Jan. Feb., 2019 Listing of Society Events (Details Inside) The best in folk/roots music Sun, Jan. 6 Bob Conroy & Friends; Good Coffeehouse, Brooklyn, 4pm Sun, Jan. 13 David Massengill house concert in East Setauket, L.I. Fri, Jan. 18 Tim Eriksen, 7:30pm at St. John's Church, 81 Christopher St. Jan, 18 19 Golden Fes val, Grand Prospect Hall, Bklyn, goldenfest.org Fri, Jan. 25 PMN Winter Gathering Concert, Community Church, 7:30pm Jan. 26 27 PMN Winter Gathering, East Harlem Wed, Jan. 30 Sunnyside Singers Club; perf. Marina Meyler, 8pm Sun, Feb. 3 Piedmont Bluz; Good Coffeehouse; 4 6pm, in Brooklyn Feb. 8 10 Winter Folk Music Weekend; see flier in centerfold Sat, Feb. 16 Piedmont Bluz + Cole Quest & the City Pickers; co sponsored with the Peoples' Voice Cafe, 8pm. Wed, Feb.27 Sunnyside Singers Club; performer, Victor Cuneen, 8pm Informal Jams and Sings. Relax and listen, tap your foot, join in on the chorus, or lead a song or tune. (Details inside) Sat, Jan. 5 Mys c Chantey Blast, Mys c CT (co sponsored) Folk Open Sing: First Wednesday of each month (Jan. 2, Feb. 6, etc.), 7 10 pm; Ethical Culture Society in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Irish Tradi onal Music Session: every Monday, 8 11 pm, Landmark Tavern, 11th Ave. & 46th Street, Manha an Sunnyside Singers Club: Wednesdays, 8pm, Aubergine Cafe, Woodside, Queens. Shanty Sing: 3rd Sun's, 2 5 pm on Staten Island (Jan. 20, Feb. 17, etc.) Upper West Side Song Swap usually 2nd Sun's., (Dec. 9, and Jan. 13, etc.); at HI NY, 103rd Street & Amsterdam Avenue; 5 8pm Details Inside Residential Programs: Winter Weekend of Music, February 8 10 at Honor's Haven Resort, Ellenville, NY An informal weekend of music, jamming, and singing. See flier in centerfold. Weekend Flier Inside This is a listing of our events only. Membership includes a 24 page monthly newsletter listing not only our activities but many other events in the N.Y. metropolitan area. Visit our website: www.folkmusicny.org. 1/2/19 dw
Irish Traditional Music Session: every Monday, 8-11pm Tenor banjo, harmonica and fiddle player Don Meade and friends get together every Monday night for an Irish traditional music session in the back room of this historic bar/ restaurant. Free admission; food and drink are available. Musicians, singers, and listeners welcome. At the Landmark Tavern, 626 11 th Avenue (on 46 th St), Manhattan; cosponsored with and led by Don Meade; info 212 247 2562 or www. blarneystar.com. See website for featured performers. Sunnyside Singers Club: every Wednesday, 8-11pm Join us every Wednesday at 8pm for a pub style sing around. All songs welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Co sponsored with, and at the Aubergine Cafe, 49 22 Skillman Avenue (corner of 50 th St.) in Woodside, Queens. Occasionally there is a featured performer for part of the evening. Yummy desserts, sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer available. Free admission; a voluntary contribution is requested on guest nights. The nearest subway is 52 nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local. Info: 718 899 1735. www.facebook.com/sunnysidesingersclub. Featured Performers: Jan. 20: Marina Meyler;February 27, Victor Cuneen. Mystic Chantey Blast & Pub Sing: Saturday, January 5 th ; 1-5pm Blast away the winter blahs with Mystic Seaport chantey staff and many of the finest chantey singers in the Northeast. Chanties, maritime songs and ballads come join in, lead a song if you wish. Admission is free, but donations are welcome to help support the Mystic Sea Music Festival, in June. At Frohsinn Hall, 54 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT 06355 (located across the street from the Seaport Museum s main entrance). There is a cash bar. Call 860 572 0711, x5037 for more information. FMSNY is a co sponsor of this event and supporter of the festival. Bob Conroy, Sunday, January 6 th, 4-6 pm The son of a New York Irish labor union organizer with roots in Co. Roscommon, Bob was a student of the legendary Eric Darling from whom he learned banjo and guitar. His repertoire displays a great love of Irish American and maritime songs He is one of the mainstays of the monthly sea shanty sing on Staten Island. Joining Bob are Bill Doerge and Norm & Jean Pederson. Cosponsored with and at the Good Coffeehouse at the Old Stone House, 336 Third Street in J.J. Byrne Park, between 4th & 5th Avenues, Brooklyn 11215; $10 contribution. Info: fbanjo[at]aol.com. Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1uxthnr Folk Open Sing: Wednesdays, Jan. 2 nd & Feb. 6 th ; 7-10pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. Drop by for a couple of songs or the whole evening. At the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). (If door is locked, ring the BSEC bell.) Directions: F or Q train to 7th Ave.; 2 or 3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture Society, Folk Music Society of NY/ NYPFMC, Alison Kelley, Frank Woerner, and Tom Weir. Info: 212 695 5924. Upper West Side Song Swap. Sunday, January 13 th ; 5-8pm To: Upper West Side Song Swappers and Others: The holidays are at an end but the time for good song and good cheer never ceases. The Upper West Side Song Swap is holding its first sing around of 2019 on January 13. So, if you ve been before, it s time to come back, and if you want to kick off the New Year right and honor your resolution to sing/ continued next page 2
