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Calendar
July 2009
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| Listed ticket prices are: Non-Member / Member. Tickets sold at door cost additional $2. |
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| Wednesday, Jul. 1 • 7 PM |
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Poetry Open Mic |
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With Featured Readers Timothy Mason and LisaAnn LoBasso |
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Timothy Mason honed his performance style in early poetry slams in the 1980s and around the campfires of the fabled Kerrville Folk Festival, giving the songwriters a run for their money. His poetry is meant to be performed aloud. His most recent work, Feral Voices, published in February 2009, offers a non-human voice and sensibility to 21st century experience on our shared planet.
Dubbed a "poetry minstrel" by Las Vegas City Life Weekly, LisaAnn LoBasso’s readings have been branded provocative on the East and West coasts. LisaAnn’s Awards and Honors include nomination for California Poet Laureate 2008, and several Pushcart Prize nominations. Her poems, stories and articles have been published in numerous literary journals. Books in print include In the Swollen a poetry collection (2003), and Oleander Milkshake (2008).
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As one half of the powerhouse bluegrass band The Gibson Brothers, Leigh Gibson has made a name for himself as one of the finest purveyors of traditional bluegrass music today. The Gibson Brothers" last four albums have all gone to #1 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Chart, an overwhelming achievement due in large part to Leigh"s song-writing and singing.
Award-winning flatpicking guitarist Tony Watt has been featured in Bluegrass Now and Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, and performed throughout the United States and Europe, including on the Grand Ol' Opry with Rounder Recording artist Alecia Nugent.
Leigh and Tony make music that is a departure from the traditional full bluegrass band sound. Classic country songs and haunting ballads, along with some of Leigh's favorite material that hasn't been recorded by the Gibsons, the songs truly steal the show.
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| Saturday, Jul. 4 |
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Closed for Independence Day |
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 This folk-rock trio is the highly acclaimed acoustic version of the legendary West London electric band so popular during the '60s and '70s. It is still fronted by the heart and soul of the Strawbs, Mr. Dave Cousins. He writes the songs, sings them in his inimitable style, and provides unique guitar stylings. He is joined by long-time Strawbs Chas Cronk and Dave Lambert who add more guitar, plus banjo and dulcimer.
It's hard to believe, but this trio packs all the intense, emotional energy of the original six-piece electric band and makes intimate coffeehouse engagements possible, a genuine thrill for fans across North America.
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| Wednesday, Jul. 8 • 7 PM |
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Emerging Artist Breakout Series |
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Courtney Biondo |
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| Friday, Jul. 10 • 8 PM |
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Boréal Tordu |
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With opener Lissa Schneckenburger |
| www.borealtordu.com |
 “They are a light-hearted, improvident, unenterprising people, more fond of the fiddle than the hoe.”
—Edward Elwell, Portland Transcript, on the Acadians of Maine, 1878
. . . And in 2009, representing today’s generation of Acadian-Maniacs and inspiring the populace to forget toil and care, comes Boréal Tordu. More than a revival, this is the reinvention of a culture almost lost to a new generation. The result is a rhythmically unstoppable, lyrically fantastic blend of French-Canadian traditions with original Americana sensibilities.
 Their 2006 release La Bonne Vie was called "an inspiration to the Franco-American community" by Dirty Linen Magazine, and has been heard on the PBS series Now with Bill Moyers. The band features fiddler/accordionist Steve Muise, and Acadian singer-songwriter and dobro player Rob Sylvain, known for his work in the band Douce with Matthew Doucet of Lafayette, Louisiana.
Rounding out the rhythm section is Pip Walter on guitar and backing vocals, and Andy Buckland on upright bass. Thrice nominated for the Portland Phoenix reader’s poll award for Best World Music Act, Boréal Tordu continues to innovate and abide in a genre by itself.
New England fiddler and singer Lissa Schneckenburger will open the show. She's a winsome, sweet-voiced singer who brings new life to old ballads and a skillful, dynamic fiddler who captures the driving rhythm and carefree joy of dance tunes old and new.
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The Bruchac family is one of our region’s greatest folklore treasures, best known for their preservation and perfomance of Abenacki lore. Tonight son Jesse and father Joe will be joined by popular Adirondack fiddler and singer John Kirk for a performance of new and old Native stories and songs.
Jesse Bruchac has spent the past fifteen years preserving Abenaki culture through academic work and popular performance. Specializing in native flute and drums, Jesse is a founder of the Dawn Land Singers and has performed American Indian music throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He performed at Woodstock 2 and as the opening act for The Grateful Dead at Highgate, VT.
Joseph Bruchac is a poet, writer, publisher, storyteller and musician who has enlightened countless thousands of school children and adults about the culture of our Abenacki ancestors and neighbors.
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Katie Haverly |
Scientific Maps
Metroland’s Male and Female Singer-
Songwriters of the Year, 2008 |
Tonight we hear from the Capital Region’s Best of the Best! Katie Haverly’s music displays a wealth of passion, living and maturity. Her songs map the human heart with an understated, but undeniable intensity. Elements of rock, jazz and folk are topped with Katie’s languid, yet fierce singing and an impressive lyrical facility.
Tonight she’ll be performing solo, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar.
Scientific Maps is a pseudonym for Albany, N.Y. resident and musician, Aaron Smith, former bass player for The Stars of Rock. His unique songwriting reflects influences as varied as the supernatural and crypto-zoological, to British invasion, to Sherlock Holmes to Elephant 6, and then back to the supernatural. He’ll be performing with bandmate Donna Baird on trumpet.
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| Wednesday, Jul. 15 • 7 PM |
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Emerging Artist Breakout Series |
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T.B.A. |
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 Texas songwriter Eric Taylor’s influence has been instrumental in the development of well-known fellow Texans Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen. He is a sage musician, a lyrical genius and a master of the guitar who learned his chops from Lightnin' Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb and Mississippi Fred McDowell.
