Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings -- June 2004

Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings	June 2004

Contents

Blues guitarist Daniel Keene will join June 11 Song & Story Swap
64 Summer folk festivals and series
Paul Kaplan plays New Salem concert June 13
Calendar of Western Mass. folk events

Daniel Keene will join June 11 Song & Story Swap

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

Friday, June 11, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, Mass.

Joining the event as guest performer this month will be blues guitarist Daniel Keene. A veteran of hard driving bands such as Nightstomp and Boston Blues Express, Keene toured the U.S. with the latter group and helped produce their 1997 recording, Git On Board. During the past four years he has performed solo on acoustic and National Steel guitar, offering up a repertoire of traditional American delta blues and folk music.

The warm-up theme this month is Wishes.

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.

Nearby summer festivals and series

Roll out those lazy, hazy crazy days of summer, and feast your ears! Here are more than sixty summer folk fests and series in Massachusetts and neighboring states.

May 9-Sep. 11 - 1794 Meetinghouse Summer Series, New Salem, MA
May 13-16 - Banjo Camp North, Groton, MA
May. 14-Sep. 5 - Troubadour Series, Great Barrington, MA
May 23-Sep. 5 - Stanley Park Sunday Concerts, Westfield, MA
May 28-Sep. 9 - Pinewoods Dance & Music Workshops, Plymouth, MA
May 29 - New England Fiddle Contest, Hartford, CT
Jun. 1-6 - Cape Cod Celtic Festival, Cape Cod, MA
Jun. 5 - Sustainable Living Festival, Coventry RI
Jun. 9-Jul. 28 - Porter-Phelps-Huntington Folk Traditions, Hadley, MA
Jun. 10-13 - Sea Music Festival, Mystic, CT
Jun. 11-13 - Irish Connections Festival, Canton, MA
Jun. 18-20 - Fairfield County Irish Festival, Bridgeport, CT
Jun. 19-20 - Clearwater Festival, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Jun. 20 - Django in June, Northampton, MA
Jun. 20 - Aug. 21 - Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camps, Kingston, NY
Jun. 23-Aug. 18 - Watermelon Wednesdays, Whately, MA

Jun. 24-27 - Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival, Weston, VT

Jun. 25-27 - Old Songs Festival, Altamont, NY
Jun. 26 - Western Mass. Highland Games, Greenfield, MA
Jun. 27 - Stark Oldtime Fiddle Contest, Stark, NH
Jun. 13-Sep. 18 - Energy Park Summer Program, Greenfield, MA

Jul. 1-Sep. 2 - Stearns Square CityBlock Party Concerts, Springfield, MA

Jul. 2-Aug. 25 - Agawam Summerfest 2004, Agawam, MA

Jul. 7-Aug. 27 - CityBlock Lunch Concerts, Springfield, MA

Jul. 3-4 - Greater New Bedford Summerfest, New Bedford, MA

Jul. 9-11 - Basin Bluegrass Festival, Brandon, VT

Jul. 11-17 - Middlebury Festival on the Green, Middlebury, VT
Jul. 10-11 - SolarFest, Poultney, VT
Jul. 11-17 - Festival on the Green, Middlebury, VT
Jul. 11-Sep. 2 - Great Waters Music Series, Wolfeboro, NH
Jul. 16-17 - Green River Festival, Greenfield, MA
Jul. 17 - Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival, Northampton, MA
Jul. 17-18 - Stratton Village Folk Festival, Stratton, VT
Jul. 18-24 - Summer Acoustic Music Week #1, Center Harbor, NH
Jul. 18-24 - World Voices, World Visions, Kingston, RI
Jul. 18-Aug. 31 - Pines Theater Summer Music Festival, Northampton, MA
Jul. 22-25 - Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hillsdale, NY
Jul. 23-25 - Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell, MA
Jul. 24 - Blackstone Valley Celtic Festival, Sutton, MA

Jul. 30-Aug. 1 - Champlain Valley Folk Festival, Ferrisburgh, VT

Jul. 30-Aug. 1 - Great Waters Folk Festival, Wolfeboro, NH
Aug. 5-8 - Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival, East Hartford, CT
Aug. 2-6 - Fiddle Apprentice Camp, Amherst, MA
Aug. 6-8 - Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI
Aug. 6-8 - Newport Guitar Festival, Newport, RI
Aug. 6-8 - Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival, West Campton, NH
Aug. 7-8 - SoNo Arts Celebration, South Norwalk, CT
Aug. 7-14 - Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School, Boston, MA
Aug. 12-15 - Vermont Storytelling Festival, Stratton, VT
Aug. 18 - Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival, Alburg, VT
Aug. 21-22 - Drums Around the World, Amherst, MA

Aug. 22-28 - Summer Acoustic Music Week #2, Center Harbor, NH
Aug. 26-Aug. 29 - Celebrate Holyoke Festival, Holyoke, MA
Aug. 28 - Barre Folk Festival, Barre, MA

