Historical Press and Media Information

Past Concerts (listed below, index still under construction)

• 12 October 2007: Every Tongue Under the Sun Concert
• 14 December 2007:  Sam Amidon Concert
• 14 March 2008:  ...NA Folk Band
• 11 April 2008:  A Little of What You Fancy (Vaudeville and Music Hall)
• 16 May 2008: Ian Robb
• 24 October 2008: Svitanya .

Our series of concerts take place at 8:00 pm at the office of Organization of Staff Analysts, 220 E. 23rd Street New York., suite 707 (between 2nd and 3rd Ave’s).  (On-street parking is available after 7pm.)  General Admission $20;  $10, Members.  Full-time students under 23 admitted free.  Tickets available at the door or on-line at the links specified below.  

• Friday 12 October 2007, 8PM: Every Tongue Under the Sun Concert
  A Dan Pearl World Music Days Concert.   Report of Concert (MS Word doc, 15K)  
  
• Friday 14 December 2007, 8PM:  Sam Amidon Concert
   Appalachian folksongs on banjo and guitar and  American and Irish Fiddle Tunes.
  Press Release (Nov. 1 -MS Word doc, 15K) ... Short Press Release (Nov.30-MS Word doc, 20K) ... Flyer (MS Word doc, 40K) ... Flyer (pdf, 215K)   
•  Friday 14 March 2008,8 pm:  ...NA Folk Band (Hungarian/Hungarian-Jewish Music),
  Press Release (MS Word, 37KB) .    Photo (jpeg, 175K)  ... download pdf flyer (650K)  
  
• Friday, 11 April 2008, 8pm:  A Little of What You Fancy (Vaudeville and Music Hall)
  Songs and recitations from the great Victorian and Edwardian era of the English Music Hall and the Vaudeville Stage. Murray Callahan, David Jones, and Heather Wood will provide the bill of fare, with the infamous Dr. Jerome at the keyboard. Songs of entertaining sadness, of damsels in distress (and even sometimes enjoying it), of a bit of bubbly and fine comradeship, of all those things that made for popular entertainment in a time a bit more simple it would seem than what songs are about today. Our performers are as good as you can find these days at bringing out the soul of this period, a twinkle and a tear in the eye, and the good doctor will provide tasteful and sensitive accompaniment. The performers will perform in an approximation of the costume of the period, and we invite the public to dress up for the occasion. Make it an event, not just a concert. Let’s recreate a grand old time, since we all know the old days were much better than they actually were.  Click on thumbnail to download high resolution (300-700K) jpeg.  Press Release 3/12--MS Word (385K)  ...  3/12--PDF (225K) 
   
• Friday, 16 May 2008, 8pm: Ian Robb “a singer and occasional writer of old songs”.
   The London, England - born singer and concertina player has spent the last 37 years playing concerts and festivals Canada and the US, and in that time has been "instrumental" in spawning a number of well-regarded bands, including Hang the Piper, Finest Kind, Jiig, and has performed often in duos, most recently with Alistair Brown.Ian's last recording,  “Jiig” earned him the 2005 Canadian Folk MusicAward in the “Best Singer – Traditional” category.  Now residing in Ottawa, Canada, Ian Robb's roots are in the pub-based English folk club scene, and developed a love for the old songs of that country and "new songs that sound old".  He also started a strong attachment to chorus songs and harmony singing. Though Ian doesn't consider himself primarily a songwriter, the handful of songs he has crafted, such as the pub anthem "The Old Rose and Crown", have in many cases been adopted and sung all over the world, often by people who assume them to be “real” folk songs.  Press release not yet available.  Click on thumbnail or here to download high resolution (1.3M) jpeg. ...  press release (MS Word, 75K)
  
