Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings

January 2008

Contents

  • Steve Gillette & Cindy mangsen will highlight Jan. 13 Song and Story Swap
  • Calendar of Western Mass. folk events

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen will highlight January 13 Song & Story Swap

Please come share in an evening of music and stories at the Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Song & Story Swap.

Sunday, January 13, 7:00-9:30 p.m. at the The Nacul Center, 592 Main St., Amherst, Mass (see map).

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen will perform in Amherst MA on January 13Guest performer for the January 13 Song & Story Swap will be the acclaimed folk duo Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen.

According to the Sing Out Magazine review of Steve and Cindy's latest album, Being There, "Steve and Cindy have hit on a combination that consistently produces high quality recordings and entertaining stage shows. Their voices and styles meld seamlessly with a gentleness and a maturity that is unmatched in the world of folk duos."

Steve Gillette is best known as a songwriter, with songs recorded by artists from Ian & Sylvia to Garth Brooks, from Jiminy Cricket to John Denver. His song Darcy Farrow alone has been recorded by more than one hundred artists since 1966, most recently by Jimmy Dale Gilmore and Nanci Griffith. Quite literally, he wrote the book on songwriting: Songwriting and the Creative Process (Sing Out Press) is a standard text in songwriting classes across the country. Steve sings in a rich baritone and is a virtuoso on guitar, using a unique fingerpicking style with a flat-pick and two fingers. His most recent solo recording is Texas and Tennessee (Redwing Music), named one of the Top Ten Folk Albums of 1998 by Tower Records' Pulse Magazine.

Cindy Mangsen, who married Gillette in 1989, is also a songwriter, but her focus has been on songkeeping. Cindy is a master interpreter of traditional ballads, rich in myth and legend. She plays guitar, concertina, and banjo, and is renowned for her compelling voice, described by one critic as a voice that can warm a New England winter. Her newest solo CD is Cat Tales: Songs of the Feline Persuasion (2005, Compass Rose Music), an album of songs about cats and their people. As Steve comments, "Cindy has brought me back to my roots, and I think I've influenced her in terms of ensemble playing, rhythmic development, arrangement and performing. We're very fortunate to play for people who really listen and who come to a concert with a certain sense of history. There's a strong feeling of community about this music."

Steve and Cindy have been featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and Mountain Stage, and have delighted audiences across North America and Europe with their music, warmth, and humor. They have recorded four duet albums: Live in Concert (1991), The Light of the Day (named Best Folk Album of 1996 by WFMT and WDET), A Sense of Place (2001, Redwing Music), and Being There (2006, Compass Rose Music).

Find additional information about Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen at their web site, http://www.compassrosemusic.com.

The warm-up theme this month is Two.Song & Story Swap theme is "Two"

The PVFS Song & Story Swap happens the 2ND SUNDAY of every month.  For information contact Paul Kaplan, (413)-687-5002 or Jeff Lee, (413)-256-0433 or visit http://www.filbert.com/pvfs.

