Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings

May 2002

Contents

  • Folksinger Bob Norman joins May 10 Song & Story Swap
  • PVFS hosts Lou & Peter Berryman, May 12
  • Fast Folk Retrospective
  • Calendar

Folksinger Bob Norman joins May 10 Song & Story Swap

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

Bob NormanFriday, May 10, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, Mass.  

Appearing as guest will be folksinger/songwriter, Bob Norman. 

Bob's gentle wit, intricate guitar and harmonica work, and passionate singing have charmed folk audiences across the country for more than 25 years. The roster of artists who have performed Bob Norman's songs is a diverse group which includes folk great Pete Seeger, blues and gospel singer Eric Bibb and Argentinian poet Bernardo Palombo. Bob is former editor of Sing Out!, the folk song magazine.

"The guy can write a folk song." -Dirty Linen

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 Colors.

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 at the Black Sheep on May 12

Lou & Peter BerrymanRounding out a fun-filled Mother's Day weekend in Amherst, the incomparable comic folk team Lou & Peter Berryman, will play a concert at the Black Sheep on Sunday at 7:00 p.m.  

Lou and Peter, who hail from Madison, Wisconsin, invariably leave their audiences chuckling, shaking their heads and singing the infectious Berryman songs to themselves.

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. 

Fast Folk: a community of singers and songwriters 

Fast Folk: a community of singers and songwritersFor nearly two decades, New York-based Fast Folk Magazine regularly published compilation albums featuring some of the freshest and artful folk music coming out of the Northeast.  More than 100 editions were issued though 1997 when the magazine closed its doors and donated its holdings to the Smithsonian.

Now Smithsonian Folkways Records has released a 34-track retrospective entitled Fast Folk: a community of singers and songwriters.  Shawn Colvin, Suzanne Vega, John Gorka, Richard Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky, David Massengill and our own Paul Kaplan are among the artists represented.

See http://www.folkways.si.edu/catalog/40135.htm. 

