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This INTERNATIONAL FOLK NEWS webpage is online-only, so no specific deadlines
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Rowing club members visiting Wavertree in 1929, Punta Arenas, Chile. Gift of Senor Rafael Osvaldo Cabrera Majoral, 1976. South Street Seaport Museum Archives.
Our thanks to the Museum for permission to use this image.
Our thanks to the Museum for permission to use this image.
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Below: ① Regular online events (summary)
② Dates ③ Venues (real & virtual) and Performers
② Dates ③ Venues (real & virtual) and Performers
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---- ① Regular online events (non-UK), summary
This is a summary. For full details with weblinks, see by Country below (scroll down) or see our "Virtual-Folk" webpage which mainly lists UK zooms, plus these below
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Ireland: ‡ FONN TRADITIONAL MUSIC & SONG: SESH SEARCH Ireland
USA: ‡ VIRTUAL SESSIONS: SONG CALENDAR USA, UK, and more
🄰 COUNTRY DANCE & SONG SOCIETY'S ONLINE EVENTS CALENDAR mainly USA and Canada
🄰 SOME ALTERNATIVE ROOTS: DIARY, LISTINGS, AND MORE USA and world
🄰 AMERICELTIC USA (California-based)
------Day Varies summary
USA: Varies 🄰 LIVE FROM THE MERMAID'S TAVERN ONLINE EVENTS, numerous events, Boston (signup via website)
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USA: Weekly • 🄰 LIVE FROM THE MERMAID'S TAVERN ONLINE BALLAD or CHANTY SING, Boston (signup via website)
Israel: Twice-monthly • ‡ LET'S SING TOGETHER (Virtually!), Jerusalem (email)
USA: 1st • ‡ Virtual SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM’s SEA CHANTEYS & MARITIME MUSIC, NYC (signup via website)
-----Tuesday summary
USA: 1st, 3rd • 🄰 SAN FRANCISCO FOLK MUSIC CLUB'S SINGS (signup via website)
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USA: 2nd • ‡ NH, PMFF CHANTEY SING, Portsmouth (direct link)
Germany: Last • 🄰 Bad Kissingen ENGLISH FOLK CLUB online Concerts (FB)
USA: Monthly* ‡ NY, SYRACUSE PUB SING, NY (email)
USA: Monthly* ‡ CA. SF MARITIME ASSOCIATION CHANTEY SING, San Francisco (direct link) [ Monthly* = once a month, week varies*¨]
-----International Calendars and Resources summary
Ireland: ‡ FONN TRADITIONAL MUSIC & SONG: SESH SEARCH Ireland
USA: ‡ VIRTUAL SESSIONS: SONG CALENDAR USA, UK, and more
🄰 COUNTRY DANCE & SONG SOCIETY'S ONLINE EVENTS CALENDAR mainly USA and Canada
🄰 SOME ALTERNATIVE ROOTS: DIARY, LISTINGS, AND MORE USA and world
🄰 AMERICELTIC USA (California-based)
------Day Varies summary
USA: Varies 🄰 LIVE FROM THE MERMAID'S TAVERN ONLINE EVENTS, numerous events, Boston (signup via website)
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USA: Weekly • 🄰 LIVE FROM THE MERMAID'S TAVERN ONLINE BALLAD or CHANTY SING, Boston (signup via website)
Israel: Twice-monthly • ‡ LET'S SING TOGETHER (Virtually!), Jerusalem (email)
USA: 1st • ‡ Virtual SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM’s SEA CHANTEYS & MARITIME MUSIC, NYC (signup via website)
-----Tuesday summary
USA: 1st, 3rd • 🄰 SAN FRANCISCO FOLK MUSIC CLUB'S SINGS (signup via website)
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USA: 2nd • ‡ NH, PMFF CHANTEY SING, Portsmouth (direct link)
Germany: Last • 🄰 Bad Kissingen ENGLISH FOLK CLUB online Concerts (FB)
USA: Monthly* ‡ NY, SYRACUSE PUB SING, NY (email)
USA: Monthly* ‡ CA. SF MARITIME ASSOCIATION CHANTEY SING, San Francisco (direct link) [ Monthly* = once a month, week varies*¨]
