Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings

September 2006
 

Contents

  • Peter Siegel will join September 10 Song & Story Swap at the Nacul Center
  • Song & Story Swap has a new home
  • Calendar of Western Mass. folk events

Peter Siegel will be Sept. 10 Song & Story Swap guest at the Nacul Center

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

Sunday, September 10, 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the The Nacul Center, 592 Main St., Amherst, Mass.

Please note that the Song & Story Swap is now held on the second Sunday of each month at The Nacul Center (see map).

Peter Siegel will perfomr at the Nacul Center in Amherst on Sept. 10

Guest performer will be the versatile roots & bluegrass musician-songwriter Peter Siegel.

Peter Siegel's performances can be enjoyed in many shapes and sizes.  In addition to touring the country as a soloist, he is one-third of the old-time trio Underbelly and he heats up contradances as string-man in the popular Greenfield Dance Band. Adept on the guitar, banjo, mandolin and bodhran, Peter has won acclaim as a thoughtful and humorous songwriter with an irrepressible social conscience.

His most recent solo CDs are Move the Mob and the 2004 release The Show, songs from which helped him win the 2005 WRSI Singer-songwriter Contest. Come to the pleasant acoustic surroundings of the Nacul Center to hear the artist whom folk musician Tao Rodriguez-Seeger has called "one of the best songwriters of my generation."

Find out more about Peter Siegel at http://www.petersiegel.com.

The warm-up theme this month is Art.  Thomas Cole's View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)

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

Song & Story Swap moves to The Nacul Center

The Nacul Center, 592 Main St., Amherst, MA

After a six-month stint at the Harp Irish Pub we are packing up our tent and moving to a new home in the Nacul Center near downtown Amherst.  We would like to thank Mark "Harpo" Power and his very gracious staff at the Harp for hosting us.  If it weren't for the opportunity to meet at an in-town location with a dedicated performance space we would be gathering at the cozy Irish pub still.

We are excited to be able to hold the Song & Story Swap at The Nacul Center, a one-time Methodist church that has been remodeled into studio and gallery space.  The building is located at 592 Main St. about a half-mile from our former meeting place, the Black Sheep Cafe, and is about 2 blocks east of the Amherst train station.  See the map for details and directions.

The Nacul Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to a philosophy of ecological architecture and sustainable community.  We learned from owner and architect Tullio Inglese that Nacul is a word that represents a combination of "nature" and "culture."

The Song & Story Swap will continue to take place on the Second Sunday of each month beginning at 7:00 p.m.

