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MAY 2022    PRINT SUMMARY OF DIRECTORY ENTRIES
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Updates to May 2022 International summary printed page ​ 
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​          6.  FESTIVALS
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2022 Jun 10 - 12       CONNECTICUT SEA MUSIC FESTIVAL,  USA              http://ctseamusicfest.org/


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2. PERFORMERS added to our Online Directory
All Other Areas  https://www.folklife-directory.uk/perf-other.html

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo - International  
and Pf.1e    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo   ADDED:
USA
New Hampshire    🄰   CHRIS MADEN  
⇒  http://crism.maden.org/,  http://music.maden.org/
​⊕  Chris Maden, text nerd & chanteyman.    “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me...” — Emma Lazarus


NEW ENTRY
🄰 2022 Jun 10 - 12       CONNECTICUT SEA MUSIC FESTIVAL,  USA              http://ctseamusicfest.org/   
→    ESSEX, CT, USA.  Various venues including the historic Griswold Inn and the Connecticut River Museum.
⌂   Contact: Faye Ringel fayeringel@hotmail.com 860-608-3494.
Ticketed evening concerts https://www.eventbrite.com/e/connecticut-sea-music-festival-evening-concerts-tickets-301879318167
For more information, and to purchase advance sale tickets, visit 2022 Festival – Connecticut Sea Music Festival (ctseamusicfest.org)
⊕   The first Connecticut Sea Music Festival is free to the public (daytime events), the family-friendly maritime music festival presents  performers from a variety of musical traditions, steeped in the lore of the sea. Activities include a Family Stage, workshops, concerts, demonstrations of sailor skills, and a Symposium on the Music of the Sea, plus Evening concerts (ticketed, see above). 
       The streets and rafters of historic downtown Essex will ring with sea chanteys, as the Festival presents concerts, workshops, and demonstrations of traditional maritime skills. It  begins with a Symposium on the Music of the Sea from 9-5 on Friday, followed by an Evening Concert of traditional maritime music at 7 under the mainstage tent at  the Museum. On Saturday, music and workshops run from 10-5 at multiple venues, with an Evening Concert at 7. Sunday morning begins at 9:30 with a traditional maritime hymn sing- revival style!- under the big tent, and continues with music and workshops from 11- 3. The Festival concludes with an all-in concert on Sunday afternoon. 
       Online: only the Symposium will be livestreamed; we hope that Friday and Saturday night concerts will be available as audio only through an Internet radio station: iCRV  ICRVRadio.com
 
UPDATES for existing entry on Festivals and on International webpages
🄰  2022 Sep 24 - 25    THE PORTSMOUTH MARITIME FOLK FESTIVAL, USA     www.pmffest.org
* No June PMFF Second Saturday Zoom Sing - instead, at the Connecticut Sea Music Festival (see above).
* We had such a good time with the “Santy Anna” Big Sing last month, that we’re doing it again with “Rio Grande.” Wednesday 25 May, 3 pm EDT; see http://pmffest.org/2022/05/08/rio-grand-big-sing/ for details. Thanks to Advisory Committee member Linn Phipps and chantey sing regular Jim Lucas for arranging these!
* More performers for this year’s festival! West coast singer and songwriter Mary Garvey; Connecticut-based Skylark Trad Band (former Mystic Seaport chantey foreman Anayis Wright and former chantey staff Yves Corbiere and Kate McCann); and award-winning veteran performers Rick and Donna Nestler from New York are coming aboard, along with local favorites Great Bay Sailor, London Julie & Friends, Mudhook, The Portermen, and Two Old Friends. They join previously-announced headliners Vienna Carroll, David Coffin, and Cliff Haslam, plus Heather Wood and Don Sineti! See http://pmffest.org/2022-performers/ for pictures and bios.
* We’re really excited with how this year is shaping up, and eager to get back to the streets of Portsmouth! We hope to see you there!  
              Fair winds and following seas, Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival         Mailing list: info@pmffest.org

DATES  USA  --- Boston
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  LIVE FROM THE MERMAID'S TAVERN ONLINE.     
SUNDAYS 
1st, Online Ballad Sing;  3rd, Online Chantey & Tavern Sing, both 2-4 EDT [= UK 7pm-9pm]. 
THURSDAYS 3rd, concerts; SATURDAYS special events (usually on Saturdays)

For details see sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern​       Join the mailing list at http://mailinglist.mermaidstavern.com

