than 60 years.

Tony Barrand and John Roberts will perform a concert of the Songs of Rudyard Kipling, a series of folksongs based on the poems of Rudyard Kipling.  These folksong inspired pieces were first commissioned and performed by Roberts and Barrand at the re-opening of Kipling's house, Naulakha, in Dummerston, Vermont.  Tony Barrand and John Roberts are well known
for their annual performances of "Noel Sing We Clear" and for their frequent appearances at the
Old Songs Festival in Altamont, NY.      


For registration and information, visit our website at  http://www.nyfolklore.org/progs/conf2008.html.
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Our postal address is
PO Box 764
133 Jay Street
Schenectady, New York 12301
United States

Pete Seeger on Letterman tomorrow night!

Just a heads up that Pete Seeger will be David Letterman's musical guest on Monday (September 29). Letterman airs from 11:35 pm to 12:35 am EST - Pete will be on last, around 12:30.

Also great video of Pete at http://eastfishkillhistoricalsociety.org/seeger-l.html

Sweet Georgia Brown med traktorkomp

From Dakin Morehouse

OK, this is sumpin else! Who needs a percussionist when you have an .. .. old tractor .. ? (or a hit-or-miss engine)
Enjoy this French? farm version of 'Sweet Georgia Brown',
Don't forget to turn your sound on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU

Folk Guild Fall Schedule

·        Saturday, Sept 20 at 7:30pm – Feature is Raggedy Crew
·        Saturday, Oct 18 at 7:30pm – Feature is Yankee Rose
·        Saturday, Nov 15 at 7:30pm – Mike and Emmy Clarke
·        Saturday, Dec 20 at 7:30pm – Helen Avakian
·        Saturday, Jan 17 at 7:30pm – Kevin & Carol Becker w/ Rich Keyes
·        Coffeehouse at Unitarian Fellowship, S. Randolph Ave. Poughkeepsie
·        Admission $5, $4 members and seniors – Info 845-849-1775

Kingston Chapter Coffeehouse (1st Saturday of the month)

·        Saturday, Oct 4 at 7:30pm – Feature is Vince Sauter
·        Saturday, Nov 1 at 7:30pm – Feature is Scott Berwick
·        Saturday, Dec 6 at 7:30pm – Feature is Bruce Blair
·        Saturday, Jan 3 at 7:30pm – Features are John and Nancy DeNicolo
·        Coffeehouse is at Unitarian Universalist, Sawkill Road, Kingston
·        Admission $5, $4 members and seniors – Info 845-340-9462

Friends of Fiddler's Green Chapter Concerts

·        Friday, Oct 10 at 8pm – Scott Alarik
·        Friday, Nov 7 at 8pm – The Short Sisters
·        Friday, Dec 12 at 8pm – Seasonal Invitational Concert
·        All concerts at Hyde Park Methodist Church, Rt 9 and Church St
·        Admission $8, $6 members/seniors/students - Info- 845-483-0650

 

Buy a song for Oboma

Hi,

Nineteen singers and musicians from the Hudson Valley in New York State have gotten together to produce a song, 'Step Up America'.  

It's available as a download with all of the profits going to the campaign.  Please pass this on.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/marcblack6

Cheers,

marc black (marcblack.com)
tim kapeluck   
bruce milner 
jules shear
joe veillette  
michael veitch
georgie kronfeld
jean bratman
pam gerson
julie last
jill stevenson
kelleigh mcKenzie  
vickie russel 
nick petrie
scott petito
eric parker
larry packer
nick petrie
mark dann

PEACE PATH 9/11

It's that time of year again---PEACE PATH 9/11 takes place on Thursday, September 11th from 4:30 – 6 p.m. in Kingston across from Firemen's Park on Washington Avenue. For the fourth year, UUCC members will stand in vigil to promote peace and honor those who lost their lives in the 2001 tragedy.

This is an intergenerational activity where children and adults are welcomed. Just bring a non-partisan positive sign about peace. Make up a poster with your own wording or use a slogan like "PEACE NOW" or "KIDS FOR PEACE." Stop by for all or part of the vigil.
PEACE PATH 9/11 originated in Baltimore on the first anniversary of the attack and continues every year.  There thousands of citizens from all walks of life and all religions stand along eleven miles of Charles Street from the Inner Harbor to the city's outskirts.

Come out on September 11 and join PEACE PATH 9/11.

Paula Silbey
Lake Hill (Woodstock), NY

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -Thomas Jefferson

I'll be there with my banjo - Bob

6th annual Harp Guitar Gathering

Hello Doolin Guitars Fans - I'm happy to announce that I'm hosting the 6th annual Harp Guitar   Gathering here in Portland, this October 11-12, at Marylhurst   University. It's a fantastic weekend of performances, instrument   exhibitions and concerts, all centered around the harp guitar.   Featured performers will include Don Alder, Muriel Anderson, Nancy   Conescu, John Doan, Mike Doolin, Stacy Hobbs, Brad Hoyt, Carter   Lancaster, Gregg Miner, Jeff Titus, and Andy Wahlberg. Exhibiting   luthiers will include Michael Dunn, Jeffrey Elliott, Rich Mermer,   Benoît Meulle-Stef, Duane Noble, Tone Powell, Stephen Sedgwick, Kathy   Wingert, Jim Worland, and of course, yours truly. Registered participants can attend daytime presentations on the   history and construction of the harp guitar, and special performances   by  today's top harp guitar artists. The Saturday evening and Sunday   afternoon concerts are open to the public. The entire event will be   held in Marylhurst's lovely St. Anne's Chapel, with their magnificent   pipe organ serving as backdrop to the dozens of vintage and modern   harp guitars on display. (And yes, I'll have several of my instruments   there, and will play them!) If you've ever wondered what harp guitars are all about, this event is   for you! Over a dozen master harp guitarists will show what all those   extra strings are for, creating some of the most beautiful music ever   to come from wood and strings. Please see http://www.harpguitars.net/hgg/hgg6/hgg6.htm  for more information, registration, and concert tickets. Hope to see you there - Mike Doolin

Musical taste "defines personality"

Musical taste "defines personality"
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Fans of classical music and jazz are creative, pop lovers are hardworking and, despite the stereotypes, heavy metal listeners are gentle, creative types who are at ease with themselves.