Sep. 17-18 - Irish 2000 Fest, Altamont, NY

Sep. 17-19 - Boston Folk Festival, Boston, MA

Sep. 17-19 - New Haven Folk Festival, New Haven, CT
Sep. 17-19 - Northeast Squeeze-In, Washington, MA
Sep. 18 - One World Fair, Cummington, MA
Sep. 18 - John Putnam Fiddler's Reunion & Folk Festival, Greenfield, MA
Sep. 18 - North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival, Orange, MA
Sep. 25-26? - Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival, Portsmouth, NH
Oct. 15-17 - Old Time Music Camp North, Groton, MA
Oct. 15-17 - Three Apples Storytelling Festival, Harvard, MA

Paul Kaplan stages June 13 concert in New Salem

Paul Kaplan will be making an area concert appearance at the 1794 Meetinghouse on the common in New Salem, Mass. The show is at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 13, and tickets, priced at $10 for adults and $8 for children and seniors, may be purchased at the New Salem General Store, online at http://www.1794meetinghouse.org/, or by calling 978-544-5200.

Learn more about Paul at his web site, http://www.paulkaplanmusic.com.

Incidentally, Paul's volunteer stint as host of the monthly PVFS Song & Story Swaps just passed the six-year mark. We offer him a hearty thanks!