• Friday, 24 October 2008, 8:00pm : Svitanya .
  the concert will be preceded by a vocal workshop at 6:30pm
   ...  press release (MS Word, 250K)  click on thumbnails to the right for higher resolution jpeg images (approx 180K)
  Tickets at the door or General admission in advance on-line at www.folkconcert1.eventbrite.com.
• Fri, Dec. 12, 2008 Nowell Sing We Clear; 7:30 PM at All Soul’s Church, 1157 Lexington Ave, (at 80 Street),New York 10075. Concert admission is $25 Members  admission is $20. Full-time Students (under 23) are free . Tickets can be purchased at the door, or on line at: www.nowell.eventbrite.com. For information call 718-672-6399. ... .. Press Release (MS Word)....  Nowell Sing We Clear Website ... click to open 2400x1800 jpg picture (1.3M) .  ... printable flier (pdf, 600K)
• Friday, February 27, 2009, Andy Cohen 8pm at OSA 220 E. 23rd Street, suite 707 (between 2^nd and 3^rdAve). Admission $20; Members and Full-time students 22 and under are admitted free.  Tickets may be purchashed at the door or online at: (invalid)...  For information call 718-672-6399.   
  Andy Cohen grew up in a house with a piano and a lot of Dixieland Jazz records, amplified after a while by a cornet that his dad got him. At about fifteen, he got bitten by the Folk Music bug, and soon got to hear records by Big Bill Broonzy and the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, both of which reminded him of the music he grew up to. At sixteen, he saw Rev. Gary Davis, and his course was set.  He knew he had it in him to follow, study, perform and promote the music of the southeast quadrant, America¹s musical mother lode.  Born in Massachusetts but a Southern boy at heart, he is both entertaining and true to the bone. His repertoire is largely from streetsinging geniuses across the South who spent the first half of the last century cadging among passers-by for dimes. And although he has published extensively on certain regional aspects of guitar picking, it is plain that he picks because it¹s fun.  Andy has traveled around the U.S. and Canada for a generation and a half, collecting and playing these songs and tunes. Like his instruments, and like  himself, they show the patina of age and are energetically presented.  You are invited to his website, www.andycohenmusic.net, for a sample or two.  ...press release (MS Word, 97K): info from our website ... jpeg photo (400x268, 80K)  ...... Concert flyer (pdf, 160K)
• Friday 13 March, 2009, 7:30 p.m.: Housetop  concert at the West Side Arts Coalition, Broadway Mall Center Island at 96th and Broadway, N.Y.C.
  Housetop is a harmony singin', swingin' string band quartet based in Southern Vermont and here in New York City for a special appearance. They perform a lively, quirky program of swingy, bluesy, old time American music. Much of Housetop's repertoire is from the 30s and 40s -a high point of American song writing as performed at the time by stars like the Ink Spots, The Boswell Sisters, Fats Waller, and Fred Astaire. It was a time of great musical craftiness: close harmonies and clever, concise lyrics. It's also the music with which entertainers strove to sing and dance the people's cares away, and there's an undertone of hard times, treading the line between sincerity and satire. In the irreverent spirit of Vaudeville, Housetop makes these songs their own, along with whatever else scratches their itch, including jug band tunes, songs penned by Bob Wills, Dan Hicks, the Roches, and their own originals.
  
  The group consists of Naomi Morse (vocals, fiddle and mandolin), Erica Morse (vocals and upright bass), Anna Patton (vocals and clarinet), and Peter Siegel (vocals, guitar and mandolin). Naomi Morse is an expressive soprano and a fiery, lyrical fiddler whose rhythmic Vermont style sparks with French Canadian and southern old-time influences. Erica Morse is an expert singer, rendering jazzy harmonies with her rich, clear tone. Drawing on a musical background of intensive study of the viola de gamba and cello, these days she can often be seen thumping out a lovely big fat tone on the upright bass. Anna Patton is a third generation singer, musician and arranger of jazz vocal harmonies. An accomplished, versatile clarinetist, Anna tours regularly, delighting audiences with her command of numerous genres, her soulful style and her stunning musicianship. Peter Siegel is a mainstay of the traditional dance scene of the Pioneer Valley, as well as a composer and nationally-known singer-songwriter. His unique brand of "space age vaudeville" features hip-hop, finger style blues, fiddle tunes from Ireland, Quebec, New England,Appalachia, swing, funk, and country songs with lots of yodeling. They'll round out the program with hot instrumentals: Peter and Erica set the groove for Anna and Naomi's wild renditions of raggy fiddle tunes and little-big-band breaks. General Concert Admission $15; Members, $12. Children and Full-time students $6. Info: 718-672-6399.... press release (MS Word, 166K) .. Housetop MySpace page (incl. music samples) .
• Sunday 15 March, 2009, 2:00pm: Brian Peters blends his compelling voice with his other instruments—guitar, Anglo concertina & melodeon. He is a master of all these instruments.  While he is internationally known for his performance of traditional English ballads, he is equally wonderful with instrumental dance tunes, ragtime & blues.  He gives homage to modern composers, such as Richard Thompson, Leon Rosselson & Robin Williamson. His own compositions are also well worth the hearing. His renditions of British Music Hall songs are entertaining, as well. His act bristles with energy & wit.  Accompanying Brian will be Jeff Davis, well known New England traditional folksinger.   This will be Brian’s only appearance in the New York metropolitan area during his tour.  This concert is being run by the Borderline Folk Music Club and co-sponsored by the Pinewoods Folk Music Club.  Reservations are recommended e-mail to solz1@optonline.net or call Sol Zeller at (845) 354-4586.  Bring a cold pot luck dessert to share with 4 people. 
  The concert will take place in the New City Volunteer Ambulance Corps building at 200 Congers Road in New City (Rockland County), NY 10956 (directly across the street from Clarkstown North High School).   Directions:  George Washington Bridge (upper level), to Palisades Parkway to Exit 11 (New Hempstead Road).  Make a right turn & follow New Hempstead Road east until it ends in downtown New City.  Right on Main Street & the very next left on Congers Road.  A little over 1 mile and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps is on the left.
  Transit (We’ll meet the bus if we know in advance): Port Authority: Coach USA Red & Tan Lines Route 11-AT from gate 220. It departs at 11:55am; & arrives at 1:43pm at Cavalry Drive Park & Ride.  George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal  Coach USA Red & Tan Lines Route 9-AT. It departs at 11:55am & arrives (same stop) at 1:53 pm.
• Sunday, March 29, 2009, 2:00 pm: The Great Singing Campaign of 1948; Sung byTony Saletan;  at Elisabeth Irwin HS, 40 Charlton St., NYC (not at OSA)   ... tickets may be purchased at the door or online at: http://folkconcert3.eventbrite.com ...
   flyer (pdf, 140K) ...  Tony Saletan Picture (350x262, 30K) ...  press release (MS Word, 50K)
• Fri, May 15, 2009,  Joe Jencks.  tickets at the door or online at: www.folkconcert4.eventbrite.com/  ... Press release (MS Word, 50K) ...photo (jpeg, 87K) ... flyer (pdf 145K).  Joe Jencks website incl more pictures