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Western Mass. Folk Calendar

  • Sep 8 - Amity Front with Shiftless Rounders.  Amherst UU Meetinghouse, 121 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA.  8pm.  413-253-2848 .
  • Sep 8 - Mose Allison.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 9 - Tom McClung.  First Congregational Church, Main St., Amherst, MA.  3pm.  .
  • Sep 9 - Slaid Cleaves.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  8pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Sep 9 - Charlie King & Karen Brandow.  Echo Lake Coffeehouse, 9 Montague Road, Leverett, MA.  7:30pm.  413-548-9394.
  • Sep 9 - Jeffrey Gaines, Marsia Shuron Harris.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 9 - Lisa Martin Band.  Crossroads, Rt. 20, Palmer, MA.  9:30pm.  413-283-8880.
  • Sep 9 - Just Harmony.  U'n'I Coffeehouse, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA.  8pm.  413-562-3990.
  • Sep 9 - Bear Mountian Boys.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall, Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • Sep 9 - Lui Collins.  Meekins Library, 2 Williams St., Williamsburg, MA.  1pm.  413-268-7472.
  • Sep 10 - Michael Alpert, Sruli Dresdner, and Lisa Mayer.  National Yiddish Book Center, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.  2pm.  413-256-4900 .
  • Sep 10 - Song & Story Swap with guest Peter Siegel.  Nacul Center, 592 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7pm.  413-256-8025.
  • Sep 10 - Anais Mitchell, Antje Duvekot, Mieka Pauley, Birdie Busch - Iron Horse Emerging Artists Showcase.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 12 - Latin Night with DJ Joey Acevedo: Latin music and dancing.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 12 - Lisa Martin.  Bishop's Lounge, 41 Strong Ave., Northampton, MA.  9pm.  413-586-8900 .
  • Sep 13 - Inner Visions Reggae.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 14 - Dan Bern, Brad Barr, Craig Cardiff.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 15 - Lui Collins.  Griswold Memorial Library, Main St., Colrain, MA.  11am.  413-243-3619.
  • Sep 15 - Eddie from Ohio, Rachael Davis.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 15 - The Big Bad Bollocks - half way to St. Patrick's Day Show!.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 15 - Lisa Martin.  City Block Music Series, Stearns Square, Springfield, MA.  12pm.  413-781-1595.
  • Sep 16 - Atwater-Donnelly, Jennie McAvoy.  St. James Coffeehouse, 8 Church Street, Greenfield, MA.  9pm.  413-772-2213.
  • Sep 16 - Satinwood.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 16 - Flying Garbanzos, Art Steele, other artists.  Garlic and Arts Festival, Forsters Farm, Orange, MA.  11am.  978-544-9023.
  • Sep 16 - Winterpills, Vashti Banyan, Sean Hayes.  Hilltown Folk, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Sep 17 - J. J. Chaisson Celtic Fiddle.  Captain Charles Leonard House, 663 Main Street, Agawam, MA.  3pm.  413-786-9421.
  • Sep 17 - John Pizzarelli Trio.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 17 - Dar Williams, Too Human, other artists.  Garlic and Arts Festival, Forsters Farm, Orange, MA.  11am.  978-544-9023.
  • Sep 17 - Lui Collins.  Arms Library, Main St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  3pm.  413-625-0306.
  • Sep 17 - Brad Paisley.  Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Drive, West Springfield, MA.  3:30pm.  413-737-2443.
  • Sep 19 - Latin Night with DJ Joey Acevedo: Latin music and dancing.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 20 - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 20 - Thomasina.  Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Drive, West Springfield, MA.  11am.  413-737-2443.
  • Sep 21 - Ollabelle.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 21 - Alan Jackson.  Massmutual Center, 1277 Main St., Springfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-787-6610 .
  • Sep 22 - Edie Carey.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Sep 22 - Apollo Sunshine.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 22 - Duke Robillard Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 23 - Anne Heaton.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Sep 23 - Flynn.  Pines Theater, Look Park, Florence, MA.  12pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 23 - Meetinghouse MusicFest.  1794 Meetinghouse, Town Common, New Salem, MA.  12pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Sep 23 - Chris Smither.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 24 - Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart, The Kennedys.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 24 - Odetta.  Hilltown Folk, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:30pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Sep 24 - LoneStar.  Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Drive, West Springfield, MA.  .  413-737-2443.
  • Sep 25 - Yat-Kha.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 26 - Latin Night with DJ Joey Acevedo: Latin music and dancing.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 27 - Thomas Dolby.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 28 - Aimee Mann, David Ford.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 28 - Eric Lindell Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 29 - Chris Pureka, Gregory Alan Isakov - CD Release Show.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 29 - Holly Near.  Academy of Music, 274 Main St., Northampton, MA.  .  413-584-8435.
  • Sep 29 - Lara Herscovitch.  Bishop's Lounge, 41 Strong Ave., Northampton, MA.  6pm.  413-586-8900 .
  • Sep 30 - Jane Siberry, Anais Mitchell.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep 30 - The Stone Coyotes, Will Dailey.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 1 - Erin McKeown.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 1 - Carrie Underwood.  Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Drive, West Springfield, MA.  7pm.  413-737-2443.
  • Oct 2 - Jim Lauderdale, Jimmy Barret.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 3 - The Tannahill Weavers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 4 - The Wailin' Jennys.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 4 - Leo Kottke.  Colonial Theater, 111 South St., Pittsfield, MA.  8pm.  413-448-8084.
  • Oct 6 - Bruce Mandel, JoAnne Redding.  Dream Away Lodge, 1342 Country Rd., Becket, MA.  8:30pm.  413-623-8725.
  • Oct 6 - Shiftless Rounders with Luther Wright.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct 6 - Arlo Guthrie.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8pm.  413-528-1955.
  • Oct 6 - Marc Cohn, Vienna Teng.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 7 - Arlo Guthrie.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8pm.  413-528-1955.
  • Oct 7 - Lisa Germano, Winterpills.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 7 - Vance Gilbert.  Common Grounds Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Church, 55 Fenn St., Pittsfield, MA.  8pm.  413-499-0866.
  • Oct 7 - Mawwal.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall, Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • Oct 8 - Arlo Guthrie.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8pm.  413-528-1955.
  • Oct 8 - John Gorka, Jesse DeNatale.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 9 - Damien Dempsey.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 10 - Hot Buttered Rum.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 12 - Old School Freight Train, The Greencards - co-bill.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 13 - Pamela Means & Rachael Sage.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct 13 - Peter Case, Jon Dee Graham.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 13 - Zoe Darrow & the Fiddleheads.  Westhampton Town Hall, 1 South Rd., Westhampton, MA.  7:30pm.  413-527-0463.
  • Oct 14 - Indigo Girls.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 14 - The Nields.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 14 - Huun Huur Tu - Tuvan Throat Singers.  Hilltown Folk, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:30pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Oct 14 - Castlebay.  U'n'I Coffeehouse, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA.  8pm.  413-562-3990.
  • Oct 15 - Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 16 - Jolie Holland.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 20 - Mark Schwaber.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct 20 - Girlyman, We're About 9.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 21 - Thomasina.  Captain Charles Leonard House, 663 Main Street, Agawam, MA.  7:30pm.  413-786-9421.
  • Oct 21 - Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Oct 21 - Jonathan Byrd.  Montague Book Mill, 440 Greenfield Rd, Montague, MA.  8pm.  413-367-9206 .
  • Oct 21 - Beatles Triibute.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 22 - Kaki King Band - The Yellow Umbrella Tour.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 24 - Joe Zawinul Syndicate.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 25 - Acoustic Alchemy.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 26 - Ember Swift.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 28 - The Grand Slambovian Hillbilly Pirate BallGandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams.  Northampton Center for the Arts, 17 New South St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-584-7327.
  • Oct 28 - Zoe Darrow & the Fiddleheads.  Orange Town Hall, , Orange, MA.  7pm.  .
  • Oct 28 - Kalmunity Vibe Collective, Kim Zombik.  Hilltown Folk, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:30pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Oct 28 - Lisa Martin.  Westwood Pub, 94 Elm St., Westfield, MA.  9pm.  413-564-6963 .
  • Oct 29 - Tracy Grammer, Adam Sweeney.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 31 - Lavender Diamond, The Decemberists.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  .  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 31 - The Strawbs.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
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