 He has headlined the Newport Folk Festival, played NPR's "Mountain Stage" and appeared on "Late Night With David Letterman" and "Austin City Limits." It’s always hard to describe with only printed words the emotional impact of a great songwriter so you’ll just have to come to the show tonight and discover for yourself the man Nanci Griffith has called "the William Faulkner of songwriting in our time."
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| Saturday, Jul. 18 • 8 PM |
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The Angel Band |
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Nancy Josephson, Aly Paige, Kathleen Weber and more! |
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 Angel Band makes big noise. Loud noise. Boisterous, sad, sweet, goofy, glorious and angelic. Whether it’s the crazy-tight three-part harmony, the killer backup playing, the stories, the passion or the compassion, it gets your attention. The songs roam from old time "mountain" music to rock and roll originals, weaving vivid images, powerful lyrics, musical integrity and "chops" to write home about.
The core of the band is held by singers Nancy Josephson, Aly Paige, and Kathleen Weber. The crackerjack backup band (lovingly known as "Chum") is: Bobby Tangrea (mandolin, guitar, fiddle), Bob Taylor (bass), and Jeff Wisor (fiddle, mandolin).
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 With a repertoire of old-timey and topical folk, and just plain love songs, the husband and wife duo of Mike and Ruthy perform heartfelt vocal duets intertwined with lively fiddle and banjo. Brought together in New York City amidst a swirl of rock, anti-folk, and Americana enthusiasm, they harmonized from the first night they met.
After seven years touring with folk band The Mammals, they have begun a new chapter, still incorporating the best sounds and textures that old-timey and rock music can offer.
Their well-received 2008 CD, The Honeymoon Agenda, is now joined by Waltz of the Chickadee, a collection of moody mountain songs and lively twang to herald the springtime.
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| Wednesday, Jul. 22 • 7 PM |
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Emerging Artist Breakout Series |
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Julia Ilowiecki
w/ openers Byron Zanos and Tim Williams |
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| Friday, Jul. 24 • 8 PM |
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The Improv Club |
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 Looking for a great way to add a few laughs to your life? The Improv Club has just the ticket with their all-new show, "Improv Soup: Games & Skits to Cure The Economy Blues." Enjoy not just watching, but actively guiding this enthusiastic company of actors and stand-up comics through a variety of hilarious scenes based on audience suggestions.
The Improv Club’s family-friendly show is suitable for anyone who needs a good laugh between the ages of 8 to 88.
The Improv Club consists of nine stand-up comics and experienced stage performers who believe the shortest distance between two people is humor.
The company consists of Judi Clements, Terrie Gifford, Julie Phillips, Janet Smith, PJ Smith, Steve Smoller, Ellen Gibson, Marcy Hausman, and Jon Hausman.
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| Saturday, Jul. 25 • 8 PM |
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Roy Hurd with Frank Orsini and Meadow Merry |
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 Roy Hurd is one of the Adirondack's best-known singer/songwriters, loved by thousands of die-hard fans inside the Blue Line and beyond. His lyrics reflect the country independence and love of nature, family and good times that is so much a part of life in the mountains, with crowd-pleasing melodies that range from roadhouse rock to sweet folk ballads.
Joining Roy will be long-time partners Frank Orsini on fiddle and Roy’s daughter Meadow on harmony vocals.
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 Washington Area Music Association "Best Irish/Celtic Male Vocalist" – 1993, 1994, 1995 . . . and every year up to 2008!
Seamus Kennedy from Belfast is a seasoned pub-style entertainer with a ready wit and a vast store of songs. With an absurd mix of songs for children, drinking and crying, Seamus has managed to make himself a family tradition during his more than 30 years of touring around North America.
He encourages the crowd to sing along to silly lyrics and daft ditties or act out the choruses. When he plays a lively Irish jig or a reel, Seamus will often coax someone to jump up and dance to the music of his guitar or bodhrán - to the delight - and often amazement - of their friends.
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| Wednesday, Jul. 29 • 7 PM |
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Alash Ensemble – Tuvan Throat Singers |
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With Opener Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius and HEARD |
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 Alash Ensemble is a quartet of master throat singers from Tuva, a tiny republic in the heart of Central Asia renowned for the unique traditional music of its nomadic herdsmen. Alash has expanded on the throat singing tradition with new ideas from the West. Under the guidance of Kongar-ool Ondar (best known to western audiences for his role in the film Genghis Blues), they’ve blended western instruments with traditional Tuvan instruments, and experimented with new harmonies and song structures.
The result bears the mark of both their ancestors and such western artists as Sun Ra and Jimi Hendrix. They have collaborated with the innovative jazz ensemble Sun Ra Arkestra, the bluegrass/fusion/jazz band Béla Fleck and Flecktones, and the classical Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's Student Producers Program. They are guest artists on the Flecktones Grammy-winning holiday CD "Jingle All the Way."
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 Enjoy an evening of "New Standards" from the great songwriters of the '60s and '70s, plus newer originals by popular area songwriter Bob Warren. Jazz singer Jeanne O'Connor is a master of her craft with a clear, confident, expressive alto voice and stellar band. She has performed as a soloist with jazz combos and big bands throughout the New York City region and beyond.
She has sung at the Blue Note, the Rainbow Room, the Cat Club, and many other top jazz clubs. Jeanne will be joined tonight by a number of musical friends, including Bob Warren on guitar, Peg Delaney on keyboards, Sam Zucchini on percussion, Tony Markellis on bass, and vocalist Mallory O¹Donnell. |
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The Horse Flies
© 2009, Joseph Deuel
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Photo:
Don and Victoria Armstrong
© 2009, Joseph Deuel
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