play/listen to live music in 2019, come on Sunday, January 13 from 5 to 8 PM. Place: Hosteling, International New York, 891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street. We re back in the New York room for January. It s free and everyone is welcome. For more information call John Ziv at 212 662 6575. The Upper West Side Song Swap is organized by FMSNY and PMN. House Concert in E. Setauket: David Massengill; Sun., Jan. 13 th ; 4pm Performing on dulcimer or guitar, punctuating his songs with stories and humor, Massengill can move you to laughter one minute and tears the next. His songs have been recorded by Joan Baez, David Bromberg, Chad Mitchell, The Roches, Lucy Kaplansky, Tom Russell, Nanci Griffith and his mentor, Dave Van Ronk (who said "[Massengill] takes the dull out of dulcimer!"), and praised by award winning composer Paul Williams ("David Massengill's music is a rare combination of heart, theatrics, innocence and edge."), folk legend Tom Paxton, and recently, the New York Times. Concert will be held in a private home in East Setauket, Long Island, New York. Drinks & snacks provided. Contribution $20.00 to artist. (FMSNY / LITMA members $15.00) To reserve your seat (limited space) and get directions, call 516 492 5116 or email passingthroughconcerts (at) gmail.com. Co sponsored by LITMA (Long Island Traditional Music Association and FMSNY. Tim Eriksen, Friday, January 18 th, 7:30 pm Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shape note gospel and dance tunes from New England and Southern Appalachia. Tim s curiosity and passion have led him on many musical journeys besides American roots from punk rock and shape note gospel through South Indian classical music and Bosnian pop to world jazz and contemporary symphonic music all his explorations are linked by the qualities of intensity, directness, and authority which combine in a music that captures a truth about human experience and expresses it without apology. This promises to be a memorable evening of old, new, and unexpected music. The concert will be held at 7:30 at St. John s Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher St. Contribution: $25 general public, $20 members, $15 full time student/child. Tickets at the door or at timeriksen.eventbrite.com. For information, contact Heather at 646 628 4604, hwood50@aol.com. Tim s website is timeriksenmusic.com. Zlatne Uste Golden Festival: January 18 th -19 th Two nights of Balkan music, dance & border crossing celebration. The Golden Festival is New York s largest Balkan music event, with more than 50 bands and acts on multiple stages, Balkan & Middle Eastern refreshments, Balkan arts vendors, as well as beautiful Balkan textiles on display. At The Grand Prospect Hall, 263 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215. January 18: 7:30pm 12:30am, $35; January 19: 6pm 2am, $55. We are pleased to be supporting this with Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, which is sponsoring this festival. General Info: (646) 844 4653; www.goldenfest.org. Shanty Sing: Sundays, January 20 th & February 17 th ; 2-5pm We co sponsor the Shanty Sing on the 3rd Sunday of the month. The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) are from 2 to 5pm at the Noble Gallery, Building D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. For more information about the Noble Collection, go to http://www. noblemaritime.org click on "Visitor Information" for directions. For further information contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or 347 267 9394. See the documentary made of this event: vimeo.com/250883513; Password: harbortown. continued next page 3
Zlatne Uste Golden Festival: January 18 th -19 th Two nights of Balkan music, dance & border crossing celebration. The Golden Festival is NY s largest Balkan music event, with more than 50 bands and acts on multiple stages, Balkan & Middle Eastern refreshments, vendors, as well as beautiful textiles on display. From international stars to local musicians, modern Balkan stylists to folk traditionalists, over 60 bands provide hours of ecstatic listening, dancing and partying. At The Grand Prospect Hall, 263 Prospect Ave, Brooklyn 11215. Jan. 18, 7:30pm 12:30am, $35; Jan. 19, 6pm 2am, $55. We are supporting this with Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, which is sponsoring it. Info: 646 844 4653; www.goldenfest.org Peoples' Music Network Winter Gathering Fri., Jan. 25 th ; 7:30pm - Sat.-Sun., Jan. 26-27 We are co sponsoring this event at the following Manhattan locations: Friday, 7:30pm: Concert produced by Peoples' Voice Cafe featuring a variety of performers all singing out for freedom, peace, human rights, social and economic justice, environmental protection, and more. At Community Church of NY. 40 East 35th Street. Concert admission included with registration for entire weekend. Otherwise tickets are $16 in advance, $20 at the door. Student or low income: $11 in advance, $15 at the door. Info: https://peoplesmusic.org/winter Concert or pmn@peoplesmusic.org or 413 325 8570. Saturday, 8:00am 11:30pm; Sunday, 8:00am 2:00pm: Participatory workshops and song swaps, mentoring sessions, Saturday night Round Robin, Sunday morning Songs of the Spirit, all highlighting the role of music in progressive social change. A program for youth the Youth Creative Convergence will take place parallel to the program. Nnumerous opportunities to share music, sing together, and to join efforts to bring music for progressive social change. At Central Park East II Middle School. 