Friday, May 29, 2009: Nightingale at the office of Organization of Staff Analysts, 220 E. 23rd Street New York., suite 707 (between 2nd and 3rd Ave’s) at 8 pm.  (On-street parking is available after 7pm.)  .  General Admission $15;  Members, $12; children and Full-time students, $6.  Tickets available at the door or online at www.nightingale.eventbrite.com.  Info: 718-672-6399.. Press Release (MS Word, 37K) ...  flyer (pdf, 260K) ... ... Nightingale's Press Info Page ... 1200x800 high res jpeg photo (4.8M) ...  Saturday, May 30:  May Mainia Contra dance with Nightingdale, at the Church of the Village, 201 W. 13 St, 4-6pm Experienced Dancing, 8pm General Dancing.  For full details download pdf flyer.  Sponsored by Country Dance*New York.

Friday, June 19,2009   Annie and the Hedonists..Press release (MSWord 18K) ...  bio and discography (pdf, 113K) ... Annie and the Hedonists web page (incl sample music and more pictures)
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• Thursday June 18, 2009;  7:30 PM; Martin Graebe Speaks On the Folk Song Collection of Sabine Baring-Gould;  room 3491, Graduate Center, City University of N.Y., 365 Fifth Avenue, NYC (between 34th and 35th St.); $12 general admission ... Press release (MSword, 45K)  
   
• Friday, July 10th, 2009, Beppe Gambetta; 8 pm.  At the West Side Arts Coalition, Broadway Mall Center Island at 96th and Broadway Tickets available at the door, General Concert Admission $15;  Members, $12. Children and Full-time students $6.  Info and reservations: 718-672-6399 ... Press release (MS Word 45K)  ...  link to picture (jpeg 146K) ... link to Beppe's picture page
   
• Fri, April 17, 2009: John McCutcheon, 7:30pm at Community Church, 40 E. 35 St, Manhattan.    Concert admission is $25 Members admission is $20. Children (under 18) are $10.   John McCutcheon is a compelling singer whose songs sing of the nation’s heritage.  His words channel the conscience of our people into streams of poetry and melody. He is an outstanding instrumentalist, especially renowned for his hammerd dulcimer playing.  He performs original music and traditional folk music that he learned from the legendary figures of eastern Kentucky.  John has made 31 recordings, has been nominated for six Grammys, toured on every continent, and served as the president of Local 1000 of the American Federation of Musicians.  McCutcheon’s live performances have been described by critics as “little feats of magic,” “breathtaking in their ease and grace...”  Before graduating summa cum laude from Minnesota’s St. John’s University, this Wisconsin native literally “headed for the hills,” forgoing a college lecture hall for the classroom of the eastern Kentucky coal camps, union halls, country churches, and square dance halls.  His apprenticeship with many of the legendary figures of Appalachian music embedded a love of not only home-made music, but a sense of community and rootedness.  The result is music – whether traditional or from his huge catalog of original songs – with the profound mark of place, family, and strength. .   Tickets may be purchased at the door   Press Release (MS WORD,25K) ... download a pdf flyer (660K) ...  John's Website ... photo gallery   
• Sunday, Oct.25, 2009:   Atzilut, 3:30pm at Cong. Shaare Zedek, 212 W. 93rd St.. Admission $20; Members, half price, $10;  full-time students 22 and under are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at the door, or on line at http://atzilut.folkmusicny.org.  For information call 718-672-6399  Press release (MS Word,  75K) ... Flyer full page (pdf, 2M)  ..  A phone interview with Jack Kessler is possible – please call Jack at 215-849-9227 to arrange.   .. More background on the Atzilut web site: http://www.atzilutmusic.com/theband.htm  ...  Daniel Pearl World Music Days website: http://www.danielpearlmusicdays.org
• Friday, Jan 22, 2010:    Simple Gifts, 7:30pm at the 2nd Presbyterian Church, 6 West 96 St (at Central Park West).   Admission $20; Members, half price, $10;  full-time students 22 and under are admitted free.  Tickets can be purchased at the door, or on line at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/92742 ($2 service fee).  For information call 718-672-6399;  press release (MS Word, 71K).  Simple gifts website with pictures: http://www.simplegiftsmusic.com
  

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• Friday, February 12:  Johnson Girls, 7:30pm at NYU Polytechnic Institute, Dibner Library, Pfizer Auditorium, 5 Metrotech Center in Downtown Brooklyn.   Admission $20; Members,  $10;  full-time students 22 and under are admitted free.  Tickets can be purchased at the door, or on line at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/96907  ($2 service fee).  For information call 718-672-6399. download press release  (MSWord, 20K) ..PDF (105K). 
  