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Western Mass. Folk Calendar

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  • Jan 10 - Brilliant Disguise: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 11 - Swing Caravan.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jan 11 - John Gorka, Meg Hutchinson.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 12 - Linda Hickman & Michael Nix.  Eric Carle Museum, 125 Bay Rd., Amherst, MA.  1pm.  413-658-1100 .
  • Jan 12 - Two Man Gentlemen Band.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jan 12 - Jeffrey Foucault, Amber Rubarth.  St. James Coffeehouse, 8 Church Street, Greenfield, MA.  7:15pm.  413-772-2213.
  • Jan 12 - Lori McKenna Band, Mark Erelli.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7&10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 12 - Geoff Bartley, Paul Kaplan.  uNi Coffeehouse Concert Series, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA.  8pm.  413-562-3990.
  • Jan 13 - The Hevreh Ensemble.  National Yiddish Book Center, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.  2pm.  413-256-4900 .
  • Jan 13 - Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen.  PVFS Song & Story Swap, Nacul Center, 592 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7pm.  413-256-8025.
  • Jan 13 - Willie Nile.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 15 - Andy Statman, Yaeko Miranda and Jazer Schwartz.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 16 - Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 17 - Leon Redbone.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 18 - Charlie King & Karen Brandow + Claudia Schmidt & Sally Rogers.  All Souls Unitarian Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  8pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Jan 18 - Cheryl Wheeler, Anne Heaton.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 19 - Wintergreen.  The Captain Charles Leonard House, 663 Main Street, Agawam, MA.  .  413-786-9421.
  • Jan 19 - Mike Agranoff.  Echo Lake Coffeehouse, 9 Montague Road, Leverett, MA.  7:30pm.  413-548-9394.
  • Jan 19 - Cheryl Wheeler, Anne Heaton.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 19 - Blastermonkey Presents: Arc City Angels, Exit Reason, Tom Therrien.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 20 - New Song Ensemble.  Northampton Center for the Arts, 17 New South St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-584-7327.
  • Jan 20 - Marah, Adam and Dave's Bloodline.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 21 - Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 23 - Bettye LaVette.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 24 - Tracy Grammer , Rebecca Pronsky.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 25 - Antje Duvekot with Carrie Ferguson .  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jan 25 - Dennis Brennan.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 25 - Gokh-Bi System.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 26 - Aeroplane 1929 and Low Anthem and Steve Biegner & Julia Suriano.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jan 26 - Rory Block, Avi and Celia.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jan 26 - Gypsy Wranglers.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall, Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • Jan 27 - Michael Barnett & Friends.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 1 - Johnny A.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 1 - Purity Supreme Presents: Electric Avenue: DJ Cashman & Snack Attack Spinning Strictly '80s Dance, Pop, Old School, Rock, New Wave and more! .  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 2 - Neko Case.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 2 - Maura O'Connell - Please note date change.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 2 - Alchemystics - CD Release Show for The Alchemystics.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 2 - Mark Erelli.  Common Grounds Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Church, 55 Fenn St., Pittsfield, MA.  8pm.  413-499-0866.
  • Feb 3 - Silver Chord Bowl.  John M. Greene Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA.  2pm.  413-587-1269.
  • Feb 8 - Red Molly.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Feb 8 - Joe Belmont.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Feb 9 - Don White.  St. James Coffeehouse, 8 Church Street, Greenfield, MA.  7:15pm.  413-772-2213.
  • Feb 9 - Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 9 - Stepanian.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 9 - Atwater-Donnelly.  uNi Coffeehouse Concert Series, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA.  8pm.  413-562-3990.
  • Feb 10 - Nancy Rockland-Miller.  PVFS Song & Story Swap, Nacul Center, 592 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7pm.  413-256-8025.
  • Feb 10 - Diana Jones.  Mill River Bodywork, 225 Main St., Leeds, MA.  7:30pm.  413-584-7646.
  • Feb 10 - The Big Squeeze AccordionFest.  Academy of Music, 274 Main St., Northampton, MA.  2pm.  413-587-1269.
  • Feb 10 - Girl Howdy, The Starline Rhythm Boys - Honky Tonk Hullabaloo II.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 11 - The Magnetic Fields.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 12 - The Magnetic Fields.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 14 - John Eddie.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 15 - Prince Myshkins.  Echo Lake Coffeehouse, 9 Montague Road, Leverett, MA.  7:30pm.  413-548-9394.
  • Feb 15 - Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 16 - Anne Heaton.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Feb 16 - Charlie Hunter Trio.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 16 - The Primate Fiasco - performing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 17 - Zoe Darrow and the Fiddleheads.  The Captain Charles Leonard House, 663 Main Street, Agawam, MA.  7:30pm.  413-786-9421.
  • Feb 17 - Four Sundays in February.  Academy of Music, 274 Main St., Northampton, MA.  2pm.  413-587-1269.
  • Feb 17 - Altan.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 18 - Jackson Gillman.  Springfield Museum, 220 State St., Springfield, MA.  1pm.  800-625-7738.
  • Feb 19 - The Red Stick Ramblers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 21 - Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 21 - U-Melt.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 22 - Edie Carey.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Feb 22 - The Holmes Brothers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 22 - The Bomb Squad - Please note date change.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 23 - Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 23 - Ellis Paul.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 23 - The Pangeans.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall, Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • Feb 24 - Really Big Show .  Academy of Music, 274 Main St., Northampton, MA.  2pm.  413-587-1269.
  • Feb 26 - John Cruz.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 27 - Celtic Fiddle Fest featuring Kevin Burke, Christian LeMaitre and Andre Brunet with Ged Foley.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 28 - Steve Earle and Allison Moorer.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Feb 29 - Casting Crowns.  Mullins Center, UMass, Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-545-0505.
  • Feb 29 - Medeski Martin and Wood.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
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