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At least 3 weeks notice for dates, please - we can circulate in our 'Folklife Newsletter'. By email please - we can't easily copy info from Zoom chats
🄰 Germany Bad Kissingen ENGLISH FOLK CLUB. Online Concerts, the last Saturday of every month
The complete video from the last Online Concert from Saturday, April 24th, 2021
And Facebook under the English Folk Club in Bavaria:
https://www.facebook.com/100050581842577/videos/324032972626095/
https://youtu.be/cmwduTQCKR8
The next Online Concert will be on Saturday the 29th May
Musicians who would like to perform need to send in their contributions no later than Saturday 22nd May
for more info email: english.folk.club<at>gmail.com
Our best musical regards
https://www.facebook.com/EnglishFolkClubBadKissingen
‡ Israel Jerusalem Folk Music Evening. LET’S SING TOGETHER (Virtually!) from Jerusalem Changing schedule from weekly to twice monthly, Sundays. We open at 8:00 pm and the singing starts at 8:15 (Israeli time) [6.00-6.15 UK time]. We usually finish around 11pm ish Israeli time.
For more details see Israel below.
Next meeting Sunday 30th, May, 2021, and then hopefully every other week after that, when once again we will "Sing Together Virtually from Jerusalem"
🄰 USA ------ Boston: LIVE FROM THE MERMAID'S TAVERN ONLINE EVENTS, numerous events, day varies,
includes ONLINE BALLAD SING or CHANTY SING Sundays, weekly, 2-5 EDT [= UK 7pm-10pm]
For details see sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern
June
- Sunday, June 20: Chantey Sing
- Sunday, June 27: Ballad Sing
- Sunday, July 4: DARK (No Tavern Sing) Happy Fourth of July!
- Sunday, July 11: Ballad Sing (host Phillip Nimeskern)
- Thursday, July 15: Nicole Singer and Becky Wright Album Release Concert
- Sunday, July 18: Chantey Sing
- Sunday, July 25: Ballad Sing
NEW SCHEDULE: Twice-monthly sessions second and fourth Sundays, monthly concerts third Thursdays
- Sunday, August 8: Ballad Sing
- Thursday, August 19: Sirius Doggerel singaround
- Sunday, August 22: Tavern & Chantey Sing
🄰 USA --- California
San Francisco Folk Music Club 4th of July Camp Goes Virtual Once Again -- Zoom meetings on Friday July 2, Saturday July 3 and Sunday July 4.
You may arrange to use as many breakout rooms as you wish, but please let us know ahead of time if at all possible so we can have them on the schedule in order for as many people to attend as possible.
Ed Hilton set up three Zoom links on our Club account for Memorial Day, one for each day of camp, and that worked so well that we'll be repeating the process. All you'll have to do to join in is click on the link, look at the list of breakout rooms, and then click on which one you'd like to join.
Friday Night July 2; [Pacific Time]
5-7 pm: Bring Your Own Everything Pot Luck - a chance to check in with your friends and eat some dinner (or not) with them. This won't be a musical meeting as much as a way for us just to talk to each other as we would if we were having a pot luck at a live camp.
7-11 pm: Song Swap. Cyprian's will be held online the following Friday, July 9. This will be a similarly styled song swap with people taking turns sharing songs.
Breakout rooms will be available from 5 - 11 pm.
Saturday July 3:
Workshop I: 11am - 12 noon (Hali Hammer hosts). Workshop II: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (Ed Hilton hosts). Workshop III: 2 pm - 3 pm (Hali Hammer hosts). Workshop IV: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm (Ed Hilton hosts). Open Mic 7-9 pm (this seemed to be the preferred time suggested by the most participants)
Breakout rooms will be available from 11 am to 11 pm.