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•   Fri, Feb.26:    Michelle Choiniere, 7:30pm; West Side Arts Coalition, 96 St & B’way Center Mall. Admission $15; Members, $12;  full-time students 22 and under and children, $6. Tickets can be purchased at the door, or on line at http://choiniere.eventbrite.com . For information call 718-672-6399.   download press release: (MSWord, 18K) .(pdf, 105K) ... Download flyer (pdf, 300K)  -- Cancelled due to weather!  see rescheduled concert on 11/11/11

•  Saturday, March 6, 2010:   Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, 7:30pm at the 2nd Presbyterian Church, 6 West 96 St (at Central Park West).   Admission $25; Members, $20;  full-time students 22 and under are $10.   Tickets can be purchased at the door, or soon available on line at www.brownpapertickets.com/event//97127 ($2 service fee).  For information call 718-672-6399   Rress Release: MSWord, 38K ... Release in PDF (117K).   Lots of photos and more info on Jay & Molly's web page: http://www.jayandmolly.com/
  

• Friday, April 16, 2010: Bill Staines, 8pm, at OSA 220 E. 23rd Street, suite 707 (On-street parking is available after 7pm.).  Admission $20; Members, half price;  full-time students 22 and under are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at the door, or on line at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/92241 .  For information call 718-672-6399   Press information not yet available. Click on picture for 300dpi high res picture (1.5M jpeg).  Press Release (MSWord, 20K)  ... Bill Staines website:  http://www.acousticmusic.com/staines/

• Friday, April 30, 2010:    Brian Peters ,7:30pm; West Side Arts Coalition, 96 St & B’way Center Mall. Admission $15; Members, $12;  full-time students 22 and under and children, $6. Tickets can be purchased at the door, or on line at www.brianpeters.eventbrite.com . For information call 718-672-6399.   Press release (MS Word, 17K) ...  Click on picture to the right to open higher resolution picture.  ... Brian Peters website: http://www.harbourtownrecords.com/peterspromoters.htm  
   

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• Friday, June 18, 2010: Nordet – Music of Brittany - songs of the sea, 8pm at OSA 220 E. 23rd Street, suite 707 (On-street parking is available after 7pm.) .  Admission $20; Members, $10; children and full-time students 22 and under are admitted free.  Tickets are available at the door or online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/111587
  

  Press Release (MS Word, 500K)

  html Nordet Fact Sheet and pictures of singers

  flyer (pdf, 500K)

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• Saturday 25 September: Sharon Katz and the Peace Train at Peoples’ Voice Café (co-sponsored by FMSNY);  8 pm
  Sharon created a large multiracial musical group in her native South Africa in 1992 and traveled throughout the country by train to promote the first free elections.  She and her Freedom Train group went on to tour Africa, the United States and Europe, recording with Sting, Paul Simon, Elton John, and other artists.  In the U.S. crowds respond to her uplifting songs: staccato, twinkling notes fly from the frets of her guitar, maintaining a muscular rhythm: an uplifting aural swirl of funk, jazz and African folk music.  Those of you who were at our Spring Weekend will remember her electrifying performances.  At the Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, 40 East 35th St. (between Madison & Park). Take the #6 train to 33rd St.; or the B, D, F, N, Q or R train to 34th Street then the crosstown #34 bus.  (no press release available)
   
  
• Friday, October 8:  Debby McClatchy; 8pm at OSA, 220 E. 23rd St., suite 707  download MS WORD Press Release ... download high res picture of Deby ... Debby's picture page
   
• Friday, October. 22, 2010:  Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert; details tba, 8pm at OSA 220 E. 23rd St., suite 707.  download MS WORD Press release

• Friday 18 March: Sara Grey and Kieron Means, 8 pm 

Sara Grey is a compelling singer with a sensitive accompaniment style on the banjo who has been a featured performer of traditional song in the US and Britain for more than 40 years.  Sara has a rare and extraordinary repertoire of traditional songs, gleaned from a lifetime steeped in traditional music on both sides of the Atlantic.  Her son, Kieron Means, shares a deep love and respect for the traditions.  He has his own fine repertoire, a striking voice, and a fine style on guitar behind Sara or as a solo artist.  They will present an evening of rarely heard gems that is not to be missed..  Press release (MS Word format).   Learn more at their website:  http://www.maclurg.com/saragrey.  More pictures at: http://www.maclurg.com/saragrey/gallery.htm  

   At OSA, 220 E 23rd St, suite 707, between 2nd and 3rd Ave, Manhattan. Members $10, general public $20, FREE to all fulltime students under age 23 and to all young people under 18 years of age .  Tickets available at the door or online at  http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/155065 (service charge applies).  Info: 212-672-6399  

• Friday 20 May 2011: Frank Woerner plus the Richmond Tavernacle Choir; 8pm at OSA Hall, 220 E. 23 St, Suite 707, 8 pm 

This concert is to celebrate and honor Frank for his pivotal role in promoting, teaching, and continuing folk music in the NYC Area. The Richmond Tavernacle Choir (Frank, Norm Pederson, Bob Conroy, Jan Christensen, David Kleiman, Alison Kelley, Heather Wood, Ken Schatz) performs annually at the restored tavern in Historic Richmondtown on Staten Island — hence the name. Expect plenty of rousing singalongs. 