433 East 100th Street. Enter at East 101st Street & First Avenue. Info: https://peoplesmusic.org/winter Gathering or pmn@peoplesmusic.org or 413 325 8570. Piedmont Bluz; Sunday, February 3 rd, 4-6 pm The Piedmont Bluz acoustic duo is dedicated to the preservation of Country Blues and the Piedmont style and their mission is to help keep this rural, east coast tradition alive by educating audiences about this unique aspect of African American culture through musical entertainment. The husband and wife duo are much loved wherever they go and feel that "there are stories to tell, people to remember, and things that must be said" so, in addition to tickling your ears with delightful music, they weave a bit of history into the presentation of each song. Cosponsored with and at the Good Coffeehouse at the Old Stone House, 336 Third Street in J.J. Byrne Park, between 4 th & 5 th Avenues, Brooklyn 11215; $10 contribution. Info: fbanjo[at]aol.com. Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1uxthnr Winter Folk Music Weekend; February 8-10, 4-6 pm Our annual excersion into singing. See flier in centerfold. Piedmont Bluz + Cole Quest & the City Pickers; Sat., Feb. 16 th, 8 pm (see Pieemont Bluz description in February 3 rd item) Cole Quest and The City Pickers are a group of New York City musicians connected by friendship and a love of bluegrass. Performing both Quest's original tunes as well as traditional favorites, the City Pickers bring their special brand of high spirited talent to the stage, with up beat, knee slapping energy and a high lonesome sound that'll leave you wanting more At and cosponsored with the Peoples' Voice Cafe at Community Church of New York. 40 East 35 th St.. NYC 10016. Suggested contrib.: $20. PVC subscribers, FMSNY members, students, or youth: $12. No one turned away for lack of money. Info: 212 787 3903. 4
2019 Winter Weekend You ll have fun too! Friday dinner 6:30PM to Sunday lunch Winter Folk Music Weekend Days and nights of music making, jamming, singing, dancing, good conversation. Take a hike to take in the great outdoors. This weekend we make the music, joined by special guests Lorraine & Bennett Hammond, John Roberts, and Ray Taylor, who will call square dances. There are no formal programs. Honor's Haven Resort Ellenville, NY 200 acres of lush gardens in the Shawangunk Mountains, a 2 hour drive from NYC. February Find out more folkmusicny.org/faq_weekend or call 646-628-4604 8, 9, 10 Folk Music Society of New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club www.meetup.com/folk-music-nyc We make music the old fashioned way www.folkmusicny.org Strumming & Singing
All the important details, logistics and money matters By Mail, please fill out and send, with a self-addressed envelope, to: Heather Wood; 444 W. 54th St, #7; NY, NY 10019; Questions: 646-628-4604 adults, double $ each.; adults, triple $ each. adults, single $ each. children, age, $ each. Here is my check, made out to FMSNY for $ as full payment for the 2019 Winter Weekend adults Thursday night $ each Name Address Zip Phone day ( ) evening ( ) E-mail Emergency contact during weekend Other names included in this registration Requested room or roommate. Dietary requirements Vegetarian; Vegetarian, eat fish Vegan I don t eat beef; don t eat fish don t eat gluten Other special needs I will be driving from at AM/PM and can take additional I need a ride from, if possible I would like scholarship information (see also www.folkmusicny.org/weekends) GETTING THERE Bus service is available direct from the Port Authority Bus Terminal to Kerhonkson, and we will arrange to meet people at the bus. We will send detailed driving directions with your acknowledgement. THE WEEKEND runs from Friday dinner at 6:30PM through Sunday lunch. RESERVATIONS on-line (service fee applies): https://tinyurl.com/winterfolk Or by mail SCHOLARSHIPS There are some funds for weekend scholarships, download an application: www.folkmusicny.org/schol-app.doc. MEMBERSHIP information is on our website: folkmusicny.org PAYMENT in full required with reservation. All but $15 is refundable until 1/10/19. All but $45 is refundable until 1/25/19. No refunds after that date. REGISTRATION RATES Full Weekend, includes all meals All prices are per person: member / non-member Note, we ve lowered the price from last year! Adult double: $280 / $295 Adult double: $375 / $390 Children, sharing with 2 adults: 6-10 years $80 11-17 years $120 children under 6 free Special Friends (21 35 yrs) rate, groups of 3 or more registering together Triple $150 Double $190 Thursday night special, room only $95 per person, meals separate Reserve today! Register on-line: https://tinyurl.com/winterfolk The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational corporation, an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society, run by a volunteer Board of Directors, elected by membership. We run concerts, weekends, classes, singing parties, and get-togethers, all with an emphasis on traditional folk music of all flavors. Visit www.folkmusicny.org 12/16/18 Mail-in form