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Australian singer-songwriter BRUCE WATSON will be returning to the UK in 2023, following his inaugural successful tour in 2019.
         He is a longtime favourite of the Australian folk scene, having appeared at over 180 folk festivals as well as innumerable folk clubs and other venues across Australia and New Zealand. His performances are joyful and thoroughly engaging, with witty lyrics and energetic presentation.  He is a masterful craftsman of songs, be they evocative and heart wrenching, or side-splittingly funny, and he loves nothing more than having people sing along with him. Eric Bogle has described him as “the best songwriter I have seen in a long time.”  Melbourne folk institution The Boite says he is “an Australian folk hero!”
       If your folk club is interested in inviting Bruce to be a guest performer in September or October 2023, please check out the links below and contact him.
Website: http://www.brucewatsonmusic.com
Email: jandbwatson<at>gmail.com
Listen: https://brucewatsonmusic.bandcamp.com
Watch live showcase video: https://youtu.be/yRa-xpPQQ_Q
            Already booked for Llantrisant Folk Club for October 2023 !


USA 

LISA NULL  Sad news about Lisa, well known to many of us from Zoom.  Please see below.

​USA, Virtual Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival, 25 Sept 2022 - help please!
From Linn Phipps 
It’s just under two weeks until the start of our live and participative Virtual Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival, which will be running in parallel with the in-person PMFF (itself partially live-streamed).  The schedule is here http://pmffest.org/2022-virtual-pmff
We still have some volunteer gaps in our volunteer roster for people to help with Front Desk, Session Assistant and Tech Support roles (see attached). Virtual volunteers please contact Virtual PMFF Co-ordinator Linn Phipps via her website https://linnphippsfolk.co.uk/contact/ or info@<at>pmffest.org
For the virtual festival, where you can come and sing via Zoom, on 25 September event, I will circulate the link to participants about 24 hours in advance. 
Thank you so much and see you soon,
Linn
Co-ordinator, Virtual PMFF   + 44 7917 564440 (UK) – please use email or what’s app rather than text due to cost of transatlantic texts.
Please see International webpage for details of PMFF, also in print magazine page 52.


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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
🄰  Sep 24 - 25    THE PORTSMOUTH MARITIME FOLK FESTIVAL, USA ~ LIVE & ZOOM    www.pmffest.org
→    LIVE: PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire, USA, Various venues in downtown Portsmouth   ZOOM: see below
⌂    The Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival.   info@pmffest.org.    See www.pmffest.org, www.facebook.com/PMFF.NH 
⊕    LIVE: 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!
⊕    ZOOM: We believe this to be the first time that a Folk Festival has run both live and live-streamed AND with an integral Virtual component, all at the same time!   This is a free folk festival, donations to help meet costs welcome to: https://portsmouth-maritime-folk-festival.square.site/  
The Virtual PMFF will run on Zoom. Please see details below on how to register and join. Here’s the plan… 
Sep 25 Sunday 2022 ET (US Eastern Time]  / UK time (1) Break-out room “Morning Light”,  (2) Break-out room “Noonday”.
    Noon-1pm ET / UK 5-6pm: (1) Sara Banleigh:”Sea Shanties at the Movies: Maritime Songs in Film and Television”.
    1-2pm ET / 6-7pm: (1) Janet Bee Brown storytelling and shanties; (2) Trevor Clarke - Song Circle.
    2-3pm ET / UK 7-8pm:  (1) Bob Zentz and Co: live from Yorktown Folk Festival.
    3-4pm ET / UK 8-9pm:  (1) David Kidman Song Circle; (2) Workshop – Brigitte Kloareg.
    4-5pm ET / UK 9-10pm: (1) Shanty Big Sing “Round the Horn”, til late – co-hosted Linn Phipps & Jim Lucas.
Register to join us at the Festival and receive the joining link 24 hours prior to the event:
     https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14rOiTs-74WOBZevD7iEE4YJDG_B3qTcKTO28-a8ZZ4Q/prefill
Any questions, please contact Virtual PMFF Co-ordinator Linn Phipps via her website https://linnphippsfolk.co.uk/contact or info<at>pmffest.org


DATES  USA  --- Boston
🄰  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
Live From The Mermaid’s Tavern  - on Zoom
Twice-monthly sessions on first and third Sundays, monthly concerts third Thursdays, special events as the occasion requires.
November
Sunday, November 6: Ballad Sing
Thursday, November 17: Maura Volante in Concert
Sunday, November 20: Chantey & Tavern Sing
December
Sunday, December 4: Ballad Sing
Thursday, December 15: Saro Lynch in Concert
Sunday, December 18: Chantey & Tavern Sing
Join the mailing list at http://mailinglist.mermaidstavern.com

For FESTIVAL DATES, see 6  FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DIARY below

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Festivals for next 12 months+  welcome - see ② International Directory,  ​List 6:  Festivals & Workshops Diary in the DIRECTORY INDEX below.
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LISA NULL

Sad news about Lisa, well known to many of us from Zoom.
Thanks to John Baxter for forwarding this.