   At OSA Hall, 220 E 23rd St, suite 707, between 2nd and 3rd Ave, Manhattan. Members $10, general public $20, FREE to all fulltime students under age 23 and to all young people under 18 years of age .  Tickets available at the door or online at  http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/171241 (service charge applies).  Info: 212-957-8386.   Press release (MS Word, 18K)   Click on the pictures to the left for higher resolution jpeg photo.

• Friday 17 June: Happy Traum, 2011 in concert. 8 p.m. 
  Happy Traum began playing guitar and 5-string banjo as a teenager, and was an active participant in the legendary Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1950s and ‘60s. Since then he has performed extensively throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and Japan, both as a soloist and as a member of various groups. His avid interest in traditional and contemporary music has brought him recognition as a performer, writer, editor, session musician, folklorist, teacher, and recording artist.
  Perhaps Happy's most important and lasting musical contribution has been Homespun Tapes, which he and his wife Jane founded in 1967. This dynamic and growing company has a catalog of more than 500 music lessons on DVD, videotape and CD, and their products are sold around the globe. Taught by top professional performing musicians, the lessons cover a wide variety of instruments and musical styles. Happy produces all of the lessons, and brings to Homespun over 40 years of experience as a guitarist, performer, writer, teacher, and popular member of the music community.   Click on picture to the left to load high resolution jpeg picture (1.1M)
  8 p.m. at OSA Hall, 220 E 23rd St, suite 707, between 2nd and 3rd Ave, Manhattan. Members $10, general public $20, FREE to all fulltime students under age 23 and to all young people under 18 years of age. Info: 212-957-8386.  Tickets available at the door.   Press release (MS-Word, 1.2M)  ...  Press release (pdf, 890K)
• Friday 23 September, 2011: Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen in concert. 8 p.m.  
  8 p.m. at OSA Hall, 220 E 23rd St, suite 707, between 2nd and 3rd Ave, Manhattan. Members $10, general public $20, FREE to all fulltime students under age 23 and to all young people under 18 years of age. Info: 212-957-8386.  Tickets available at the door.  Press release .  flyer(pdf, 450K)  Click on the thumbnails below for high resolution pictures or go to  Steve and Cindy's Website
  

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• Friday, November 11:    Michele Choiniere, 7:30pm; East Gallery of Buell Hall, Columbia University, 116 St. & Broadway. ... download press release: (MSWord, 18K) ...  flyer (pdf, 190K)
   
• Sunday, December 18:  Nowell Sing We Clear; 3:30pm at Norman Thomas H.S. 111 East 33rd Street (at Park Avenue), New York 10016.  Click on thumbnail at the left for high resolution picture.
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Past House Concerts

These are informal concerts held in various homes throughout the city.  Call the indicated numbr for location information and reservations.

