Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings

April 2002

Contents

  • Terry Kitchen will be April 12 Song & Story Swap guest
  • PVFS hosts Lou & Peter Berryman, May 12
  • Club 47 and the early Cambridge folk scene by Ed Smith
  • Pete Seeger coming to Holyoke
  • Lou's Reviews – Lewis Spratlan's Pulitzer-winning Life is a Dream
  • Calendar

Terry Kitchen to sing at April 12 Song & Story Swap

Please come share in an evening of music and stories at the April Pioneer Valley Folklore Society SONG & STORY SWAP.

Terry KitchenFriday, April 12, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, Mass.  

Appearing as guest will be Boston-area singer and songwriter, Terry Kitchen. 

A lyrical storyteller as much as a folksinger, Kitchen's compositions have won a number of songwriting awards, including top prizes at the 2000 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest and the 2000 USA Songwriting Competition. He has recorded six solo albums and frequently appears in coffeehouses and folk festivals throughout the Northeast.

Remarks "Victory Review" writer Richard Middleton, "Terry Kitchen’s songs are portraits of ordinary people and emotions, captured with extraordinary compassion, honesty and humor. A talented writer."

The Song & Story Swap is an event where people of all ages gather to share stories and songs that may be traditional, newly written, or of personal experiences. You can tell, sing, or lead everyone in singing, play an instrument or request a song or story.  Listeners are welcome, too.  Admission is free, with donations accepted.

The warm-up theme this month is Food.

The PVFS Song & Story Swap happens the 2ND FRIDAY of every month.  For information contact Paul Kaplan, (413)-253-9484 or Jeff Lee, (413)-256-0433 or visit http://www.filbert.com/pvfs.

Lou & Peter Berryman return to Amherst on May 12

Lou & Peter BerrymanMark your calendars for the return of the Wisconsin duo, Lou & Peter Berryman, May 12 at the Black Sheep Café in Amherst.  

Classifying this wildly creative and entertaining pair is nearly impossible.  Their clever original songs derive humor and poignancy from the ultra-mundane;  Orange Cocoa Cake re-enacts the recitation of a recipe over the phone while watching the kids;  Your State's Name Here offers a generic state anthem;  When Did We Have Sauerkraut? portrays cleaning out the refrigerator while reminiscing about the Vietnam War.  Need we say more?

The show will take place Sunday, May 12, 7:00 p.m. at the Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, Mass.  Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at For the Record, 194 N. Pleasant St., Amherst or by contacting Jeff Lee at (413)-256-0433. 

Club 47 and the Early Cambridge Folk Scene 

Club 47Club 47 on Mt. Auburn St. was the epicenter of the late fifties-early sixties folk scene in Cambridge, from whence a national folk revival sprouted.  As a teenage dishwasher and busboy, Ed Smith caught many of the club's headliners such as Joan Baez, Mimi Farina and the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, as well as several artists with Pioneer Valley connections.

Read Ed's recollection of the times, Club 47 and the Early Cambridge Folk Scene.
 

Pete Seeger in Holyoke 

Pete Seeger postage stampOn May 1, renowned singer, songwriter, & storyteller Pete Seeger and his grandson Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, will join the Springfield Community Chorus and other local performers for the Western Mass. Jobs with Justice May Day Celebration.

The event takes place at 7:00 p.m. at the United Congregational Church, 395 High St, Holyoke, Mass.  Tickets are $15.  Contact AFSC at 413-584-8975 for info.

More information is also available at the WMass JwJ web site.

Lou's Reviews – Lewis Spratlan's Pulitzer-winning Life Is a Dream

Lewis SpratlanWhat do Amherst College music professor, Lewis Spratlan, and Ludwig van Beethoven have in common?  Both suffered the frustration of being unable to hear the performance of their masterworks.  Beethoven because he was deaf; Lewis Spratlan because of the unhappy financial realities of the opera business – despite the fact that his work, Life Is a Dream, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music!

Lou Wigdor recounts the fascinating story behind Mr. Spratlan's accomplishment in The Opera Is a Dream?.

