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Traditional
Music is Alive and Well in
New York
We run concerts, weekends,
classes, singing parties, and
get-togethers, some streaming
or via Zoom, some in-person,
all with an emphasis on
traditional folk music of all
flavors.
For more information,
including how to join or get a
free newsletter, see About
Us.
On
November 1, WNYC
host Alison Stewart
interviewed our
board members Jules
Peiperl and Heather
Wood about NY's Fall
Folk Music Scene on
"All of It". Listen
here
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As well as the
events listed below, we have
occasional Singing Parties and
other social events. Our full
newsletter lists these as well
as having comprehensive
listings of many other events
around town. Request
a
sample copy of our
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(include your postal
address).
Download the
January newsletter (pdf
1.6M)
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2023 - our 58th
year
January 2023
- Saturday January 21, 3:00 pm
EST: Martin Carthy in
concert (Livestream
from England, co-sponsored)
Martin has remained one of the
most influential figures in
British traditional music,
inspiring contemporaries such as
Bob Dylan and Paul Simon,and later
artists such as Richard Thompson,
since he emerged as a young
musician in the early days of the
folk revival in the UK during the
1960s and 1970s. On sale October
31: Tickets from
Evenbrite (small fee
applies)
- Monday January 23, 8 :00 -
11:00 pm: Irish
Traditional Music Session
(co-sponsored, in person)
at the Landmark Tavern
626 11th Avenue at 46th Street,
Manhattan, led by Don Meade with
occasional special guests. Food
and drink available.
- Wednesday January 25, 8:00 -
11:00 pm: Sunnyside Folk
Club (co-sponsored, in
person)
The Sunnyside Folk Club (formerly
the Sunnyside Singers Club) is a
weekly in-person session inside
Sanger Hall, an Irish-American pub
at 48-20 Skillman Avenue (corner
of 49th Street) in Sunnyside,
Queens, NY. Come bring voices and
songs to share. Acoustic
instruments are also welcome.
Traditional songs are especially
welcome. About once a month there
will be a featured guest performer
for part of the evening, when a
voluntary contribution is asked..
No added admission charge, but
purchase of food and/or drink
expected.Facebook page.
- Monday January 30, 8 :00 -
11:00 pm: Irish
Traditional Music Session
(co-sponsored, in person)
at the Landmark Tavern
626 11th Avenue at 46th Street,
Manhattan, led by Don Meade with
occasional special guests. Food
and drink available.
February
- Wednesday February 1, 8:00 -
11:00 pm: Sunnyside Folk
Club (co-sponsored, in
person)
The Sunnyside Folk Club (formerly
the Sunnyside Singers Club) is a
weekly in-person session inside
Sanger Hall, an Irish-American pub
at 48-20 Skillman Avenue (corner
of 49th Street) in Sunnyside,
Queens, NY. Come bring voices and
songs to share. Acoustic
instruments are also welcome.
Traditional songs are especially
welcome. About once a month there
will be a featured guest performer
for part of the evening, when a
voluntary contribution is asked..
No added admission charge, but
purchase of food and/or drink
expected.Facebook page.
- Saturday February 4, 3:00 pm
EST: Dave Webber and Anni
Fentiman in concert
(Live stream from England,
co-sponsored)
Dave & Anni joined forces in
1985. Anni has developed a
specialist repertoire of songs
originating from her native North
East, and Dave has been writing
songs in traditional vein since
1982 many of these are widely sung
and have become part of the
general song repertoire of singers
all over the world. On sale
November 14: Tickets from
Eventbrite (small fee
applies).
- Sunday February 5, 2:00 - 4:00
pm: Sea Chantey and
Maritime Music Sing.
Live and streaming (co-sponsored)
Join a round-robin of shared songs
featuring members of The New York
Packet and friends. Singers of all
levels, as well as listeners, are
welcome to lead or request a song,
join in the choruses, or just
listen as we present traditional
maritime work songs and ballads.
Participants may join online or
in-person. All will be
participating in the same
simultaneous event, able to see
and hear all featured singers.
Both remote and in-person
participants are able to lead
songs which will be heard by all.
If you’re joining in-person,
before or after the sing,
participants are invited to tour
the Seaport Museum galleries at 12
Fulton Street, and visit tall ship
Wavertree and lightship Ambrose on
Pier 16, all for free. The event
is FREE, and advance registration
encouraged but not required. Sign up here
- Monday February 6, 8 :00 -
11:00 pm: Irish
Traditional Music Session
(co-sponsored, in person)
at the Landmark Tavern
626 11th Avenue at 46th Street,
Manhattan, led by Don Meade with
occasional special guests. Food
and drink available.