May
  • Sunday, May 15: Chantey & Tavern Sing
  • Thursday May 19: Merry May with Alex Cumming
June
  • Sunday, June 5: Ballad Sing
  • June 10-12: Lynn Noel IN PERSON at CT Sea Music Festival
  • Thursday, June 16: IN PERSON/HYBRID Janie Meneely & Rob van Sante
  • Sunday, June 19: Chantey & Tavern Sing
July
  • Sunday, July 3: Ballad Sing
  • Sunday, July 17: Chantey & Tavern Sing
  • Thursday July 21: Canadian Songs with Maura Volante


For FESTIVAL DATES, see 6  FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DIARY below

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Our main Directory headings
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List 1:  VENUES live and Zoom

List 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS
           (Music & Song;
 
Dance; Spoken Word) 
List 3:  FOLK MEDIA
List 4:  FOLK SERVICES
List 5:  WORKSHOP PROVIDERS 
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WORKSHOP SERIES
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List 6:  FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DAIRY
List 7:   Folklife Societies:  
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List 8:  Folklife Studies & Institutions
List 9:  Seasonal Local Celebrations
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Within these main Directory headings, we have a huge list of sub-headings for our UK Directories;  
                    so we thought we'd offer this for international readers too.   Click below for details of our amazing list of categories.
DIRECTORY INDEX  (headings WE USE)                          ( CLICK TO OPEN! )
We can help -   email your details (see examples below) and we'll draft new entries for you to approve or change.

LIST 1:  VENUES live and Zoom
  •  ​​​For Venues layout - see below under   --------1. VENUES live and Zoom-----------------------   

LISTS 2 to 9 - click on category line, eg LIST 3: FOLK MEDIA  <M>, for a drop-down list of catgeories.  Feel free to suggest more!​
LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- MUSIC & SONG     <PF.1>
Pf.1a   Music/Song - Bands/Groups
Pf.1b   Music/Song - Duos
Pf.1c   Music/Song - Solo
Pf.1d   Choirs & Quires (and see List 5)
Pf.1e   Community & Street Bands
Pf.1f    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo
LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- DANCE     <PF.2>
Pf.2a   Folk Dance Callers
Pf.2b   Folk Dance Bands
Pf.2c   Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)
LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- SPOKEN WORD     <PF.3>
Pf.3a   Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Pf.3b   Poetry & Monologuists
​Pf.3c   Storytellers
LIST 3:  FOLK MEDIA     <M.>
M.1  Online Folk Magazines & Listings
M.2  Printed Folk Magazines & Listings
M.3  Folk Radio
LIST 4:  FOLK SERVICES     <S.>
S.1  Folk Journalists
S.2  
Agents, Managers, Promoters, MCs and Stage Management
S.3  Technical:  PA  &  Sound  Hire,  Engineers,  Studios
S.4  Website Design and Services
S.5  Print, Design, Illustration
S.6  Crafts and Makers 
S.7  Shops & other sales
S.8  Tourist Information Centres
LIST 5:  WORKSHOP PROVIDERS & WORKSHOP SERIES     <W.>
W.1   Workshop Providers  --- Study Centres, Folk Teachers, Tutors, Development Workers, Workshop Organisers
W.2  Members’ Continuing (longer-term) Workshop Series (eg termtime)  
<>    For 1-off workshops (whether 1 day or 1 week), see our FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DIARY webpage
LIST 6:  FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DIARY
You are welcome to send in festival diary entries - free.  
Please email at least 3 weeks in advance (we cannot easily copy Zoom chats), they will appear on this page.
A separate list of UK Festivals on webpage 🄵🅆  Festivals, workshops  is restricted to paid-up Members of Folklife and advertisers - currently we have no Festival-members outside the UK.

You may find it useful to include the following information.   ⊕ Note 200 word limit.
DATE - FESTIVAL / WORKSHOP NAME - Website
    →  VENUE up to 14 words eg City, State, other venue details
     ⌂   CONTACT As you wish, eg Contact Name, Phone, Cellphone, Address, Email
     ⊕   MORE DETAILS As you wish, eg guests, comments. ---- up to 200 words
List 7:  Folklife Societies:  Associations, Trusts, Organisations
List 7: Folklife Societies:  Associations, Trusts, Organisations
             - will also be copied to https://www.folklife-traditions.uk/directory-societies.html
 
      • A1-A2, general •  A3-A13, specific

A.1     General: National Societies
A.2    General: Regional and Local Societies
        •  A3-A13, specific
A.3    Cerdd Dant Societies
A.4    Folk Song Societies
A.5    Folk Music Societies
A.6    Folk Dance Societies
A.7    Folk Drama Societies
A.8    Folklore Societies
A.9    Storytelling Societies
A.10  Oral History Societies
A.11   Language & Dialect Societies
A.12  Folk Life Generally - Societies
A.13  Folk Life Specific Groups
• Yahoo web discussion groups are under appropriate [A.] category
List 8:  Folklife Studies & Institutions
List 8:   Folklife Studies & Institutions  
            