• Tuesday, 1 April, 2008, 7:30pm; Dean Windemuller house concert
  Dean Windemuller is a singer/songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist who was born and raised in West Michigan.  For this very exciting concert, Dean will present a mix of folk, gospel, blues and some of his own songs.   His diverse musical studies include time spent in Chicago, New York City, and India.  His vision is to incorporate his experience with jazz, Irish traditional, Western classical and Indian classical music within the singer/songwriter framework that he grew up with.  Dean writes thoughtful and well-crafted tunes.  This is a house concert in Jackson Heights, Queens. A contribution of $15 is asked for, space is limited so reservations are required.  (Cats in Residence.) Call for info and location: 718-672-6399.  Click on thumbnail to download high resolution (1.3M) jpeg.  Flyer (MS Word doc, 300K)
• Fri, Sept.19, 2008: Jeff Warner, 8pm in Forest Hills, Queens; 718-718-575-1906
• Sun, Sept.21, 2008: Jeff Warner, 2pm in Sparrowbush, NY; 212-662-6575 or 845-858-7890
• Fri, Oct. 10, 2008: Bob Malenky, 8pm on the upper West side; 212-662-6575
• Sunday, November 23: Carolina Jug Stompers, 7:30pm in Suffern, NY.  Carolina Jug Stompers website  
• Friday, 5 December 2008:  Carrie and Michael Kline house concert, 8 PM. FMSNY members $12, non-members $15, children and F/T students $6, Seniors $10. Space is limited so reservations are required: call 718-859-5440. In the Midwood section of Brooklyn.   Carrie & Michael Klein's MySpace page ... Flyer (MS Word, 155K)  ... Flyer (pdf, 300K)
• Saturday, 28 February 2009, 8 pm DOUBLE TROUBLE 20th Anniversary House Concert.  Jean Farnworth and Evy Mayer were already solo performers when they started performing as Double Trouble in 1989. Evy sings and plays ukulele, guitar, dumbek and other percussion instruments, and collects popular songs of the early 1900’s as well as rounds, humorous songs, world music, singer/songwriter and children’s music. Jean sings and plays Celtic harp (32 strings, 45” tall), and 12-string guitar. She includes Renaissance, traditional Celtic music, vintage blues, as well as songs she has written, in her repertoire. It is easy to see why “What kind of music do you play?” can be a difficult question for Double Trouble to answer. Lyrical and haunting on one song, and boisterous on the next, they handle their instruments with authority and project their voices with beauty and clarity. Twisted, yet sensitive; multi-cultural; extremely  dangerous. This duo will get everyone singing by inviting the audience to join in on choruses. FMSNY members $12, non-members $15, children and F/T students $6,. In Brooklyn -- Reservations suggested. (718) 549-1344 (after 11 AM.) 
• Wed., June 10, 2009; 8pm:  Two Black Sheep & a Stallion house concert; in Forest Hills, Queens 11375;  Information: 718-575-1906
• Thursday, 17 September: Gwilym Davies, Carol Davies, and Terry Brenchley
  This talented trio of British Folk Artists will be back in the USA this fall.  Terry Brenchley fiddle, Gwilym and Carol Davies melodeon, concertina, pipe & tabor, banjo and keyboard, and some fine vocal harmonies.  The trio bring to their music a rare background of research into traditional music and song.  Gwilym lived in the USA in the 1990s, and did some folksong collecting in the Appalachian and Adirondack Mountains. His recordings have been placed in the Library of Congress.  Terry now resides in Britttany, where he has made a special study of Breton and other French folk tunes. Be prepared for a fine evening of English, Welsh, American and even some continental European songs and tunes.   Seating is limited so register quickly for this house concert to be held on the upper West Side (98 St).   Call 212-662-6575 for reservations.
• Friday, October 30: Pamela Goddard house concert in Park Slope, Brooklyn.  Details to be announced.  FMSNY members $12, non-members $15, children and F/T students $6,.  Call 212-662-6575 for reservations

• Sunday, September 18:    Joy Bennett and Chris Koldewey, Sparrowbush, NY (Free Admission)  
  Contact: 845-858-7890 or  212-662-6575;   rte97music@earthlink.net  press release  ... for high resolution pictures, click on thumbnails below.
  

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Past Special Events

• Saturday, October 22, 2011:    North American Urban Folk Music of the 1960s at Elisabeth Irwin High School, 40 Charlton Street. 1-10pm
  Complete Performer list including brief bios ...  schedule.   press release:  MS Word (20K) ... pdf (140K)   ...
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  Happy Traum	Bev Grant and the Dissident Daughters	Peter Stampfel	Luke Faust	Jeff Davis

  
  QR 60s Celebration code: Http/www.folkmusicny.org/60s ... png (1,2K)

• Pub sing, Sunday, December 19, 2010; 7pm at Bar Four, 444 7 Ave, Brooklyn, NY ... Press release (MS Word)
     
• Saturday, 28 February, 2009: Blues Guitar Workshop w/ Andy Cohen, 2:30-5pm,  ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED!
  This is an intermediate level workshop.  It will be helpful for participants to have an understanding of finger-picking with an alternating bass.  Andy will go into detail about playing blues with and without an alternating thumb-bass while finding melody notes with finger or thumb, going up and down the neck, how syncopation works, and several other guitaristic secrets. He will walk the participants through a couple of complete songs and (without promising miracles) leave them with an ability to knowledgeably understand and play blues guitar.  

  

  Andy Cohen is a truly amazing blues guitar player and singer, and has given countless concerts and workshops.  He grew up hearing Dixieland jazz and “got bitten by the folk bug.”   At sixteen, he saw Rev. Gary Davis, and his course was set. He knew he had it in him to follow, study, perform and promote the music of the southeast quadrant, America¹s great musical fountainhead.
   
• January 29-31, 2010:  People’s Music Network Winter Gathering in NYC, co-sponsored with the Peapoles' Voice Cafe; press release not avaiable: click on the image to the right to download pdf half sheet flyer (290K)   info:  http://pmnnyc.home.att.net
   
• Saturday, March 13, 2010:  New York, NY -- Its Traditions.  A Festival of Traditional Music:
  11AM children's concert (free); 12:30-5:30 workshops and mini-concerts: 7:30pm concert.  At the Renaissance School, 35-59 81 Street, in Jackson Heights, Queens  Tickets at the door or online at:  www.brownpapertickets/event/98896.  The Renaissance Charter School is at the corner of 37^th Avenue and 81^st Street, in Jackson Heights, Queens. It is 2 blocks from the 82^nd Street Station of the #7 Line. Detailed Description Sheet ...  press Release (MS Word) 
  