Sunday, July 4: Same Schedule as Saturday. Breakout rooms will be available both Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 11 pm.
If you're interested in leading a workshop, contact either Ed Hilton (ed_hilton@<at>yahoo.com) or Hali Hammer (halih<at>yahoo.com) to reserve your space. If you want to have a longer song swap you can do it in a breakout room.
If you want a slot for Open Mic, contact Ed for Saturday night or Hali for Sunday night.
We're hoping to have a live camp for Labor Day weekend (September 3-5) but if not, we'll continue to hold virtual camp. - Hali Hammer SFFMC is at www.sffmc.org
As well as these NEWS pages ............. we have an online DIRECTORY giving FULL LISTINGS for our FOLKLIFE MEMBERS.
We have some members outside our 'usual' area, listed in our Directory; no international members as yet - more members welcome!
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And ! ............. our FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS website has ARTICLES and an ARCHIVE.
in MAY 2021 issue: Articles: ‘The Cherry Tree Carol - Part 1’, by Charles Menteith. ‘The Golden Glove’, sung by Danny Brazil. By Gwilym Davies.
‘North East Folk Clubs, Folk Song & Entertainment in the early 1970s’ by Keith Gregson. ‘Hobed o Hilion’, Welsh traditional tune, from Helen Adam.
Folklife Studies & Traditions:
Folklife Societies news & diary Trac; TSF; Folklore Societ; Folk21
Books announced & adverts 'Old Salem in Ballad and Song', and 'Old Salem at Sea in Ballad and Song', by Robert E Strom. The Roots of Welsh Border Morris. Tunelines.
Recordings announced Saydisc, 'Matchbox Bluesmaster Series
From Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
Folklife Societies: Associations, Trusts, Organisations; Folklife Studies & Institutions; Seasonal Local Celebrations, May-Sep, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe,
in MAY 2021 issue: Articles: ‘The Cherry Tree Carol - Part 1’, by Charles Menteith. ‘The Golden Glove’, sung by Danny Brazil. By Gwilym Davies.
‘North East Folk Clubs, Folk Song & Entertainment in the early 1970s’ by Keith Gregson. ‘Hobed o Hilion’, Welsh traditional tune, from Helen Adam.
Folklife Studies & Traditions:
Folklife Societies news & diary Trac; TSF; Folklore Societ; Folk21
Books announced & adverts 'Old Salem in Ballad and Song', and 'Old Salem at Sea in Ballad and Song', by Robert E Strom. The Roots of Welsh Border Morris. Tunelines.
Recordings announced Saydisc, 'Matchbox Bluesmaster Series
From Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
Folklife Societies: Associations, Trusts, Organisations; Folklife Studies & Institutions; Seasonal Local Celebrations, May-Sep, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe,
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🄰 Bad Kissingen ENGLISH FOLK CLUB. Online Concerts, the last Saturday of every month, with musicians and singers. An entertaining, varied and highly entertaining evening. See www.facebook.com/EnglishFolkClubBadKissingen
As long as there is still. a Conona-shut down at the venue we try to put on a Public Viewing in the old City Hall. 2020 gave us the Online version of the English Folk Club (EFC), which kept the EFC philosophy active 'A platform for all kinds of musicians, whether young or old either beginners, semi-professionals or professionals to entertain on a stage and feel the magic of playing in front of an audience.' This gave an opportunity for musicians not only from German but also from India, Turkey, Slovakia, Africa, the USA, and England to play in spite of the Corona restrictions. It will be a while before the EFC Venue, KissVino, opens again, but patience is indeed a virtue. In Facebook and YouTube you can see the photo album 2020. See Dates above for recent recordings and the next Online Concert. For more info, email english.folk.club<at>gmail.com Our best musical regards https://www.facebook.com/EnglishFolkClubBadKissingen 30/5/2021. For those who did not get a chance to watch Saturdays last EFC Online before the summer break, here it is,all performances can be seen in Youtube and Facebook: Youtube: https://youtu.be/ARX3ZxNgL2M Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARX3ZxNgL2M We should be back in September either Online again, or in our venue Kissvino in Bad Kissingen / Bavaria. Shoulöd the venue be open we may show it live too. Till then we send our best musical regards - Dennis, Ana, Harfner, Horst, Alexander, Peter and Manu |
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‡ FONN TRADITIONAL MUSIC & SONG: SESH SEARCH Sessions in Ireland http://fonn.online/index220.htm
