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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

---------- 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

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

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!

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

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

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.