• Ice Cream Social; Thursday 25 March:  6pm dinner; 7pm join us for singing and ice cream and more
   The party starts at 7:00PM with Joy Bennett, Alan Friend, Jerry Epstein, Anne Price, Steve Suffet, and Heather Wood, from the club, and Suzanne Arnold, Everett Boyd, Rebekah Oakes, Rebekah Slotnick, from TRCS.  Look for some other surprises, including students from the school, Bob Malenky, and Professor Louie.    At 6pm there will be a dinner made by the high school students available for purchase.  Then, from 7-10 PM we’ll have an ice cream social with entertainment by those listed above.  press release (MS Word)  
• Sunday, 8 August 2010, 7 p.m. on: Songs of Many Waters. From oceans to puddles, songs of the seas, lakes, canals, and the ships and sailors who sail them. A singalong evening aboard an historic tanker, the Mary Whalen. Bring voices, instruments, and ears. Bring the kids. Bring a picnic.  When: TankerTime aboard the Mary Whalen starts at 5:00 p.m. Come early and hang out before the music starts
  Where: Pier 11, Atlantic Basin, Red Hook, Brooklyn. See Portside New York and get directions (pdf format).
  Who: Singers and musicians from the Folk Music Society of New York and friends
  How much: Free  Press Release (MS Word)

Past Weekends (see also Eisteddfod, below)

• Fri 27 to Mon 30 May: 2011 Spring Folk Music Weekend  Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonkson, NY
  Press release (MS Word, 20K)    Click on the thumbnails below to download higher resolution pictures
  

  Larry Hanks and Deborah Robins Hanks	Emma's Revolution	John Krumm

• Winter Folk Music Weekend, February 1-3, 2008: at Warwick Conference Center, Warwick, NY
  Price information and printable order blank: html format (11K) ... pdf format (110K).  
• 23-26 May: 2008 Spring Weekend of Music at Kiskak Adult Center, Lake Como, PA.  With  Lissa Schneckenburger, Serre l'Écoute, David Harvey, Robbie Wedeen, and Chris Koldewey. Preliminary Press Release (MS Word, 35K) ...  Downloadable Pictures of performers... .. Printable pdf flyer (320K)  ... Flyer without pictures (MS word, 95K)...  registration form with rates, etc. (3K).  ...  Directions to Kislak (PDF, 140K).  
• October 17-19: 2008 Fall Weekend of Music at Honor’s Haven Resort, Ellenville, NY
  See description on our weekends information page
  Press Release (MS Word-80K)  ..    
• Winter Folk Music Weekend, February 6-9, 2009: at Warwick Conference Center, Warwick, NY
  See description on our weekends information page   Press release (MS Word)
•  May 22-25, 2009: Spring Weekend of Music at Kislak Adult Center, Lake Como, PA
  Press Release (MS Word)   Flyer with more performer information and prices (240K pdf),  (no pictures flyer, MS Word, 35k)
• 5-7 February 2010: 2010 Winter Folk Music Weekend
  at Warwick Conference Center, Warwick, NY (only 50 miles northwest of NYC)  This weekend is less formal than our Spring and Fall weekends which have planned workshops, concerts, etc.  It is a weekend filled with informal music. ... press release (MS Word, 17K) ...  pdf flier (224K) ... 
  ... Pictures from 2009 WInter Weekend   Online registration (surcharge applies): members; non-members  
  
• Fri 28 to Mon 31 May: 2010 Spring Folk Music Weekend  at Kiskak Adult Center, Lake Como, PA
  Enjoy a friendly music-filled weekend at bucolic Camp Kislak. Concerts, workshops, and classes; performers to be announced. Comfortable motel-style rooms; plenty of opportunity for informal jamming and singing, socializing, hiking, swimming (heated outdoor pool), and relaxing..  Performers include Sharon Katz – creator of electrifying jazz-folk-rock fusion with South African roots, Paul Kaplan - captivating American singer-songwriter, Ralph Bodington –– old-time singer and banjo player, and others to be announced.   Press release -MS Word (20 K) or  pdf (120K)    

  Preliminary Flyer (pdf 440K)

  Paul Kaplan (jpeg, 265K)

  Sharon Katz (jpeg,80K)

  Ralph Bodington (jpeg,600K)

  Paul Kaplan
  

  is a super-talented singer/songwriter, with a fine repertoire of  serious and funny songs -- he has a rare gift for writing and singing songs in the old troubadour tradition.  He has been an enthusiastic participant in the folk music world since the late 1960s when his early anti-Vietnam war songs were published in the protest magazine Broadside.  He has appeared at numerous festivals and his songs have been recorded by such artists as Sharon, Lois, and Bram, Claudia Schmidt, and Jay Ungar and Molly Mason as well as on his own albums.  He and Dan Milner authored the book The Bonny Bunch of Roses, a compilation of traditional music of England, Ireland & Scotland.  Paul's Website including song samples