The Fonn website covers traditional music and song -- fonn is the Irish for an air or a tune. But it can also mean desire or enthusiasm. This website is enthusiastic about airs and tunes – traditional music and song. The Sesh Search provides information on events in which audience members take turns to perform (events where audience members simply listen to featured performers are indicated in a Gig List). ‡ Brendan Kennedy has been singing traditional/folk songs for many years and is well known in the singing clubs in and around Dublin, such as “An Góilín”, “The Clé Club”, “Croonerista” and many others. Originally from Dublin but now living in Maynooth, he was introduced to folk singing by Phil Callery of The Voice Squad in the 1990’s when Phil was a regular attender at traditional sessions in Áras Chrónáin Cultural Centre, where Brendan was a member. In 2019 he recorded his first CD “In Good Company” which includes a mixture of folk songs from Ireland, England and Scotland. Older, traditional songs such as “Matty Groves” and “The Limerick Rake” are included alongside more recent songs such as “The Lifeboat Prayer” and 2 original songs, “One More Day With You” and ”Mary Woods”. A host of talented musicians that he has met over the years provide accompaniment on mandolin, fiddle, guitar, bouzouki, flute and bodhrán while he is also joined on vocals on 2 tracks by Niamh Parsons. For further information contact Brendan at brendan12k34kennedy <at> gmail.com |
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‡ Jerusalem Folk Music Evening. LET’S SING TOGETHER (Virtually!) from Jerusalem, Twice monthly, Sundays. We open at 8:00 pm and the singing starts at 8:15 (Israeli time) [6.00-6.15 UK time]. We usually finish around 11pm ish Israeli time.
For the link please send an email to pgbacal <at> gmail.com We are changing our schedule, but not our link, to meeting twice a month (week will vary). It is good we are getting back to our lives, carefully, and mostly outdoors, BUT we want to continue meeting everyone and also new people. The zooms this year have saved us, and actually created lots of new friendships and opportunities to listen to wonderful performers and music and make many new friends. When this is all over and we are able to travel, we hope to visit our new friends and hope they will come to visit us. Regards to everyone, and don't forget to join us to "Sing Together Virtually from Jerusalem" [updated 17/5/2021] |
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ɸ --- firstly, Calendars & resources, then venues (real & virtual) and performers by state: California, Mass, NH, NY, Ohio
ɸ --- firstly, Calendars & resources, then venues (real & virtual) and performers by state: California, Mass, NH, NY, Ohio
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‡ CALENDAR of VIRTUAL SONG SESSIONS An invaluable resource for USA, UK, & more bostonsongsessions.org/virtual-sessions (as pictured on rlght)
A calendar of online (mostly zoom-based) pub sings, chantey sings, & ballad sessions that have started up under the Coronavirus lockdown. Unless your browser is confused, times should display in your timezone. Note that some of the sessions require registering in advance. Some of them also have an associated tip jar of some sort. The location listed for an entry is a rough indication of where the founders are based. It's maintained jointly by Clara Jordan (Sheffield, UK) & Jeff Keller (Somerville, MA, USA). For individual session queries, contact that session. Please send corrections, additions, and suggestions to: virtualtradsession gmail.com 🄰 COUNTRY DANCE & SONG SOCIETY'S ONLINE EVENTS CALENDAR CDSS, mainly USA and Canada Check out the Country Dance and Song Society’s online events calendar There are dozens of virtual events posted every week for traditional singers, musicians, and also dancers. Most of the events are hosted by Americans & Canadians but anyone can join and there are some events hosted by enthusiasts from other parts of the world as well. Country Dance and Song Society’s online events calendar (https://www.cdss.org/community/events-calendar) 🄰 SOME ALTERNATIVE ROOTS: DIARY, LISTINGS, AND MORE Resources: USA and world www.somealternativeroots.com Resources website, with webpages ‘Listen’, ‘Watch’. ‘Support’, ‘Participate’, ‘Learn’. The ‘Participate’ webpage includes virtual events: www.somealternativeroots.com/participate and is a gateway to more pages, including virtual ‘Dance’, ‘Play’, ‘Sing’, “Festivals’, ‘Concert Calendar’. 🄰 AMERICELTIC USA, California-based