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https://www.folklife-traditions.uk/directory-folklife-studies.html
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Fs.1   Researchers and Authors
Fs.2   Lecturers and Speakers
Fs.3   Archives  *** 
Fs.4   Museums  *** 
Fs.5   Libraries  *** ​
Fs.6   Academic Courses & Research
Fs.7   Music Publishers & Recording Companies
Fs.8   Print Book Publishers & Booksellers
Fs.9   Print Journals
Fs.10 Online Resources (websites, & blogs with articles)
List 9:  Seasonal Local Celebrations
List 9:  Seasonal Local Celebrations   - local traditions - see also https://www.folklife-traditions.uk/directory-seasonal.html​
  • England, mainly from Doc Rowe;
  • Wales, from our Bwywd Gwerin website
  • ​occasionally elsewhere
This covers the full year, online.
Also, in FW, every issue, we print the current 4 months, with photos and notes.

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Jerusalem
LIVE & ZOOM   -----  For our full list of Zoom sessions (mostly UK), see  ⎈ Zoom list webpage

SUMMARY
SUNDAY

Israel.
  2x Month   JERUSALEM.                      ‡     LET’S SING TOGETHER (Virtually!) Jerusalem Folk Music Evening                 
                                                                               
www.facebook.com/pg/JM.Folk.Music.Evenings/posts/

USA.  1st.   Massachusetts.  BOSTON               🄰   Zoom MERMAID'S TAVERN: BALLAD SING.   sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern 
USA.  3rd.  Massachusetts.  BOSTON               🄰   Zoom MERMAID'S TAVERN: CHANTY & TAVERN SING.   sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern 
USA.  1st.   New York.  NEW YORK CITY.           ‡    Zoom SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM’s SEA CHANTEYS & MARITIME MUSIC
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southstreetseaportmuseum.org/chanteysing
TUESDAY
Australia.
  Weekly.      MELBOURNE                  🄰  VICTORIAN FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Zoom       www.vfmc.org.au
USA.  1st & 3rd.  California. SAN FRANCISCO   🄰  Zoom SAN FRANCISCO FOLK MUSIC CLUB'S SINGS  www.sffmc.org 
THURSDAY
USA.
  3rd.       Massachusetts.  BOSTON           🄰  Zoom MERMAID'S TAVERN: CONCERTS.   sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern 
SATURDAY
USA.
  Varies.   Massachusetts.  BOSTON           🄰  Zoom LIVE FROM THE MERMAID'S TAVERN EVENTS. sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern 
USA.  Monthly.   California.  SAN FRANCISCO    ‡   Virtual SF MARITIME ASSOCIATION CHANTEY SING.    https://maritime.org/chantey-sing/
USA.  2nd.   Massachusetts.  PORTSMOUTH     ‡   Zoom PMFF CHANTEY SING.            http://www.pmffest.org/

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*  DAY,  Country
*  How often.  Optional: state or region.  CITY.   NAME OF CLUB OR SESSION   website if any
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SUNDAY - Israel
2x Month   JERUSALEM.  ‡ LET’S SING TOGETHER (Virtually!) Jerusalem Folk Music Evening   www.facebook.com/pg/JM.Folk.Music.Evenings/posts/
            
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]

SUNDAY - USA
1st.   Massachusetts.  BOSTON  🄰   MERMAID'S TAVERN: BALLAD SING.   sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern​
             
Monthly on Sundays, 2-4 EDT [= UK 7pm-9pm] 
For details see sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern​ 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.  Transparent tech so we don’t waste valuable singing time. 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 

SUNDAY - USA
3rd.   Massachusetts.  BOSTON  🄰   MERMAID'S TAVERN: CHANTY & TAVERN SING.  sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern​
             
Monthly on Sundays, 2-4 EDT [= UK 7pm-9pm]  
For details see sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern​ 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 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 


SUNDAY - USA
1st.  New York.  NEW YORK CITY.     ‡ ​ SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM’s SEA CHANTEYS & MARITIME MUSIC, 
                                                        
southstreetseaportmuseum.org/chanteysing
                        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 son
g, be sure to register at least a week before the sing. [added 2 Aug 2020]