Western Mass. Folk Calendar

Jun. 9 - Jolie Holland, Jerree Small. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 10 - Kaki King, Christian Hine. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 11 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Daniel Keene. Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA. 7:30pm. 413-253-9484.
Jun. 11 - Karaugh Brown, Rachel McCartney, Meg Hutchinson. Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA. 8pm. 413-527-3700.
Jun. 11 - Bo Bo Dank. Turningstone Coffeehouse, 233 Main Street, Greenfield, MA. 8pm. 413-772-0831.
Jun. 11 - Duke Robillard, Mark Nomad. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 11 - Benevento-Russo Duo, The 5th Pocket. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 10pm. 413-586-8686.
June 12 - Girl Howdy. Amherst Brewing Company, 24 N. Pleasant St.,
Amherst, MA. 10pm. 413-253-4400.
Jun. 12 - Spanish for Hitchhiking & Lo Fine, Lys Guillorn. Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA. 8pm. 413-527-3700.
Jun. 12 - Brooks Williams, Jeremy Wallace. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 12 - Madd Muzik Presents - Plum Crazy. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 10pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 13 - Paul Kaplan. 1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA. 2pm. 978-544-5200.
Jun. 13 - Joe Sallins. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 14 - Indigo Girls, Cordero. Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 15 - Jacqueline Schwab. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 16 - Juke Joint Jam, Blues Open Mic. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 8:30pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 17 - Diana Jordan, Lorraine Jordan. Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA. 8pm. 413-527-3700.
Jun. 17 - Toshi Reagon, Pamela Means. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 17 - Valley Sounds Showcase:, School for the Dead, The Winterpills, Bourgeois Heroes. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 10pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 18 - Laura Siersema. Cafe Koko, 204 Main Street, Greenfield, MA. 8pm. 413-774-2772.
Jun. 18 - Andrew Lawrence - Django and his Heirs: An audio/video overview of the Gypsy Jazz tradition. Sage Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-585-1117.
Jun. 18 - Vinicius Cantuaria. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 19 - Diana Jones. 1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA. 7pm. 978-544-5200.
Jun. 19 - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem, Ray Bonneville. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 19 - Jesse Malin, Squad Five-O. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 9:30pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 19 - Kim Zombik. Hilltown Folk & Jazz, Shelburne Falls Yoga, Deerfield Ave., Shelburne Falls, MA. 7:30pm. 413-625-2580.
Jun. 20 - Gideon Freudmann, Aaron Lansky. Nat'l Yiddish Book Center, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. 2pm. 413-256-4900.
Jun. 20 - Jonathan Edwards, Lisa McCormick. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 20 - Django in June - Robin Nolan, Various Artists. Smith College, Northampton, MA. 12noon. 413-585-1117.
Jun. 22 - Culture featuring Joseph Hill. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 8:30pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 23 - CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 23 - Tommy Sands. Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA. 7:30pm. 413-665-3741.
Jun. 24 - Nick Plakias. 1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA. 7pm. 978-544-5200.
Jun. 24 - Jem. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 24 - John Vanderslice, Spouse. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 10pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 25 - Paul & Storm, Sean Altman. Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA. 8pm. 413-527-3700.
Jun. 25 - Zoe Darrow and the Fiddleheads. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 25 - Cass McCombs, Red Door Exchange. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 10pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 26 - Aimee Mann, Paul Bryan. Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA. 8pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 26 - Jami Sieber. 1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA. 7pm. 978-544-5200.
Jun. 26 - The Stone Coyotes. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 26 - Richard Buckner, Dave Houghton of Fancy Trash. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 10pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 26 - Zoe Darrow & the Fiddleheads. Oakham Town Fair, Oakham, MA. 5pm.
Jun. 27 - Yiddish Art Songs – Rabbi and Cantor Norman Janis. Nat'l Yiddish Book Center, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. 2pm. 413-256-4900.
Jun. 27 - Norman Schell & Youth Well Spent. Town Comon, Gill, MA. 12noon.
Jun. 27 - Luka Bloom, Alyanya. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jun. 27 - Viva Quetzal. Stanley Park, Westfield, MA. 6pm.
Jun. 29 - Southern Culture on the Skids, Drunk Stuntmen. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 8:30pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 1 - Laura Siersema. The Station @ Greenfield Energy Park, Miles St., Greenfield, MA. 6pm. 413-774-6051.
Jul. 3 - Lisa Martin. Thirsty Mind, Village Commons, South Hadley, MA. 7:30pm. 413-538-9309.
Jul. 4 - Arjuna Greist. Traprock Peace Center, 103A Keets Road, Deerfield, MA. 413-773-7427.
Jul. 7 - Lisa McCormick, Gideon Freudmann. Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Dr., Hadley, MA. 7pm. 413-584-4699.
Jul. 7 - Anni Clark. City Block Lunchtime Concert, 1500 Main St., Springfield, MA. 12pm. 413-733-2171.
Jul. 7 - Tony Vacca. Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA. 7:30pm. 413-665-3741.
Jul. 8 - Mark Schwaber, The Marlarkies. Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA. 8pm. 413-527-3700.
Jul. 9 - Laura Siersema. Cafe Koko, 204 Main Street, Greenfield, MA. 8pm. 413-774-2772.
Jul. 9 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Tom Neilson. Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA. 7:30pm. 413-253-9484.
Jul. 9 - Laura Siersema. Cafe Koko, 204 Main St., Greenfield, MA. 8pm. 413-774-2772.
Jul. 9 - Mem Shannon & The Membership. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 9 - Bill Morrissey, Lui Collins, Adam Michael Rothberg, Richard Chase. Memorial Hall, 198 Main St., Shelburne Falls, MA. 7pm. 413-267-9506.
Jul. 10 - Mamadou. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 10 - Teddy Goldstein, Deirdre Flint. Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA. 8pm. 413-527-3700.
Jul. 10 - Strangefolk, Bathtub Mary. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 10pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 10 - Zoe Darrow & the Fiddleheads. Town Hall, Orange, MA. 7:30pm.
Jul. 13 - Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 14 - Matt Haimovitz. Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA. 7:30pm. 413-665-3741.
Jul. 15 - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem. Green River Festival, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA. 413-528-1955.
Jul. 15 - Jerry Jeff Walker. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 16 - Gillian Welch, Donna The Buffalo, Old Crow Medicine Show, Planet Zydeco, The Mosquitos, Lori McKenna and more!, Hot Tuna. Green River Festival, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA. 413-773-5463.
Jul. 16 - Jerry Jeff Walker. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 16 - Lisa Martin. Tower Square, 1500 Main St., Springfield, MA. 12pm. 413-733-2171.
Jul. 17 - Lui Collins. Bryant Homestead, Cummington, MA. 2:30pm. 413-634-2244.
Jul. 17 - Jeffrey Foucault. Green River Festival, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA. 413-528-1955.
Jul. 17 - Mosquitos. Green River Festival, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA. 413-528-1955.
Jul. 17 - Johnny A. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 17 - Drunk In July - Farewell Show. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 9:30pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 18 - Ross Nickerson. 1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA. 2pm. 978-544-5200.
Jul. 21 - Tommy Castro. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 22 - Laura Siersema. The Station @ Greenfield Energy Park, Miles St., Greenfield, MA. 6pm. 413-774-6051.
Jul. 22 - Little Charlie and the Nightcats. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 23 - Work o' the Weavers' - James Durst, Martha Sandefer, David Bernz, Mark Murphy. Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA. 8pm. 413-527-3700.
Jul. 23 - Mary Chapin Carpenter. Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA. 8pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 24 - Art Steele. 1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA. 7pm. 978-544-5200.
Jul. 24 - Kudzu. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 10pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 25 - Laura Siersema. Memorial Hall Museum, 8 Memorial St., Deerfield, MA. 3pm. 413-774-3768.
Jul. 25 - Traditional Iriquois Singers from Kahnawake. 1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA. 2pm. 978-544-5200.
Jul. 25 - Bruce Cockburn. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 26 - Bruce Cockburn. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 27 - Wolfstone. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 28 - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem. Porter Phelps Huntington House, 130 River Dr., Hadley, MA. 7pm. 413-584-4699.
Jul. 28 - Assembly. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 28 - The Resophonics. Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA. 7:30pm. 413-665-3741.
Jul. 29 - Broque. Summit House Concert Series, Skinner State Park, Route 47, Hadley, MA. 7:30pm. 413-586-6304.
Jul. 29 - Roots of Creation. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 8:30pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 30 - Tierney Sutton. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 31 - The Kennedys. Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA. 8pm. 413-527-3700.
Jul. 31 - Southern Rail. 1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA. 7pm. 978-544-5200.
Jul. 31 - Natalie Merchant, Yungchen Lhamo. Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA. 8pm. 413-586-8686.
Jul. 31 - Lisa Martin. Ludlow Fish & Game Club, Sportsmens Rd., Ludlow, MA. 4:30pm. 413-583-4055.
Jul. 31 - Satinwood: The Legendary Songs of Harry Chapin and Jim Croce. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA. 7pm. 413-586-8686.

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