AmeriCeltic is a user supported, non-profit service organization. Our Mission is to restore awareness, celebrate and preserve the culture and history of Celtic Americans by promoting live Celtic music, festivals, history & ancestry as well as report and comment on related current events. We maintain a public Calendar of related events here: AmeriCeltic Calendar, and a weekly newsletter here: AmeriCeltic Newsletter A weekly newsletter needs NEWS! Please submit your relevant news to us at americeltic<at>gmail.com. Read more about all our work on our About page here: www.AmeriCeltic.net/about |
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🄰 RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ
We were impressed by Richard's fine performance of quite a number of shanties previously unknown to us. His website www.walkashore.com includes very comprehensive notes about individual songs, and lyrics. I've been singing and playing since the late 1960s. Born in Germany, grew up in Chicago, moved to California in the late 1970s. Folk music is such a broad description - I am mainly interested in traditional song although I do some more modern stuff. I used to play a lot of Irish music, something I've given up recently. I play guitar, tinwhistle, and fiddle. I've performed with several bands over the years. Around 2000 I started focusing on sea shanties, recorded a solo shanty album in 2002, Time Ashore is Over. After that Peter Kasin and I formed a duet and we recorded four shanty albums together: Boldly From the Westward, Cast Off Each Line, With Shipmates All Around, and We'll Haul & Sing Together. Peter Kasin leads our local shanty (chantey) sing at Hyde Street Pier, part of the San Francisco National Historic Park. Peter and I have performed at Mystic Seaport several times and we have performed all around the SF Bay Area. Oh, and I've been to the Chicago Maritime Festival - if you search YouTube for Richard Adrianowicz you will find a video of me leading the shanty Mister Stormalong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8LT0sBg1Y www.walkashore.com 🄰 RIGGY RACKIN: SIMPLE A fine singer that we’ve “met” on Zoom; his website www.riggy.com contains some interesting and thoughtful writings, as well as details of his recordings etc. His latest album is "Simple” - simple, well-chosen and relatively unfamiliar folksongs, with sparse concertina accompaniment. Here’s the tracks: Up in the Morning Early. Scots parlor song, from Nancy Koch. Drown it in the Bowl. Art song (W. D. Biggs, 1802), good advice: if you’re sick or sad, get drunk. Erin Grá Mo Chroí. I love this Irish emigration song set in New Yawk. NY Mining Disaster. Barry Gibb never told us why his song was called that. My Resting Place. “Mayn Rue Plats”, Morris Rosenfeld (1862-1923), translated by June Tabor, now synonymous with the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire deaths of 146 textile workers. Lassie with the Yellow Coatie. The Elliots of Birtley. Not a girl wearing a yellow coat; she had blonde hair ! English Ale. Harvey Andrews hit the target square in the middle. Do Li A. A well-known and loved Newcastle camp-follower. Louie Killen. Drink Puppy Drink from Bill Crawford, I thank him heartily! The Bohemian Dreams. Marla Fibish: Robert Service poem (a lazy life in 1920s Paris) with a Quebecois waltz clog. Storms Out on the Ocean. Eternal love that lasts in spite of it all. The Carter Family. We Shall Overcome. A gospel song became a protest song. All the Good People. Ken Hicks, then beautifully re-written by Carol Holdstock. Download available by PayPal, details see website www.riggy.com 🄰 BEV PRAVER is another talented American we've met whilst out a-Zooming. Jerry, who was Bev’s late husband, originally came from Cleveland Heights, Ohio (as did Eleanor!), and Bev from nearby Euclid; well known as harmony leaders and songwriters - one of their songs is on Pete Seeger's "Swords into Plowshares" album. No folk website, but if you need cheering up, we recommend the YouTube video of their song "Velcro"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK9NV0DdaSI&t=61s ‡ San Francisco. Virtual SF MARITIME ASSOCIATION CHANTEY SING. Monthly on a Saturday Noon to 1:30pm, Pacific time; 8pm- 9.30pm UK time. Event information at https://maritime.org/evernts-home/chantey-sing/ If not leading a chantey, no registration needed. Day of event link to enter for live streaming: https://GikveButter.com/ChanteySing To pre-register to lead a chantey (fills up fast!): https://maritime.org/sea-chantey-sign-up/ Donations to the Association will be accepted during the event, which will be used to buy virtual technologies to broadcast more events from the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. |
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🄰 San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO FOLK MUSIC CLUB'S SINGS, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 1pm - 3 pm PDT = 9pm - 11pm UK time.
