Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings

April 2005
 

Contents

  • Banjo-master Ken Perlman will join April 8 Song & Story Swap guest
  • Northeast Concertina Workshop comes to Amherst
  • Recent Pioneer Valley releases
  • Calendar of Western Mass. folk events

Ken Perlman will join April 8 Song & Story Swap

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

Ken Perlman will be April 8 Song & Story Swap guest in Amherst

Friday, April 8, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, Mass.

Guest performer will be string instrument maestro, Ken Perlman.

Ken Perlman is both a pioneer of the 5-string banjo style known as melodic clawhammer, and a master of fingerstyle guitar. He is considered one of the top clawhammer players in the world, known in particular for his skillful adaptations of Celtic & Down-East fiddle tunes to the style. On guitar, Ken is noted for his sparkling finger-picked renditions of traditional Celtic and Southern tunes.

Ken's melodic approach to clawhammer has transformed the style (also known as "frailing") from an accompaniment to a solo style of banjo playing. Banjo Newsletter declares, "Ken is the undisputed king of the melodic clawhammer banjo style," while Fiddler Magazine calls him "one of America's great melodic clawhammer banjo players." Of Ken's banjo picking, The Glasgow Herald (UK) notes, "he can make his instrument do more or less anything he wants it to."

Ken is an acclaimed teacher of folk-music instrumental skills. He has written some of the most widely respected banjo and guitar instruction books of modern times, he has been on staff at prestigious teaching festivals around the world, and he has also served as Co-Director for several banjo-instructional camps. Also an active folklorist, Ken has spent over a decade collecting tunes and oral histories from traditional fiddle players on Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) in eastern Canada. His most recent recordings are Southern Summits (with fiddler Alan Jabbour), Northern Banjo and Island Boy.

Ken Perlman's mastery of his instrument has led the Halifax Chronicle Herald to dub him the "Heifetz of the banjo."

More information about Ken Perlman may be found at his web site, http://www.kenperlman.com.

The warm-up theme this month is Discovery. 

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.

Northeast Concertina Workshop to be held in Amherst on April 16  

Northeast Concertina Workshop April 16 in AmherstThe Button Box invites all concertina players to come to Amherst, Massachusetts on April 16 for a day-long series of workshops led by a constellation of concertina luminaries. The 13 sessions will be geared toward players of varied skill levels on Anglo, English and Hayden Duet system concertinas. There are three concurrent workshop periods during the day and a public concert in the evening featuring the workshop staff.

Instructors include John Roberts, Jody Kruskal, Frank Edgley, Bob Snope and Richard Morse, with activities taking place at the Unitarian Meetinghouse at 121 N. Pleasant St., Amherst.  For registration and concert information see http://www.buttonbox.com/NCW.html.

Recent Valley Releases

Zoe Darrow - Please Don't Eat the FiddleheadsJosé Gonzalez y Banda Criolla - Feliz Navidad Boricua!Polly Fiveash & Anand Nayak - The Road the Wheels and the Ride
Jeff Snow - RuahBrooks Williams - Guitar PlayerVarious Artists ◊ Signature Sounds 10th Anniversary Collection

Zoe Darrow ◊ Please Don't Eat the Fiddleheads - First recording from the talented teenage fiddler.

Polly Fiveash & Anand Nayak ◊ The Road the Wheels and the Ride - The Daisy Mayhem guitar player and his sweet-voiced wife will celebrate their latest collaboration with a release party at PACE on April 22.

José Gonzalez y Banda Criolla ◊ Feliz Navidad Boricua! - The rhythmic Amherst-based band published an album of holiday music, Puerto Rican-style.

Jeff Snow ◊ Ruah - 8 fingerstyle guitar and 4 autoharp tracks from Wilbraham acoustic musician, Jeff Snow.

Brooks Williams ◊ Guitar Player - The acclaimed singer-songwriter and guitarist is working on his latest release, a solo instrumental CD, due out this month.

Various Artists ◊ Signature Sounds 10th Anniversary Collection - Whately record label Signature Sounds marks its first decade with an anthology of some of the finest folk acts of recent years — Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Richard Shindell, Salamander Crossing, to name just a few.