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TUESDAY - Australia
Weekly.    MELBOURNE                    🄰  VICTORIAN FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Zoom       www.vfmc.org.au
               Zoom session, hybrid with live event (tunes and songs, with an emphasis on Australian repertoire, but not exclusive)  Every Tuesday, 7.30-9.15pm Australian Eastern Summer Time (11 hours ahead of UK until 3 April 2022). Concert (hybrid) every 2nd Tuesday  Website: www.vfmc.org.au  Contact: www.vfmc.org.au

TUESDAY - USA
1st & 3rd.  California. SAN FRANCISCO             🄰  SAN FRANCISCO FOLK MUSIC CLUB'S SINGS  www.sffmc.org
                  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  The SAN FRANCISCO FOLK MUSIC CLUB is 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]

ɸ  San Francisco.  SF Folk Music Club https://www.sffmc.org  have a lot of virtual events, see their website
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THURSDAY - USA
3rd   Massachusetts.  BOSTON  🄰   MERMAID'S TAVERN 
CONCERTS.   sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern​
             
7:30 EDT [= UK 12.30 at night ....]

House concerts. For details see sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern​  Transparent tech so we don’t waste valuable singing time. 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 

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SATURDAY & OTHER - USA
Varies.   Massachusetts.  BOSTON  🄰 LIVE FROM THE MERMAID'S TAVERN EVENTS.   sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern​
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pecial events (usually) on Saturdays 
Special events such as ballad workshop, MayDay sing, masterclass. Details see sites.google.com/view/lynnoel/music/mermaidstavern​   Transparent tech so we don’t waste valuable singing time. 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

SATURDAY - USA
Monthly.  ​California.  SAN FRANCISCO                 ‡ Virtual SF MARITIME ASSOCIATION CHANTEY SING.     https://maritime.org/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.

SATURDAY - USA
2nd.   Massachusetts.  PORTSMOUTH           .  ​‡ ​PMFF CHANTEY SING.            http://www.pmffest.org/
         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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PERFORMERS - Pf.1 MUSIC & SONG
Pf.1a   Music/Song - Bands/Groups

Pf.1b   Music/Song - Duos
Pf.1c   Music/Song - Solo
Pf.1d   Choirs & Quires (and see List 5)
Pf.1e   Community & Street Bands
Pf.1f    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo
PERFORMERS - Pf.2 DANCE
Pf.2a   Folk Dance Callers

Pf.2b   Folk Dance Bands
Pf.2c   Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)
PERFORMERS - Pf.3 SPOKEN WORD
Pf.3a   Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers

Pf.3b   Poetry & Monologuists
​Pf.3c   Storytellers
LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- MUSIC & SONG     <PF.1>

Pf.1c   Music/Song - 
Solo

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SUMMARY
IRELAND                     
‡    BRENDAN KENNEDY         .............................
​USA   California          🄰   RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ  www.walkashore.com
USA   California          🄰   RIGGY RACKIN                  www.riggy.com 
USA   California          🄰   BEV PRAVER                     .............................
USA New Hampshire  🄰   CHRIS MADEN                  http://music.maden.org/


​DETAILS

IRELAND              ‡    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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​USA   California    🄰   RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ  www.walkashore.com
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

USA   California    🄰   RIGGY RACKIN: SIMPLE    www.riggy.com
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

USA   California    🄰   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

USA New Hampshire    🄰   CHRIS MADEN  
⇒  http://crism.maden.org/,  http://music.maden.org/
​⊕  Chris Maden, text nerd & chanteyman.    “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me...” — Emma Lazarus

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Pf.1e   Shanty Groups, Duos, solo
​SUMMARY
​USA   California    🄰   RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ  www.walkashore.com        DETAILS see Pf.1c Solo
USA   California    🄰   RIGGY RACKIN                  www.riggy.com                  DETAILS see Pf.1c Solo
USA New Hampshire  🄰   CHRIS MADEN            http://music.maden.org/   DETAILS see Pf.1c Solo

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​M.1  Online Folk Magazines & Listings
M.2  Printed Folk Magazines & Listings
M.3  Folk Radio
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CALENDAR of VIRTUAL SONG SESSIONS
M.1       Online Folk Magazines & Listings

​SUMMARY
IRELAND    
‡    FONN TRADITIONAL MUSIC & SONG   https://fonn.online
USA            
‡    CALENDAR of VIRTUAL SONG SESSIONS    bostonsongsessions.org​/virtual-sessions  
USA            🄰    COUNTRY DANCE & SONG SOCIETY'S ONLINE EVENTS CALENDAR https://www.cdss.org/community/events-calendar
USA            🄰 ​   SOME ALTERNATIVE ROOTS: DIARY, LISTINGS, AND MORE      www.somealternativeroots.com
USA            🄰    AMERICELTIC   https://americeltic.net
USA            🄰    AMERICELTIC CALENDAR  AmeriCeltic Calendar  
UK              🄵    FOLKLIFE WEST's ZOOM LIST  https://www.folklife.uk/zoom.html


DETAILS

IRELAND              ‡   FONN TRADITIONAL MUSIC & SONG   https://fonn.online
                                  Primarily, but not excusively, from Ireland.  
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.
   fonn is an online magazine devoted to traditional music and song – primarily, but not excusively, from Ireland.
The magazine includes news, reviews and essays along with images and videos.