Whether you sing traditional songs or newer songs, a cappella or with your guitar, whether you play Old-Time, Irish, or other instrumental tunes, whether you dance contra, Irish, or swing, we’re always thrilled to meet new musicians!
To receive an invitation to the meeting: subscribe to our Harmony email list, via the website www.sffmc.org [added 19 Jun 2021]
🄰 The SAN FRANCISCO FOLK MUSIC CLUB, one of the leading folk music organizations in the Bay Area, is dedicated to the enjoyment, preservation and promotion of acoustic music in individual, family, and community life. Our members include singers, instrumentalists, performers, song writers, dancers and listeners.We have musical meetings twice a month. We put on two folk festivals and four camps every year. We publish the folknik folk music newsletter and we host the Harmony e-mail group and a Facebook page. www.sffmc.org [added 19 Jun 2021]
Whether you sing traditional songs or newer songs, a cappella or with your guitar, whether you play Old-Time, Irish, or other instrumental tunes, whether you dance contra, Irish, or swing, we’re always thrilled to meet new musicians!
To receive an invitation to the meeting: subscribe to our Harmony email list, via the website www.sffmc.org [added 19 Jun 2021]
🄰 The SAN FRANCISCO FOLK MUSIC CLUB, one of the leading folk music organizations in the Bay Area, is dedicated to the enjoyment, preservation and promotion of acoustic music in individual, family, and community life. Our members include singers, instrumentalists, performers, song writers, dancers and listeners.We have musical meetings twice a month. We put on two folk festivals and four camps every year. We publish the folknik folk music newsletter and we host the Harmony e-mail group and a Facebook page. www.sffmc.org [added 19 Jun 2021]
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🄰 Old Salem in Ballad and Song by Robert E Strom
🄰 Old Salem at Sea in Ballad and Song by Robert E Strom Old Salem in Ballad and Song is a collection of ballads and songs that have roots in Salem Massachusetts’ history through the oral and the written tradition. The songs, ballads and broadsides describe events and give a hint of Salem’s past and its influence in helping to shape America, both politically and socially. The book traces the history of Salem not only through ballads and songs but vintage photographs, postcards and newspaper clippings. The companion book, Old Salem at Sea in Ballad and Song is a collection of sea songs, shanties and ballads that reflects Salem’s rich maritime history and its relationship to the sea. The books are listed on Amazon and through our website: www.bobandjenstrom.com/news
🄰 Boston: LIVE FROM THE MERMAID'S TAVERN ONLINE EVENTS, numerous events, day varies,
includes ONLINE BALLAD SING or CHANTY SING Sundays, weekly, 2-5 EDT [= UK 7pm-10pm] • Weekly series of ballad sings and chantey sings Sundays 2-5 EDT [= UK 7pm-10pm] -- More details listed under Sunday, below • Weekly houseconcerts Thursdays 7:30 EDT [= UK 12.30 at night ....] • Special events (ballad workshop, MayDay sing, masterclass) • Cosponsorship of livestream events for Folk Song Society of Greater Boston For details see sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern and DATES above Ballad sing: a ballad is a song that tells a story. Bring us your ballads from renowned collections, local history, family tradition, or just ripping good yarns. Chanty sing: sadly, latency limits harmony, so we will gather in a song circle for solo chanteys, sea songs, maritime poetry, and entertainments at least faintly damp and salty. Transparent tech so we don’t waste valuable singing time. Zoom meetings for participants livestreamed to Facebook audience. Zoom links emailed to mailing list for security. Newsletter/blog links to other online sings and session calendars. Watch live events, and view