 

PVFS and Friends Upcoming Event Calendar

  • Apr. 11 - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer.  Davis Center, Smith College, Northampton, MA.  9:00pm.  413-585-4940.  
  • Apr. 12 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Terry Kitchen.  Black Sheep Cafe, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484.
  • Apr. 12 - Nickel Creek plus Eddie From Ohio. Calvin Theater, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr. 12 - Annie Wenz. Performance Music, 126 Elm Street, Westfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-568-5383.
  • Apr. 13 - Katryna & Nerissa Nields. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00 & 9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr. 13 - Josee Vachon. Hall of Nativity of Blessed Virgin, Chicopee, MA.   413-532-9421.
  • Apr. 13 - Sam Shaber & Edie Carey. Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA.   9:00pm.
  • Apr. 13 - Dan Zanes & the Rocket Ship Review. Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, MA. 2:00pm.  413-443-7171.
  • Apr. 13 - Juan-Carlos Formell & Frank Bell.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St. Great Barrington, MA.  9:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • Apr. 14 - Claudia Schmidt.  Stone Soup Coffeehouse. at Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm. 413-256-8784.
  • Apr. 14 - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer/Ben Demerath.  Second Sunday Concert, Art Bank, 22 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  6:30pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Apr. 14 - Five College World Music Festival.  Red Barn, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. 1:00pm.
  • Apr. 14 - Acappelooza.  Blanchard Campus Center, Mt. Holyoke College, So. Hadley, MA. 1:00pm.
  • Apr. 14 - Ani Difranco/Dan Bern. John M. Greene Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA. 8:00pm.  800-477-6849.
  • Apr. 15 - Music of South India.  Buckley Recital Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, MA.  8:00pm.  
  • Apr. 17 - Kate Rusby. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr. 18 - Tuck & Patti. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr. 19 - Concert for the Earth.  Fine Arts Center, University of Mass., Amherst, MA.  8:00pm.  413-545-2227.
  • Apr. 19 - Davis Bates.  Rowe Town Hall, Zoar Rd., Rowe, MA.  1:00pm.   413-625-0202.
  • Apr. 19-21 - New England Folk Festival. Natick High School, 15 West St., Natick, MA. 508-229-2854.
  • Apr. 20 - Tim Harrison.  Coffee & Soul Coffeehouse, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Apr. 20 - A Capella Festival.  Greenfield High School, 1 Lenox Ave., Greenfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-772-2168.
  • Apr. 20 - Laura Wetzler.  Jewish Community Center, 742 Main St., Amherst, MA.  8:00pm.  413-256-0160.
  • Apr. 20 - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem. Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall, Wendell, MA. 7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • Apr. 20 - Be Good Tanyas.  Mass. MoCa, North Adams, MA.  7:00pm.  413-662-5120.  
  • Apr. 21 - Molly Scott, Davis Bates, Pete Seigel, John Porcino, more.  Earth Day Celebration, Amherst Common, Amherst, MA.  11:00am.
  • Apr. 21 - Sweet Honey In The Rock. Calvin Theater, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr. 21 - Joshua Nelson.  Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College, Northampton, MA.  1:00pm.
  • Apr. 21 - Richie Havens. Veritas Hall, Elms College, Chicopee, MA.  8:00pm.  413-594-2761.
  • Apr. 22 - Fairport Convention. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr. 25 - Greg Brown plus Jeff Lang. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00 & 9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr. 25 - The Buena Vista Social Club presents Omara Portuondo. Calvin Theater, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr. 25 - Peter Mulvey.  Davis Center, Smith College, Northampton, MA.  9:00pm.  413-585-4940.
  • Apr. 25 - Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St. Great Barrington, MA.  8:30pm.  413-528-3394.