USA  ‡   CALENDAR of VIRTUAL SONG SESSIONS    bostonsongsessions.org​/virtual-sessions  
               An invaluable resource for USA, UK, & more  (as pictured above) 
​​    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 <at> gmail.com

USA  🄰   COUNTRY DANCE & SONG SOCIETY'S ONLINE EVENTS CALENDAR https://www.cdss.org/community/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)

USA  🄰 ​  SOME ALTERNATIVE ROOTS: DIARY, LISTINGS, AND MORE      www.somealternativeroots.com
               Resources: USA and world
      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’.

USA   🄰    AMERICELTIC    www.AmeriCeltic.net / www.facebook.com/AmeriCeltic 
                 West Coast of U.S. and more.
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

​USA   🄰    AMERICELTIC CALENDAR  AmeriCeltic Calendar  
                 West Coast of U.S. and more.  Live and Zoom listings 
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.  As well as this public Calendar, we have a weekly newsletter: AmeriCeltic Newsletter   Read more about all our work on our About page here: www.AmeriCeltic.net/about


UK    🄵    FOLKLIFE's ZOOM LIST    https://www.folklife.uk/zoom.html
                Mostly UK zooms, + above
               "⎈ Zoom list" webpage  

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List 4:  Folk Services  (includes shops)

​List 5:  Workshop Providers & Workshop Series
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see categories list at top of page

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​​USA   🄰  2022 Jun 10 - 12       CONNECTICUT SEA MUSIC FESTIVAL,  USA              http://ctseamusicfest.org/    
→    ESSEX, CT, USA.  Various venues including the historic Griswold Inn and the Connecticut River Museum.
⌂   Contact: Faye Ringel fayeringel@hotmail.com 860-608-3494.
Ticketed evening concerts https://www.eventbrite.com/e/connecticut-sea-music-festival-evening-concerts-tickets-301879318167
For more information, and to purchase advance sale tickets, visit 2022 Festival – Connecticut Sea Music Festival (ctseamusicfest.org)
⊕   The first Connecticut Sea Music Festival is free to the public (daytime events), the family-friendly maritime music festival presents  performers from a variety of musical traditions, steeped in the lore of the sea. Activities include a Family Stage, workshops, concerts, demonstrations of sailor skills, and a Symposium on the Music of the Sea, plus Evening concerts (ticketed, see above). 
       The streets and rafters of historic downtown Essex will ring with sea chanteys, as the Festival presents concerts, workshops, and demonstrations of traditional maritime skills. It  begins with a Symposium on the Music of the Sea from 9-5 on Friday, followed by an Evening Concert of traditional maritime music at 7 under the mainstage tent at  the Museum. On Saturday, music and workshops run from 10-5 at multiple venues, with an Evening Concert at 7. Sunday morning begins at 9:30 with a traditional maritime hymn sing- revival style!- under the big tent, and continues with music and workshops from 11- 3. The Festival concludes with an all-in concert on Sunday afternoon. 
       Online: only the Symposium will be livestreamed; we hope that Friday and Saturday night concerts will be available as audio only through an Internet radio station: iCRV  ICRVRadio.com

​USA   🄰  2022 Sep 24 - 25    The PORTSMOUTH MARITIME FOLK FESTIVAL         www.pmffest.org
→    PORTSMOUTH, NH, USA, Various venues in downtown Portsmouth
⌂    The Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival.   info<AT>pmffest.org.    See www.pmffest.org , www.facebook.com/PMFF.NH 
⊕    Organized by local folk artists, the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival is a registered nonprofit with the mission of preserving and presenting the music of Portsmouth’s maritime heritage and keeping the Port City’s seafaring traditions alive.  It is a totally free festival, run by volunteers, and financed entirely by donations.
    Headliners: Vienna Carroll, David Coffin, and Cliff Haslam. Plus Don Sineti and Heather Wood. Stay tuned for more additions as the festival gets closer!

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List 7:  Folklife Societies: Associations, Trusts, Organisations
List 8:  Folklife Studies & Institutions
List 9:  Seasonal Local Celebrations
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