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Western Mass. Folk Calendar

  • Apr 8 - Song & Story Swap with guest Ken Perlman.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484 .
  • Apr 8 - Ellis Paul, Flynn.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 8 - Project/Object featuring Ike Willis and Napoleon Murphy Brock performing the music of Frank Zappa.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 8 - Tom Paxton.  Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, MA.  8pm.  413-443-7171.
  • Apr 9 - Atwater-Donnelly.  St. James Coffeehouse, 8 Church Street, Greenfield, MA.  8pm.  413-772-2213.
  • Apr 9 - Lez Zeppelin: All Girls. All Zeppelin..  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 9 - John Eddie, Frank Manzi Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 9 - Zoe Darrow.  Northampton Center for the Arts, 17 New South St., Northampton, MA.  7:30pm.  413-584-7327.
  • Apr 9 - Magpie.  uNi Coffeehouse Concert Series, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA.  8pm.  413-562-3990.
  • Apr 10 - Joseph Arthur, Tara Angell, Y.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 12 - Gaelic Storm.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 13 - Francis Doughty.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  12:15pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Apr 13 - Of Montreal, St. Thomas, The Management.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 15 - Pat Humphries & Sandy O with opener Peter Siegel.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Apr 15 - Tracy Grammer, Erica Wheeler.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 15 - Rane, Ryan Montbleau.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 16 - John Roberts, Jody Kruskal, Frank Edgley.  Unitarian Meetinghouse, 121 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-665-7793.
  • Apr 16 - Lori McKenna & Amy Rigby.  Coffee & Soul Coffeehouse, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Apr 16 - Mark Erelli, The Lonesome Brothers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 16 - Roots of Creation, Suspect.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 16 - Amy Ray, Cordero.  Pearl Street Nightclub, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 17 - Dar Williams, Anais Mitchell.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7 & 9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 17 - Lui Collins, Jay Mankita.  Earthdance, 252 Prospect St., Plainfield, MA.  4pm.  413-634-5678.
  • Apr 17 - Robin Huw Bowen.  uNi Coffeehouse Concert Series, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA.  2pm.  413-562-3990.
  • Apr 19 - Bob Weir & Ratdog.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 19 - The Bobs, Bob Malone.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 20 - Klezmatics.  Bowker Auditorium, UMass, Amherst, MA.  8pm.  413-545-2511.
  • Apr 20 - Dick Hurlburt, Gene Clark.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  12:15pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Apr 20 - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney play Superwolf, Feathers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 21 - Ronan Tynan.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 21 - The Duhks, David Jacobs-Strain.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 21 - Ed Harcourt, Sylvie Lewis.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 22 - Anand Nayak & Polly Fiveash.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  7pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Apr 22 - John Stein Quartet featuring David 'Fathead' Newman.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 22 - Drunk Stuntmen, The Swinging Steaks.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 23 - Hem.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 23 - Melt-Banana, An Albatross.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 23 - Vusi Mahlasela.  Memorial Hall Theatre, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:30pm.  413-625-2581.
  • Apr 24 - Jay Mankita.  Amherst Common, So. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA.  413-253-0700 .
  • Apr 24 - Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Heather Waters.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 25 - Absolute Jazz, Savage Quintet.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 26 - The Books, Newsay.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 27 - Greenfield Community College Chorus.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  12:15pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Apr 27 - Ryan Adams.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 27 - Alana Davis, Julie Loyd.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 28 - Dave Alvin, Matthew Hebert.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 28 - Hot Buttered Rum String Band, Northern Aggression.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 29 - Chris & Meredith Thompson and Antara .  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Apr 29 - Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 29 - Cold Duck Complex, Outernational.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 29 - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem.  Northampton High School, 380 Elm Street, Northampton, MA.  7:30pm.  413-587-1344.
  • Apr 30 - Green Day.  Mullins Center, UMass, Amherst, MA.  8pm.  413-545-0505.
  • Apr 30 - Gabe Lopez with Mark Pires .  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Apr 30 - Clean Living.  St. James Coffeehouse, 8 Church Street, Greenfield, MA.  7pm.  413-772-2213.