    Sharon Katz

  created a large multiracial musical group in her native South Africa in 1992 and traveled throughout the country by train to promote the first free elections.  She and her Freedom Train group went on to tour Africa, the United States and Europe, recording with Sting, Paul Simon, Elton John, and other artists.  In the U.S. crowds respond to her uplifting songs: staccato, twinkling notes fly from the frets of her guitar, maintaining a muscular rhythm: an uplifting aural swirl of funk, jazz and African folk music.    Sharon's Website  (including sound clips)
  

  Ralph Bodington

  is a superb performer of banjo tunes and ballads from the old-time Southern mountain tradition.  Ralph is deeply respected by musicians who have devoted their lives to Southern Mountain Music.  A 2009 tour introduced him to audiences in Britain who were as enthusiastic as those who have flocked to his performances at the New England Folk Festival and the Eisteddfod.   His newly released CD, Old Paint is treasured by musicians & singers.
  samples of songs:  John Henry ... Falls of Richmond ... Little Sadie ... Old Paint
  

  Heather Wood

  is a veteran singer from the English revival for some 40+ years, dating from her days with The Young Tradition. She has a great repertoire of ballads, historical songs, love and agricultural songs, and a lot from the humorous side. In addition to the old songs, she has written some dynamite new ones.   ... Heather's website
  
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  Ted Crane

  Ted has been organizing weekly dances in Ithaca, NY,  his hometown and a hotbed of Old-Time and Celtic music, since the early 1980s.  These musical influences fed Ted's interest[is]in the energetic rhythm of dancing and music. His characteristic style, a high-energy fusion of dry New England calls with lively, rapid patter, follows the flow of the music as it fuels the dancers. He composes, "dances with a difference," often crafted to a specific tune, yet grounded in traditions that allow them to blend with all kinds of music. His dances feel good to dancers..  Ted's website
    
• Winter weekend, February 11-13, 2011: An informal weekend at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonkson, NY.  Participants are invited to register for the whole weekend or a day or part... press release (MS Word)  ... pdf flyer with rates and registration form.
  

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  	photo by Don Wade	photo by Kehren Barbour

  
   
  

Past Sings

•  Thursday 24 April, 2008, 8pm: Folk Music Night at the Yippie Museum
  Join in a participatory sing-around at one of New York's hippest venues.  Bring songs to share, especially songs with choruses or refrains.  The Yippie Museum is located at 9 Bleecker Street (between Elizabeth Street and the Bowery) in Lower Manhattan, 212-677-5918.  Free admission, bring your own refreshments.   Info: 212-957-8386.  press release (MS Word, 73K)
• Sing Back the Sun: Pub Sing, 7-10 PM Sunday, January 11, 2009 at Freddy's Back Room, 485 Dean Street Brooklyn, NY, at Sixth Avenue; 718-622-7035 (near Flatbush Ave), Brooklyn.  Press release (MS Word, 15K)  ...  flyer (pdf, 100K)
   

• Monthly Chanty Sings at the Seaport
  One Saturday each month, 8-11 PM:  February 16,  March 8, April 12, May 17, June 21, July 12,  August 23
  At the Seamens’ Church Institute, 241 Water Street, at the South Street Seaport.  Admission is free but donations are requested to defray expenses.  Refreshments available.
  Press release (MS Word, 37K, 2/15/08)
   
• Monthly Sacred Harp Sing at Saint  Bartholomew’s Church, 109 East 50th Street, Manhattan
  We continue the colonial American tradition of four-part, unaccompanied sacred singing.  Beginners welcome! Books available for loan or purchase. Co-sponsored and hosted by St. Bartholomew’s Church, usually on the 3rd Sunday of each month Sept. thru June, 2:30 to 5pm:  Mar. 16, April 20, June 15
  Press Release not yet available
• Monthly Sacred Harp Sing, Second sunday of the month.
  We continue the colonial American tradition of four-part, unaccompanied sacred singing.  Beginners welcome! Books available for loan or purchase.   We are co-sponsoring the Joe Beasley Sing on the 2nd Sunday of every month. Fourpart choral singing for those who just love to sing, beginners and proficient alike. Based on a book designed to teach people to read music and sing. Sing ancient melodies, traditional folk, gospel, and hymn tunes, soaring masterworks of Western hymnology.  In St. Paul's Episcopal Church Hall, 199 Carroll St. at Clinton in Brooklyn (F train). Complete directions and info: 718-793-2848 or BJPub (at) Prodigy.net or www.brooklynsing.vocis.com.   Press Release not available.   -- please see our events calendar on our main page
   
• Monthly Folk Open Sing, 7-10 pm on first Wednesday of the month at the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn (near 2nd St.).
  Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. Drop by for a couple of songs or the  whole evening. 
  Press Release not yet available
   
• Informal Sacred Harp and Gospel Singing one Sunday a month at various location around the city as announced in our newsletter.
  Press information not available

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Eisteddfod-NY

• November 5-7, 2010 at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonkson, NY   general press release (MS Word)  ... Press release announcing Eisteddfod Award (MS word)
• November 14-16, 2008.  link to 2008 Press Information
  
• 2007:  Link to 2007 Press Information
• 2006 performer information