- Wednesday February 8, 8:00 -
11:00 pm: Sunnyside Folk
Club (co-sponsored, in
person)
The Sunnyside Folk Club (formerly
the Sunnyside Singers Club) is a
weekly in-person session inside
Sanger Hall, an Irish-American pub
at 48-20 Skillman Avenue (corner
of 49th Street) in Sunnyside,
Queens, NY. Come bring voices and
songs to share. Acoustic
instruments are also welcome.
Traditional songs are especially
welcome. About once a month there
will be a featured guest performer
for part of the evening, when a
voluntary contribution is asked..
No added admission charge, but
purchase of food and/or drink
expected.Facebook page.
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Saturday February 11, 8:00 pm: Heather Wood and The Ranzo Boys - (live, co-sponsored)
The Ranzo Boys, Lafayette Matthews (he/him) and Jules Peiperl (they/them), have been singing together since 2013. They are dedicated to honoring the tradition of the songs they sing while making the folk community a more inclusive and welcoming space for all people. Their repertoire includes buzzy English harmonies, Appalachian ballads, sea chanteys, and any trad song that can be remotely construed as queer.
Heather Wood (she/her) is a veteran singer from the English revival for some 50+ years, dating from her days with The Young Tradition. She has a great repertoire of ballads, historical songs, love, maritime, and agricultural songs, and a lot from the humorous side. In addition to the old songs, she has written some dynamite new ones.
At Peoples' Voice Café. See PVC Info for details.
- Monday February 13, 8 :00 -
11:00 pm: Irish
Traditional Music Session
(co-sponsored, in person)
at the Landmark Tavern
626 11th Avenue at 46th Street,
Manhattan, led by Don Meade with
occasional special guests. Food
and drink available.
- Wednesday February 15, 8:00 -
11:00 pm: Sunnyside Folk
Club (co-sponsored, in
person)
The Sunnyside Folk Club (formerly
the Sunnyside Singers Club) is a
weekly in-person session inside
Sanger Hall, an Irish-American pub
at 48-20 Skillman Avenue (corner
of 49th Street) in Sunnyside,
Queens, NY. Come bring voices and
songs to share. Acoustic
instruments are also welcome.
Traditional songs are especially
welcome. About once a month there
will be a featured guest performer
for part of the evening, when a
voluntary contribution is asked..
No added admission charge, but
purchase of food and/or drink
expected.Facebook page.
- Saturday February 18, 3:00 pm
EST: Archie Fisher in
concert (Live stream
from England, co-sponsored)POSTPONED
Will announce new date when set.
- Sunday February 19, 2:00 - 5:00
pm: Shanty Sing Session
(co-sponsored, in person, FREE)
Go to Noble Maritime
Events for details.
Watch Streaming videos.
Also see the Old Salt
Blog for info. And see the
documentary of this event:https://vimeo.com/23887195.
- Monday February 20, 8 :00 -
11:00 pm: Irish
Traditional Music Session
(co-sponsored, in person)
at the Landmark Tavern
626 11th Avenue at 46th Street,
Manhattan, led by Don Meade with
occasional special guests. Food
and drink available.
- Wednesday February 22, 8:00 -
11:00 pm: Sunnyside Folk
Club (co-sponsored, in
person)
The Sunnyside Folk Club (formerly
the Sunnyside Singers Club) is a
weekly in-person session inside
Sanger Hall, an Irish-American pub
at 48-20 Skillman Avenue (corner
of 49th Street) in Sunnyside,
Queens, NY. Come bring voices and
songs to share. Acoustic
instruments are also welcome.
Traditional songs are especially
welcome. About once a month there
will be a featured guest performer
for part of the evening, when a
voluntary contribution is asked..
No added admission charge, but
purchase of food and/or drink
expected.Facebook page.
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Saturday February 25. 8:00 pm: The Twa Corbies and Geoff Kaufman (Live and streaming, co-sponsored)
Twa Corbies is a duo of Alison Kelley (she/her)(of the Johnson Girls, New York Packet, Ida Red, and NexTradition) and Anayis "AJ" Wright (they/them)(Mystic Seaport, Norumbega Harmony). They embrace musical traditions spanning from the 12th century up to Gilbert and Sullivan. You'll find grim stories, resilient women, hysterical happenings, and darkly comic tales. They frequently sing a capella, sometimes accompanied by Anayis on concertina or Alison on the banjo. Dulcimers, guitars, banjoleles, dumbeks, vielle, and cello have been known to pop up as well. When not performing, they spend their time serenading an assortment of dogs and garden vegetables.