  • Apr. 26 - Stephen Kellogg Band plus Deb Talan. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr. 26-28 - Nancy Mellon; Storytelling as a Healing Art Workshop.  Center for Cultural Evolution, Colrain, MA.  603-654-2982.
  • Apr. 27 - Rona Leventhal.  Stone Soup Coffeehouse. at Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm. 413-256-8784.
  • Apr. 27 - Karaugh Brown.  Fire & Water Cafe, 5 Old South St., Northampton, MA.   8:00pm.  413-586-8336.
  • Apr. 27 - Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein, Michael Cicone.  U'n'I Coffeehouse, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA. 8:00pm.  413-562-3990.
  • Apr. 27 - Josee Vachon. All Saints Parish Hall, 17 North Street, Ware, MA.   413-967-5090.
  • Apr. 27 - Patty Griffin, Voices on the Verge, Kris Delmhorst, more.  W.A.M! Festival, Chapin Auditorium, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.  11:00am. 413-530-1556.
  • Apr. 27 - The Villa Jidiots.  Montague Bookmill, Montague, MA.  8:00pm.    413-367-9206.
  • Apr. 28 - Rano Arbo, Sarah Pirtle. Indoor Action, 1385 Bernardston Rd., Greenfield, MA.  1:00pm.
  • Apr. 28 - George Wilson.  "In the Groove" Fiddle Workshop.  Amherst, MA.  1:00pm.  413-253-4058.
  • Apr. 30 - Davis Bates.  Williamstown Senior Center, Williamstown, MA.  11:00am.   413-458-8250.
  • May 1 - Pete Seeger, Tao Todriguez-Seeger. United Congregational Church, 395 High St, Holyoke, MA. 7:00pm.  413-584-8975.
  • May 1 - Pamela Means. Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA.
  • May 2 - Young Masters, an evening of Hindustani Music. Music Recital Hall, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. 8:00pm.  413-559-4850.
  • May 2  - Brooks Williams.  Wachusett Inn, Rt. 2, Westminster, MA.  7:30pm.  978-874-2000.
  • May 3 - Susan Werner. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 3 - Matt Haimovitz.  Montague Bookmill, Montague, MA.  8:00pm.    413-367-9206.
  • May 3 - Cliff Eberhardt with Lynn Miles. Bull Run, Rt. 2A, Shirley, MA. 8:00pm.  978-425-4311.
  • May 4 - Will Fudeman.  Stone Soup Coffeehouse. at Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm. 413-256-8784.
  • May 4 - Francis Doughty.  Fire & Water Cafe, 5 Old South St., Northampton, MA.   7:00pm.  413-586-8336.
  • May 4 - Sloan Wainwright, Dorothy Scott, Susan McKeown.  Fire & Water Cafe, 5 Old South St., Northampton, MA.   8:00pm.  413-586-8336.
  • May 4 - Brooks Williams plus Terence Martin. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 4 - Arnab Chakrabarty. Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. 8:00pm. 
  • May 4 - Josee Vachon. Holy Rosary Parish Hall, Gardner, MA.  7:00pm.  978-632-4594.
  • May 4 - Bill Morrissey. Memorial Hall, 198 Main St., Monson, MA. 8:00pm.  413-283-8978.
  • May 4 - Maple Ridge.  Montague Bookmill, Montague, MA.  8:00pm.    413-367-9206.
  • May 5 - Cheryl Wheeler plus Kenny White. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 5 - Ben Demerath. Northampton Community Music Center, 139 South St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-585-0001.
  • May 5 - Margo Hennebach & Mark Saunders. Northampton Community Music Center, 139 South St., Northampton, MA.  413-585-0001.
  • May 5 - Viva Quetzal.  Cinco de Mayo Concert, Williston Academy, Easthampton, MA.  2:00pm.
  • May 5 - Gideon Freudmann.  Mayfest, Simon's Rock College, Great Barrington, MA.  2:00pm.   
  • May 9 - Maria Muldaur.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St. Great Barrington, MA.  8:30pm.  413-528-3394.
  • May 9 - John Gorka/Alice Peacock. Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, MA. 8:00pm.  413-443-7171.
  • May 9  - Stephanie Corbert, Gideon Freudmann.  Wachusett Inn, Rt. 2, Westminster, MA.  6:00pm.  978-874-2000.
  • May 10 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Bob Norman.  Black Sheep Cafe, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484.
  • May 10 - John Gorka plus Alice Peacock. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 11 - Chanterelle.  Common School Children's Festival, Amherst Common, Amherst, MA.  413-256-8959.