  • Apr 30 - Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 30 - Dear Leader, Mahjongg.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Apr 30 - Ani DiFranco.  Chapin Auditorium, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.  8pm.  413-538-2478.
  • Apr 30 - Randal Bays.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall, Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • May 1 - Jonatha Brooke.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7 & 9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 2 - Caribou, Junior Boys, The Russian Futurists.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 3 - Velvet Revolver.  Mullins Center, UMass, Amherst, MA.  8pm.  413-545-0505.
  • May 4 - Berkshire Hills Music Academy.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  12:15pm.  413-773-5018.
  • May 4 - Patty Grffin.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 5 - Zox, Paranoid Social Club.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 6 - Winterpill with Our Lady of Bells.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 6 - Beth Amsel.  Montague Book Mill, 440 Greenfield Rd, Montague, MA.  7:30pm.  413-367-9206 .
  • May 6 - Christine Lavin.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 6 - State Radio, Throwback.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 7 - The Shiftless Rounders & The Hunger Mountain Boys.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 7 - Susan Angeletti Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 7 - Black Rebels.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 7 - Dave Mallett.  Common Grounds Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Church, 55 Fenn St., Pittsfield, MA.  8pm.  413-499-0866.
  • May 8 - Hassan Hakmoun.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 9 - James Brown.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 9 - Kathleen Edwards, Mary Gauthier.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 10 - Alison Brown Quartet.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 11 - Four Seasons Chamber Ensemble, Robin Stone.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  12:15pm.  413-773-5018.
  • May 12 - Steve Poltz, Lisa Martin.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 12 - U-Melt, Revision.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 13 - Song & Story Swap with guest Bob Norman.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484 .
  • May 13 - Rebecca Hall & Ken Anderson.  The People's Pint, 24 Federal St., Greenfield, MA.  9:30pm.  413-773-0333 .
  • May 13 - The Stone Coyotes.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 14 - Jeff Lee.  Stone Soup Café, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • May 14 - Jim Scott, Peter Siegel, Charlie King, Karen Brandow.  Coffee & Soul at All Souls Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-773-5018.
  • May 14 - Bernice Lewis.  St. James Coffeehouse, 8 Church Street, Greenfield, MA.  7pm.  413-772-2213.
  • May 14 - Butch Walker.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 14 - Judy Polan.  uNi Coffeehouse Concert Series, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA.  8pm.  413-562-3990.
  • May 15 - Marsia Shuron Harris w/ Mother Turtle.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 18 - Academy of Charlemont Senior Chorus.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  12:15pm.  413-773-5018.
  • May 19 - Alison Krauss & Union Station.  Mullins Center, UMass, Amherst, MA.  8pm.  413-545-0505.
  • May 19 - Brian Joseph.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  7pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 19 - Rodney Crowell, Danny Michel.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 20 - Lui Collins, Sarah Pirtle.  House Concert, , Conway, MA.  .  413-625-9959.
  • May 21 - Emily Greene & Mara Levi .  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 21 - Northern Lights.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 21 - Lisa Martin.  The Elevens, 140 Pleasant St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-9155 .
  • May 21 - Airborne Comedians.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall, Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • May 22 - Joe Sallins.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 24 - The Saw Doctors.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 25 - Limited Edition.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  12:15pm.  413-773-5018.
  • May 25 - The Saw Doctors.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 26 - Suzanne Vega.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7 & 9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 27 - Matt Haimovitz with David Sanford and The Pittsburgh Big Band Collective.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 27 - The Gordon Stone Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 28 - The Bruce Katz Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 28 - Matthew Hebert.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 28 - Rory Block + Elric Walker .  Memorial Hall Theatre, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:30pm.  413-625-2581.
  • May 29 - Isle of Klezbos.  National Yiddish Book Center, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-4900 .
  • May 29 - Dick Dale.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 31 - Madeleine Peyroux Quartet.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7 & 9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
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