recordings of live events, on facebook.com/digitalheritageconsulting/live Lynn Noel [added 9 Jul 2020] 🄰 ARTICLE: #FutureOfFolk: LYNN NOEL OF DIGITAL HERITAGE CONSULTING LOOKS AHEAD see Webpage: Future-of-folk 🄰 Digital CD release: "Gulf of St Lawrence", Lynn Noel Atlantic Canada is rich in traditional song and sense of place. From Newfoundland to New Brunswick and from Nova Scotia to PEI, I've been exploring both the region and its music since the 1970s as a camp counselor, park naturalist, touring artist, and author with Breakwater Books. My song "Topophilia" (love of place), originally released on Crosscurrents and reissued on A Woman's Way, grew from this roots music. This is a collection of campfire songs, learned and sung around the fire from Gros Morne National Park on Newfoundland's west coast to Camp Discovery in Cape Breton and Kouchibouguac National Park on the New Brunswick Gulf shore. French culture is interwoven with English, Scots, Gaelic and Micmac in this region, as you'll hear in the Maritime Mouth Music Medley. You'll find songs of the fishery and the lumber mills alongside songs for tramping, dancing, and yarning in the ballad and tall tale traditions. I hope that listening to these songs takes you back down home as much as singing them takes me. More details and to buy: see https://crosscurrentsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gulf-of-st-lawrence |
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‡ NH - PMFF CHANTEY SING. 2nd Saturdays, 8-10 PM London time An open chantey & maritime zoom-based sing with organizers and regulars of the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival. Shortly before each sing, we'll post zoom info on our website (http://www.pmffest.org/) and in the corresponding calendar entry at https://www.bostonsongsessions.org/virtual-sessions |
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‡ SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM’s monthly SEA CHANTEYS AND MARITIME MUSIC, New York City, continues - virtually.
1st Sundays, 2-4pm EST, this is 7-8pm UK time. From our living rooms and kitchens, and even from the deck of Wavertree, join us for our round-robin of shared sea songs, featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Listen in, lead or request a song, and belt out the choruses for your neighbors to hear. Hosted by singers from the New York Packet. The event is FREE. Sign up on southstreetseaportmuseum.org/chanteysing to receive the Zoom link 24 hours prior. The song-leader's list fills up in advance, but of course you are still welcome to register and enjoy singing along. If you'd like to lead a song, be sure to register at least a week before the sing. [added 2 Aug 2020] ‡ SYRACUSE PUB SING, Syracuse. Saturday, monthly, week varies Pub Sing: happens once a month on Zoom on a Saturday from 3-6 PM NYC time. For exact dates and details on registering email Karin Howe at syracusepubsing <at> gmail.com ------------ For our full list of virtual sessions (mostly UK), see Virtual-Folk webpage |
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🄰 DAVE MASON
currently based in Cincinnati, Ohio I was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne but grew up in Johannesburg, SA. I learned to play bagpipes at school and guitar during time in SA. Started writing my own songs 1980’s influenced by Cat Stevens, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon, Rodriguez, Shawn Phillips and SA artists like Fiona Tozer, Nibs van Der Spuy / Landscape Prayers, David Kramer, Koos du Plessis. Played various folk clubs and festivals in SA and UK 1990’s. Recently started writing and singing again after a 20 year hiatus. Busy working on my 6th folk album, I also have three books of bagpipe compositions available for free download. Folk Music: davemason.co.uk , https://davemasonmusic.bandcamp.com Bagpipes https://tummelyerwilkies.com Contact me ionasdad<at>gmail.com |