  • May 11 - Relative Sight.  Stone Soup Coffeehouse. at Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm. 413-256-8784.
  • May 11 - Michelle Shocked. One Pearl St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 11 - Carol Noonan & Paul Kaplan. St. James Coffeehouse, Greenfield, Mass. 7:00pm.  413-772-2213.
  • May 11 - They Might Be Giants.  Mass. MoCa, North Adams, MA.  413-662-5120.
  • May 12 - Lou & Peter Berryman.  Black Sheep Cafe, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:00pm.  413-256-0433.
  • May 12 - Klezamir.  Nat'l Yiddish Book Center, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.  1:30 & 3:00pm.  413-256-4900.
  • May 12 - Diane Sanabria.  Bangs Community Center, 70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-4171.
  • May 12 - Peter Mulvey.  Second Sunday Concert, Art Bank, 22 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  6:30pm.  413-625-2580.
  • May 12 - Holly Near.  Unitarian Universalist Society, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA. 3:00pm.  413-525-7487.
  • May 14 - Shana Morrison. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 16 - Vance Gilbert.  Wachusett Inn, Rt. 2, Westminster, MA.  7:30pm.  978-874-2000.
  • May 16 - Bill Keith, Lorraine Lee Hammond, many more.  Banjo Extravaganza Concert, National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA.  7:30pm.  781-209-1130.
  • May 17 - Tret Fure.  Northampton Center for the Arts, 17 New South St., Northampton, MA.  8:00pm. 413-584-7327.
  • May 17 - Arlo Guthrie.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • May 18 - Anne Louise White.  Stone Soup Coffeehouse. at Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm. 413-256-8784.
  • May 18 - Mike Agranoff.  U'n'I Coffeehouse, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA. 8:00pm.  413-562-3990.
  • May 18 - Transglobal.  Montague Bookmill, Montague, MA.  8:00pm.  413-367-9206.
  • May 18 - Bill Staines.  Coffee & Soul Coffeehouse, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-773-5018.
  • May 18 - Marsia Shauron. Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall, Wendell, MA. 7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • May 18 - Redding, Mandeville & Sweet, Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • May 19 - Annie Wenz.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  2:00pm.  978-544-5200.
  • May 23 - Adam Bergeron.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • May 23  - Gideon Freudmann.  Wachusett Inn, Rt. 2, Westminster, MA.  7:30pm. 978-874-2000.
  • May 26 - Broque.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  2:00pm.  978-544-5200.
  • May 26 - Viva Quetzal.  Stanley Park, Westfield, MA.  6:00pm.
  • May 30 - Sonya Kitchell. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 30 - Chanterelle.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • May 23  - Laurie Lewis Band.  Wachusett Inn, Rt. 2, Westminster, MA.  7:30pm. 978-874-2000.
  • May 31 - Kim Zombik.  Montague Bookmill, Montague, MA.  8:00pm.  413-367-9206.
  • Jun. 1 - Inca Sapi.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jun. 2 - Andy Statman Trio.  Nat'l Yiddish Book Center, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.  1:00pm.  413-256-4900.
  • Jun. 2 - Richard Shindell plus Lori McKenna. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 6 - Francis Doughty and Richard Chase.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jun. 6  - Mustard's Retreat.  Wachusett Inn, Rt. 2, Westminster, MA.  7:30pm. 978-874-2000.
  • Jun. 7 - Annie Wenz, Westside Taste on the Common, West Springfield, MA.  4:00pm.
  • Jun. 7 - Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • Jun. 7-9 - Paul Winter - Music for Everyone Workshop.  Rowe Conference Center, Rowe, MA.  413-339-4954.
  • Jun. 8 - Cheryl Wheeler, Plainfield Congregational Church, Rt. 116, Plainfield, MA. 7:00pm.  413-634-2258.
  • Jun. 8 - Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • Jun. 9 - Ruthie Foster.  Second Sunday Concert, Art Bank, 22 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  6:30pm.  413-625-2580.

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