Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings

July 2005
 

Contents

  • Dáithí Sproule will be July 8 Song & Story Swap guest
  • Valley shape note sings coming in July
  • Calendar of Western Mass. folk events

Dáithí Sproule will join July 8 Song & Story Swap

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

Dáithí Sproule wll be at the Black Sheep in Amherst on July 8!

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

Guest performer this month will be the distinguished Irish guitar player, Dáithí Sproule.

Dáithí Sproule, a native of Derry in the North of Ireland, is a singer and guitarist and one of the premier accompanists in the Irish tradition. When he played with Skara Brae in the late 60's and early 70's, he was the first person to use and develop the DADGAD tuning in Irish music, a style now widely used in Irish and Celtic music in general. In addition to his guitar work, Dáithí is a lovely singer with a large repertoire of rare songs in both Irish and English. He is a member of the internationally renowned Irish band, Altan, with whom he has released a new CD called Local Ground, and he has recorded and performed with many of the great Irish musicians of the last thirty years. Nearer to home he plays with Randal Bays, with whom he has recorded a CD entitled Overland.
 
States the Rough Guide to Irish Music, “Dáithí Sproule is a seminal figure in Irish music.”

The warm-up theme this month is Blame. 

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.

There will be no Song & Story Swap held in August as we take a summer break.

Shape note sings coming in July

There will be a week of shape note singing events in the beginning of
July, centered in the 5th annual Pioneer Valley All Day Singing...

Fifth Annual Pioneer Valley
All-Day Singing
With Potluck Dinner on the Grounds
(Please bring food to share that may be served cold.)

Saturday, July 2, 2005
First Congregational Church Chapel
Sunderland, MA
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

All are invited to come sing!

Directions: From I-91 (North or South) take exit 24. Go North on Route 5 (Left turn if coming from the north; Right turn if coming from the south). At the first set of lights turn onto Route 116 South. Follow 116 South across the bridge spanning the beautiful and majestic Connecticut River. The church is located at the first (and only) stoplight in Sunderland on the southwest corner of Routes 116 and 47. There is a parking lot behind the church or you may park on the church side of Route 47.

Sponsored by the nonprofit Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Community, Inc.

Additional shape note singings nearby:
June 30, Leyden, home of Laura Timmerman
July 3 First Congregational Church, Amherst (Sunday 1:30-4:30);
July 4 Leyden (Monday evening, from Harp of Ages songbook)
July 5 Helen HIlls Hills Chapel, Rt. 9, Northampton (Tuesday 7-10pm)