Elisabeth Higgins Null, also known as Lisa Null, partner of Tifereth Israel member Charlie Baum for the last thirty years, died July 19, 2022, 20 Tamuz 5782, at the age of 79. She is also survived by her son, Jacob Null, brothers Daniel and Alexander, and nieces, nephews and grandnieces. She was predeceased by her son John Null, and her brothers Dick and Mark Higgins.
        Lisa was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and she grew up there and in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, St. Augustine, Florida, and especially New York City. She graduated from the Brearley School in New York and then Sarah Lawrence College. She went on to do graduate study in folklore at University of Pennsylvania (M.A.), history at Yale University (M. Phil.), and library science at Catholic University (MLIS). Her marriage to Henry Null produced two children, John and Jacob, but it ended in divorce.
         A lifelong interest in folklore and history led her to co-found Green Linnet Records with her friend Patrick Sky. Lisa also developed a career as a professional folk-singer, specializing in traditional songs, starting in the late 1970s and early 1980s. With her friend, the guitarist Bill Shute, she recorded two albums on Green Linnet, later re-released by Folk Legacy and now available through Smithsonian Folkways, The Feathered Maiden and Other Ballads and American Primitive. As a performer, she toured the United States, Canada, and England, and appeared several times on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” show. Her reputation was of being one of the finest song researchers and presenters—"when she sings a song, it stays sung!” was one of the more memorable praises she received. She was known for her strong alto voice and often sang a cappella, especially as growing infirmities and arthritis made it difficult to shlep and play instruments.
         Lisa came to the DC area in 1990 to do research for her dissertation at Yale, although she never did finish it. It was to be an examination of folklore sources for historians, centering on an incident in the War of 1812. She met Charlie at a party in 1991 at a house around the corner from where she and Charlie lived since 1995. She was having trouble “booting her Mac,” and Charlie volunteered to help her, teaching her to play around with the computer instead of fearing it. He brought along a floppy disc containing digitized music from Lena Bourne Fish, an obscure New Hampshire source singer for many folklorists and song collectors. Lisa didn’t even know her computer was capable of playing music, but the disc established that they were kindred souls, and Charlie (with a grin) sometimes credits Fish as being their matchmaker. 
Lisa taught courses in American Musical Life at Georgetown University. She worked at the Library of Congress when they were first figuring out how to digitize and make their collections available on the Internet. She then worked as a substantive editor, helping writers research and edit their books, perhaps most notably helping John Dickerson write his biography of his mother, the pioneering woman journalist Nancy Dickerson, titled “On Her Trail.” She helped others such as Peggy Seeger research materials for their album and CD liner notes. Lisa also devoted much of her later time to organizing folk events (often with Charlie), and to teaching and coaching singers who wanted to sing better or expand their repertoires, especially a cappella singers of traditional material.
          Health issues plagued Lisa throughout, Severe asthma caused her to give up her career as a touring folk-singer in the 1980s.  She spent her last months at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, but realizing her time was limited, determined to live them to the fullest. Her room at the Hebrew Home became a salon for good conversationalists and musician friends. With Zoom song-circles, Lisa developed friends from all around the world, and continued to participate in them and make music with friends both virtual and in her room, right through her last weekend. 
          In 2013, Lisa became seriously ill with heart and respiratory problems and, faced with the real prospect of not recovering, set about recording the songs she loves “while she still can”. She recorded and released `the double-CD set Legacies on the Folk Legacy label, which was later acquired by Smithsonian Folkways. Charlie Baum designed the packaging and the 72-page accompanying booklet. Among the tracks are a song by Jean Ritchie partially based on Tumbalalaika, “Andy Goodman (To His Mother),” about the murdered civil rights activist, and the song Charlie Baum wrote and sings as a duet with Lisa, “Will You Love Me in the Morning.” The Jean Ritchie song was so obscure that when the Ritchie family was asked for permission to record it, Jon Pickow (Jean’s son) said, “I don’t think Mom wrote that one”—but she did! The harp player on "Andy Goodman" is David Scheim, who first introduced Charlie to TI back in the 1990s.
         May the family be comforted and her memory be a blessing.
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LIST 1:  VENUES live and Zoom
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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.>
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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)  
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A.5    Folk Music Societies
A.6    Folk Dance Societies
A.7    Folk Drama Societies
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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.
                                                                               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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*  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 song, 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​
             Special 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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RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ

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

​​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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Folklife Studies & Traditions:   Folklife Societies news & diary   Recordings announced  Books announced & adverts 
From Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
Folklife Societies: Associations, Trusts, Organisations; Folklife Studies & Institutions;  Seasonal Local Celebrations, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe,

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