So says Professor Adrian North of Scotland's Heriot-Watt University who has been studying the links between people's personalities and their choice of music.
"People often define their sense of identity through their musical taste, wearing particular clothes, going to certain pubs, and using certain types of slang," North said.
"It's not surprising that personality should also be related to musical preference."
In what North said was the largest study ever conducted into individuals' musical preference and character, researchers asked 36,518 people from around the world to rate how much they liked 104 different musical styles before taking a personality test.
"Researchers have been showing for decades that fans of rock and rap are rebellious, and that fans of opera are wealthy and well-educated," North said.
"But this is the first time that research has shown that personality links to liking for a wide range of musical styles."
The study concluded that jazz and classical music fans are creative with good self-esteem, although the former are much more outgoing whereas the latter are shy.
Country and western fans were found to be hardworking and shy; rap fans are outgoing and indie lovers lack self-esteem and are not very gentle.
Those who like soul music can take heart as the research concluded they are creative, outgoing, gentle, at ease with themselves and have a high self-esteem.
And if you've ever wondered why people driving expensive sports cars often have music blaring from their vehicle, North could have an explanation.
Those who choose to listen to exciting, punchy music are more likely to be in a higher earning bracket, he says, while those who go for relaxing sounds tend to be lower down the pay scale.
North is still looking for volunteers to take part in the research. Details on http://www.peopleintomusic.com/
(Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Steve Addison)

Meditative Music this Saturday

This Saturday, 9/6/08, I'll be playing  Meditative music on the Hindustani slide guitar-veena, and perhaps some other instruments  at Alternative Books on North Front Street in Kingston. 5-8 pm. Free.  I'll be joined by the lovely with Arjuna Blue on percussion.  This is part of the Kingston 1st Saturday Art Opening.

Singers Wanted - Kartuli Ensemble

The Kartuli Ensemble is a not-for-profit organization devoted to the folk song and dance of the country of Georgia. At present it consists of a loose conglomeration of men's choruses scattered across the US and elsewhere that occasionally come together for concerts. Rehearsels are currently held in Kingston, NY NotR@bestweb.net Glenn Knickerbocker 112 E. Chester St. Kingston, NY 12401-4132 845-331-5857

Peggy Seeger Obama song

Rich Balla sent this in -
HELLO ALL - this is a mass mailout, sent en masse to all of my mailing list. The attachment contains a song entitled "Obama is the One for Me". It is intended to help Obama's campaign for the presidency. The song is light, a bit over-idealistic and expresses my preference for the the person I feel is the best of the only two candidates that are running for the office. I don't normally push my political preferences via e.mail - so if you are absolutely against even hearing it, just delete the whole e.mail (although you might find yourself singing along with it: it's kind of catchy). If you do hear it and like it and feel that it could be of use to Obama's campaign, please
1) send it anywhere, to anyone, especially the media
2) sing it yourself in any style whatsoever
If you chance to record it yourself please put the first two lines of the credits below on the recording. Also, I'd love to hear what you do with it.
The credits for THIS recording are as follows, and the credits should follow the song wherever it goes in THIS form:
words, music, © Peggy Seeger
administered by Harmony Music
vocals: Peggy Seeger (lead) and Cathy Fink (harmonies)
arrangment: Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer and Peggy Seeger
all instruments played by Marcy Marxer
further information from www.pegseeger.com
If you would like a CD of the 'Obama is the One for Me' which includes original artwork, a karaoke version (without lead vocals so you can sing it yourself) and a text in .pdf. Please send $5 (or a check made out to Peggy) and a good shipping address to:
Peggy Seeger
91 Paul Gore #1
Jamaica Plain
MA02130
Please allow a week or so for delivery.
You can also listen at www.pegseeger.com & www.myspace.com/peggyseeger
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Child: "Mom, when I grow up I'd like to be a musician."Mother: "Well honey, you know you can't do both."www.pegseeger.com

The Singing Revolution

From Mark Rausher-

I just saw a fascinating documentary (at the Rosendale Theater, playing for the next 2 nights for those local) called The Singing Revolution. I strongly recommend it, to see how a culture can unite and inspire a nation (as opposed to American culture, which divides, pacifies and causes feelings of hopelessness and despair). It also shows the power of song to bring about unification, change and lifted spirits in the face of terrible odds and almost-certain defeat. If you can't find it playing near you, go to www.singingrevolution.com to learn more, and hear some native music--    Peace and Solidarity---   

Macintoshes on Saugerties tv

"From the Mountains To The Valley, The Macintoshes". Laurie and Ira sing songs of the Catskill area and tell some tales and stories of the region. Video by Ernie Mortuzans. Time: 1 hr 22 minutes

Tuesday, August 26th, 7-8:21pm
Thursday, August 28th, 8-9:21pm
September 1st, 4-5:21pm

Also, requests can be made to have additional showings.

Artie Traum

YouTube has a short clip of the memorial service tribute for Artie Traum on July 24:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8C3XZ1OhyM

Mike Hecht

Tom Jones

 From Joe Stead-

 

'Doc I can't stop singing The Green, Green Grass of Home'

'That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome.
'Is it common?'

'It's not unusual.'