PVFS and Friends Upcoming Event Calendar

  • 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.  2nd Sunday Concert, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:00pm.  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 - Tom Neilson. The House, 768 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA.  7:00pm. 413-549-8271.
  • May 18 - Dennis Crommett. Unitarian Meetinghouse, 121 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm. 
  • May 18 - Stephen Kellogg & Lori McKenna. Club Helsinki, 284 Main St. Great Barrington, MA.  9:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • May 18 - Redding, Mandeville & Sweet, Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • May 19 - Cliff Eberhardt, Jim Henry, Mark Erelli, Stephen Kellogg. "Highway 61 Tribute."  Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • 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.
  • May 31 - Chris Smither w/ Celia. Club Helsinki, 284 Main St. Great Barrington, MA.  8:30pm.  413-528-3394.
  • Jun. 1 - Inca Sapi.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jun. 1 - Maple Ridge.  Montague Bookmill, Montague, MA.  8:00pm.  413-367-9206.
  • Jun. 1 - Dr. John/Jimmy Scott.  Mass. MoCa, North Adams, MA.  7:00pm.  413-662-5120.  
  • 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. 2 - Scott Helland. Flywheel, 2 Holyoke Street Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm. 413-527-5048. 
  • Jun. 2 - Andy May.  Stanley Park, Westfield, MA.  6:00pm.  413-568-9312.
  • Jun. 4 - Erin McKeown.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St. Great Barrington, MA.  8:30pm.  413-528-3394.
  • 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 - Scott Helland.  Fire & Water Cafe, 5 Old South St., Northampton, MA.   7:00pm.  413-586-8336.
  • 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 - Hugh Blumenthal.  Stone Soup Coffeehouse. at Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm. 413-256-8784.
  • Jun. 8 - Luna Mu.  Montague Bookmill, Montague, MA.  6:00pm.  413-367-9206.
  • Jun. 8 - Viva Quetzal. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 8 - Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • Jun. 9 - Ruthie Foster.  2nd Sunday Concert, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:00pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Jun. 9 - Youssou Sidibe.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  2:00pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jun. 9 - Richie & Kathy Mitnick.  Stanley Park, Westfield, MA.  6:00pm.  413-568-9312.
  • Jun. 9 - The Mammals.  CD Release Soiree, Dreamaway Lodge, 1342 Country Rd., Becket, MA.  413-623-8725.
  • Jun. 12 - Black Rebels, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Dr., Hadley, MA. 7:00pm.  413-584-4699.
  • Jun. 13 - Tom Rush plus Boris McCutcheon. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 14 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Eliot Bronson.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484.
  • Jun. 14 - Reed Foehl. Club Helsinki, 284 Main St. Great Barrington, MA.  8:30pm.  413-528-3394.
  • Jun. 15 - Joyce Katzberg.  Stone Soup Coffeehouse. at Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm. 413-256-8784.
  • Jun. 15 - Brooks Williams. Bull Run, Rt. 2A, Shirley, MA. 8:00pm.  978-425-4311.
  • Jun. 19 - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Dr., Hadley, MA. 7:00pm.  413-584-4699.
  • Jun. 20 - Nerissa & Katryna Nields. Club Helsinki, 284 Main St. Great Barrington, MA.  8:30pm.  413-528-3394.
  • Jun. 21 - Toshi Reagon. Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 22 - Blind Boys of Alabama & Koko Taylor.  Pioneer Valley Blues Festival, Three-county Fairgrounds, Northampton, MA.
  • Jun. 22 - Francis Doughty.  Leverett Spring Fling, Village Coop, Leverett, MA. 1:15pm.  413-367-9581.
  • Jun. 23 - Sound of New England.  Stanley Park, Westfield, MA.  6:00pm.  413-568-9312.
  • Jun. 26 - Tshibangu Kadima and Rumbafrica, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Dr., Hadley, MA. 7:00pm.  413-584-4699.
  • Jun. 28 - Maggie & Suzzy Roche. Club Helsinki, 284 Main St. Great Barrington, MA.  8:30pm.  413-528-3394.
  • Jun. 29 - Patricia Shih.  Stone Soup Coffeehouse. at Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm. 413-256-8784.
  • Jun. 29 - Richard Berman.  House concert, Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  Contact Julia at 413-772-6443.
  • Jun. 29 - Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion. Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox, MA.  5:45pm.  413-637-1600.
  • Jun. 29 - Southern Rail, 1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA. 7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jun. 30 - Laura Wetzler.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  2:00pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jul. 3 - Rani Arbo & Brooks Williams.  Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA.  413-665-3741.
  • Jul. 3 - Stockwell Brothers, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Dr., Hadley, MA. 7:00pm.  413-584-4699.
  • Jul. 6 - Bill Morrissey. Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • Jul. 3 - Horace Clarence Boyer and the Year of Jubilee III, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Dr., Hadley, MA. 7:00pm.  413-584-4699.
  • Jul. 5 - John Flynn, Troubadour Series, Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • Jul. 6 - John Flynn, Troubadour Series, Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  1:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • Jul. 6 - Bill Morrissey, Troubadour Series, Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • Jul. 10 - Hot Club of Cowtown.  West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA.  413-665-3741
  • Jul. 12 - Erica Wheeler.  Stone Soup Coffeehouse. at Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm. 413-256-8784.
  • Jul. 12 - Eric Underwood w/ Adam Michael Rothberg, Troubadour Series, Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • Jul. 13 - Arlo Guthrie, Troubadour Series, Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • Jul. 14 - Lui Collins, Dana Robinson, Ben Demerath.  2nd Sunday Concert, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:00pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Jul. 14 - Donna Lee Band.  Stanley Park, Westfield, MA.  6:00pm.  413-568-9312.
  • Jul. 16 - Lucinda Williams. Pines Theater, Look Park, Florence, MA.  7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul. 17 - Dave Mallett, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Dr., Hadley, MA. 7:00pm.  413-584-4699.

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