Geoff Kaufman (he/him)is best known for his time at Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut, but he has maintained a wide ranging repertoire from 60s favorites to songs collected in the Catskill Mountains where he grew up, and from his time as a Sloopsinger with the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and Pete Seeger. Songs of the sea, songs of the earth, songs of the heart and the spirit - all of these are in Geoff Kaufman's ditty bag. Ancient ballads, work songs, love songs, poignant songs of people in struggle, humorous glimpses of human foibles, and insights into history - all of these are likely to be woven into one of Geoff's concerts. Geoff's website
At Peoples' Voice Café. See PVC info for details
- Monday February 28, 8 :00 -
11:00 pm: Irish
Traditional Music Session
(co-sponsored, in person)
at the Landmark Tavern
626 11th Avenue at 46th Street,
Manhattan, led by Don Meade with
occasional special guests. Food
and drink available.
Upcoming
- Saturday March 25, 4:00 pm EST:
Bob Fox and Billy Mitchell
in concert (Live stream
from England, co-sponsored)
Bob is a long-time singer and
guitarist with several CDs. He is
one of the Pitman Poets. Billy
started playing the guitar in the
early sixties when they were all
made of wood and mostly the same
colour. He has been a member of
Lindisfarne, Jack the Lad, and is
one of the Pitman Poets.
PVC Info
: The Peoples'
Voice Cafe is now
located in the Judson Memorial
Church Assembly Hall at 239
Thompson Street, New York NY
10012, between West 3rd &
West 4th Streets. It is not in
the main church sanctuary.
- Doors open 7:15pm. Shows
begin at 8:00pm promptly.
- Capacity is temporarily
limited to 70.
- You and your
children must be fully
vaccinated against
covid-19. Masks are
required. No children
under five years of age
admitted.
- Suggested donation $20.
Peoples' Voice Cafe
subscribers, FMSNY
members, Judson members,
students, or youth $12. No
one turned away for lack
of money.
IMPORTANT COVID-19
UPDATE Covid-19
policy (subject to change as
conditions evolve): Mask
required. Proof of covid
vaccination and/or negative
covid test strongly suggested
but not required. Suggested
contribution: $20. PVC
subscribers, FMSNY or Judson
members, students, youth: $12.
Simultaneously live streamed.
For info, visit the PVC website
or call 212-787-3903.
Risk Statement:
While no one precaution is
guaranteed to prevent covid
infection, a combination of
precautions will contribute
greatly to everyone's safety
at the PVC. Although we expect
that people who have symptoms
of covid will stay home, we
recognize that there are still
risks when entering any public
space. The PVC is therefore
taking the follow steps:
- We offer KN95 or other
high quality masks to
everyone entering.
- We use three HEPA air
purifiers within the
Assembly Hall.
- We have suspended the
sale of food or drink, and
there should be no eating
on the premises.
- We limit total
attendance to 70 persons.
- We offer livestream
shows whenever possible.
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Other Live and
Online Events, Radio, etc.
- Our friends at Old
Songs have a
variety of concerts and workshops,
including:
- Saturday, February 25, at 7:30 pm EST: Claudia Schmidt, live and streaming. Get tickets
- Saturday, March 4, at 7:30 pm EST: Rhythm Future Quartet , live and streaming. Get tickets
- Saturday, March 11 at 7:30 pm ET, Flynn Cohen & Liz Simmons, live and streaming. Get tickets
- Friday, March 17 at 7:30 pm ET, Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman, live and streaming. Get tickets
- Friday, March 31 at 7:30 pm ET, Joe Jencks, live and streaming. Get tickets
Folk
Music Notebook
runs a radio folk festival 24/7
hosted by Ron Olesko and others.
Folk Music is back on
WBAI! Thursdays,
10:00 pm to midnight. An eclectic
program which delves into the wide
array of folk music, with rotating
hosts including Richard Barr and
Ed Haber. 99.5 FM on your radio
dial. You can see playlists
on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/WBAI-Folk-Radio
or catch the show streaming at WBAI.org
archives.
Scott Ainslie,
who has performed for the Club at
TradMaD and elsewhere, is offering
Live-Streamed
Concerts and instruction
Our friends at Jalopy
Theatre have a
bunch of online concerts, sings,
and workshops scheduled. Check
them out.
Folk Alliance has a listing of
online live streaming concerts: FAI
Community Live-Stream Concerts.
(Artists: you do not have to be a
Folk Alliance member to submit
your concerts).
Dale Adamson and Judith English
(thank you) are publishing a
calendar of online
folk dance sessions
for people who want to dance,
watch, and to help schedule new
sessions (to know about
conflicts).
The Augusta
Heritage Center
has online classes. To stay posted
on what's happening, join its
Facebook group by doing a search
on 'Augusta 2020'
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