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International folk news from FW, the Folklife West magazine, below
FW has 3 sections: News; also Festival & Workshop Diaries, and Folklife Traditions (articles & news) As much as possible - but not everything - will be copied online. It is a print magazine and it's not possible to exactly reproduce it online. Roughly 2/3rds - the area News pages - is on this site. UK: FW by post from Folklife: the cost of £18 includes membership = news & online Members' Directory listings International: £18 but instead of posted, as a PDF sent by WeTransfer for you to download. Contact sam@folklife.uk for international bank transfer details (no cards, no PayPal, etc). |
Join Folklife , only £18 for 3 issues, for
FW: 1 Jan (print deadline 19 Nov), 1 May (print deadline 19 Mar), 1 Sep (print deadline 19 Jul), other details on Info webpage
- FW (Folklife West) posted to you, OR as a PDF via WeTransfer
- your news/publicity in FW, (each news item: up to 200 words, more if advertising),
- all copied to folklife.uk, this, our main site, with FW pages online, including detailed Festival and Workshop Diary
- amazing & very detailed online Directory, listings
- and FW (Folklife West) posted to you or as PDF via WeTransfer.......... contact us (Info webpage)
FW: 1 Jan (print deadline 19 Nov), 1 May (print deadline 19 Mar), 1 Sep (print deadline 19 Jul), other details on Info webpage
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This form is for our free emailed newsletter (monthly-ish), or just email sam@folklife.uk with the same details.
This is useful for you, with Updates for News, Directory, & Folklife Traditions (& deadline reminders). So we spend less time on admin/emails = more time for magazine & website. And know how many read this, & where, and so resource appropriately!
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Folklife Membership for Folklife West magazine, folk news & Folklife Traditions pages, post, or pdf via WeTransfer.
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For Folklife Membership payments ('Folklife' is a non-profit group):
-- or -- a small donation (our free-to-you websites cost us over £300 a year): BACS: Folklife, sort code 09-01-55, account 18675181. For our overseas bank codes, please email sam@folklife.uk Sterling only, bank transfers only. No payments via this site (no cards). |
∆ A posted magazine, and your publicity -- your folk news; + your folk listings added to Directory, mentioned in Updates.
TO JOIN FOLKLIFE ① ② ③ √ ①-- Data consent, opt-in form above √. ②-- Please email your address: sam@folklife.uk √.
③-- To pay: Folklife, sort code 09-01-55, account 18675181, by BACS, or phone banking
Or by cheque, email sam@folklife.uk for details. Cost details on next line √.
∆ Normally ... annual fee for members £18, UK post or overseas PDF via WeTransfer; or EU £27 posted. But Jan & May are smaller than usual, so
3 issues incl. Jan, £14 for 3 issues (Jan. & May each £2 less as smaller than usual). Or 3 issues starting May £16.
∆ Your publicity: your news in FW, and listings for online Directory (with summary in FW) -- we can draft, for you to amend
TO JOIN FOLKLIFE ① ② ③ √ ①-- Data consent, opt-in form above √. ②-- Please email your address: sam@folklife.uk √.
③-- To pay: Folklife, sort code 09-01-55, account 18675181, by BACS, or phone banking
Or by cheque, email sam@folklife.uk for details. Cost details on next line √.
∆ Normally ... annual fee for members £18, UK post or overseas PDF via WeTransfer; or EU £27 posted. But Jan & May are smaller than usual, so
3 issues incl. Jan, £14 for 3 issues (Jan. & May each £2 less as smaller than usual). Or 3 issues starting May £16.
∆ Your publicity: your news in FW, and listings for online Directory (with summary in FW) -- we can draft, for you to amend