Information: contact Peter Irvine at (413) 587-0008 or ScorchingSand@aol.com

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Western Mass. Folk Calendar

  • Jul 6 - The Heatons. Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA. 7:30pm. 413-665-3741.
  • Jul 7 - 5 Alone.  1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jul 7 - Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Anais Mitchell.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 7 - Four Tet.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 7 - Kim Zombik plus Vermont Jazz Center Big Band.  Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:30pm.  413-625-2580 .
  • Jul 8 - Song & Story Swap with guest Dáithí Sproule.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484 .
  • Jul 8 - Work o' the Weavers -- James Durst, David Bernz, Martha Sandefer, Mark Murphy.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jul 8 - Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Anais Mitchell.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 8 - Woven Hand featuring David Eugene Edwards of 16 Horsepower, Br. Danielson.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 9 - Peter Siegel & Jay Mankita.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  7pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jul 9 - Work O' the Weavers.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8pm.  413-528-1955.
  • Jul 9 - Anand Nayak & Polly Fiveash. Echo Lake Coffeehouse, Leverett Town Hall, Leverett, MA. 7:30pm. 413-548-9394.
  • Jul 9 - Erin McKeown, Ida.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 10 - Nerissa Nields on Writing.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  2pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jul 10 - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem.  Greenfield Energy Park, Miles St., Greenfield, MA.  6pm.  413-774-6051.
  • Jul 10 - Tully Mountain Singers.  1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA.  2pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jul 10 - The Glengarry Bhoys.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 13 - John Renbourn & Jacqui McShee: Pentangle - please note date change..  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 13 - Anni Clark.  City Block Lunchtime Concert, 1500 Main St., Springfield, MA.  12pm.  413-733-2171.
  • Jul 14 - Danny Bakan.  1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jul 14 - The Steep Canyon Rangers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 15 - Montgomery Gentry.  Riverside Stadium, 1623 Main St., Agawam, MA.  .  413-786-9300.
  • Jul 15 - Baby Abagnale.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  7pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jul 15 - Donna The Buffalo.  Green River Festival, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA.  .  413-528-1955.
  • Jul 15 - Eddie from Ohio.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 15 - Pernice Brothers, Jose Ayerve of Spouse.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 16 - Yucca Flats.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jul 16 - Redbird, Peter Mulvey, Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault.  Green River Festival, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA.  .  413-528-1955.
  • Jul 16 - Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Buddy Miller.  Green River Festival, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA.  .  413-528-1955.
  • Jul 16 - The Mammals.  Green River Festival, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA.  .  413-528-1955.
  • Jul 16 - Robin & Linda Williams.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8pm.  413-528-1955.
  • Jul 16 - Kenny Roberts plus Bettyanne.  1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA.  4pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jul 16 - Cottonwood.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 16 - Iona.  Look Park, 300 N. Main St., Northampton, MA.  .  413-584-5457.
  • Jul 16 - Nicolai Dunger.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 17 - Jolly Rogues.  Bryant Homestead, 207 Bryant Rd., Cummington, MA.  2:30pm.  413-634-2244.
  • Jul 17 - King Wilkie, The Hunger Mountain Boys.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 19 - Tom Russell.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 20 - The Waifs, Ben Weaver.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7 & 9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 20 - Seth Glier. Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA. 7:30pm. 413-665-3741.
  • Jul 21 - Laura Siersema.  Greenfield Energy Park, Miles St., Greenfield, MA.  6pm.  413-774-6051.
  • Jul 21 - Jason Myles Goss, Jacquie Barnaby.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  7pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jul 21 - Tom Rush.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  7:30pm.  413-528-3394 .
  • Jul 21 - Fred Eaglesmith, David Jacobs-Strain.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 23 - Christine Lavin.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8pm.  413-528-1955.
  • Jul 23 - Crosby, Stills & Nash.  Pines Theater, Look Park, Florence, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 23 - Sonya Kitchell Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 23 - Strut.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 26 - Hot Tuna Acoustic.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 27 - Jon Poussette-Dart.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8pm.  413-528-1955.
  • Jul 27 - Tracy Grammer and Jim Henry. Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA. 7:30pm. 413-665-3741.
  • Jul 28 - Mark Schwaber, Alastair Moock.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  7pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jul 28 - Pamela Means.  1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jul 28 - Lisa Martin.  Tower Square, 1500 Main St., Springfield, MA.  12:00pm.  413-733-2171.
  • Jul 29 - Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jul 30 - Oscar Brand.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8pm.  413-528-1955.
  • Jul 30 - Lisa Martin.  Ludlow Fish & Game Club, Sportsmens Rd., Ludlow, MA.  .  413-583-4055 .
  • Jul 30 - Rory Block.  1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jul 30 - Satinwood: Legendary Songs.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Aug 3 - Lonesome Sisters.  Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA. 7:30pm.  413-665-3741.
  • Aug 6 - Cantoria.  Echo Lake Coffeehouse, Leverett Town Hall, Leverett, MA. 7:30pm.  413-548-9394.
  • Aug 10 - Erica Wheeler and Friends.  Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA.  7:30pm.  413-665-3741.
  • Aug 24 - Amiable Consort.  Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA.  7:30pm.  413-665-3741.
  • Aug 31 - Peter Blanchette and Kenny Butler. Watermelon Wednesdays, West Whately Chapel, Whately, MA.  7:30pm.  413-665-3741.
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July 1, 2005