BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Folk Music Society of Huntington - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Folk Music Society of Huntington X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://fmsh.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Folk Music Society of Huntington REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140628T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140628T230000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T163520Z UID:2422-1403956800-1403996400@fmsh.org SUMMARY:American Roots Music Festival at Caramoor\, Katonah\, NY DESCRIPTION:Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash will headline the fourth annual American Roots Music Festival at Caramoor\, a family friendly celebration of acoustic music on Saturday\, June 28\, 2014. Set on 90 acres of gardens and Italianate architecture in Katonah\, Westchester County\, NY – 40 miles northeast of New York City — the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is well known for its summer music festivals. The Folk Music Society of Huntington is delighted to be a Cultural Partner of the festival and will have a presence there.\nCash will be performing songs from her newly released album\, The River & the Thread\, a collection of original songs that connect and re-connect her to the American South\, where she was born and from which her family hails. The album was #1 on the Roots Music Report Americana/Roots Country radio airplay charts for a couple of weeks earlier this year. \nOpening for Cash in the evening program beginning at 7:30 p.m. will be The Lone Bellow\, a Brooklyn-based trio. Artists slated to perform during the afternoon (12-6 p.m.) include Cricket Tell the Weather; Joe Crookston and the BlueBird Jubilee with Peter Glanville; Kim and Reggie Harris; Miss Tess & the Talkbacks; Bruce Molsky\, Tony Trischka & Michael Daves; Spuyten Duyvil\, and Walkabout Clearwater Chorus. Also scheduled is a social music hour — an old-time music workshop featuring some of the artists mentioned above and patterned after one that Spuyten Duyvil’s Mark Miller has led here and at other music festivals. Folks attending it are encouraged to bring their instruments or just gather round to learn about several old-time musicians and sing their songs. \n“Caramoor is a nature paradise and the music takes place in several locations on the grounds so that folks can experience some of the environmental beauty as well\,” says Maggi Landau\, the festival organizer. She notes that during the daytime artists will be performing acoustic\, unplugged sets in the Sunken Garden – “a quiet grove with the audience sitting on the ground literally at the feet of the artist” – as well as on the larger Friends Field. The evening concert featuring Rosanne Cash will take place inside the Venetian Theater for which there is reserved seating. \n$25 daytime only tickets (excluding the evening performances) and full-festival tickets\, priced at $35-$70 (including reserved seating for the evening concert) may be ordered by calling (914) 232-1252 or visiting www.caramoor.org. \nAttendees are advised to bring their own chairs for the daytime performances. Although limited food and beverages will be available for purchase\, folks also can bring their own and enjoy picnicking on Caramoor’s spacious lawns. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/american-roots-music-festival-at-caramoor-katonah-ny-2/ CATEGORIES:Special Events (do not use... use HLC and NOOM instead) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Rosanne-Cash-2014-06-28.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140619T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140619T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T163437Z UID:2421-1403206200-1403217000@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Lords of Liechtenstein + He-Bird\, She-Bird DESCRIPTION:TICKET INFO\nTickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $10 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $15 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. \nHe Bird She Bird is a Long Island-based acoustic trio with a gravel\, silk and honey vocal blend that brings a rich and heartfelt sound to their wide-ranging repertoire of both original songs and American acoustic roots music. Since striking up their band late last year\, Todd Evans\, Terri Hall and Christine Kellar have incorporated sparks of folk-rock\, country\, bluegrass and gospel to fuel their harmonious vocal collaboration\, accompanied by their guitars and sundry other stringed instruments. \nIn the short time since launching their musical partnership\, He Bird\, She Bird has had people flocking to see them. They’ve performed at several local venues — including a well-received set during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Members Showcase Concert this past January. Christine\, Terri and Todd have also been in the studio\, recording their first He Bird\, She Bird CD. This Hard Luck Café show will mark the band’s first featured performance for FMSH. Multi-instrumentalist Dee Harris will be joining them onstage. \nThe Lords of Liechtenstein is a quirky NYC-based acoustic folk duo comprised of two brothers – Noah on ukulele and vocals and Dan on guitar\, banjo\, mandola and vocals. Their sound has been compared to Simon and Garfunkel\, while their onstage antics have drawn comparisons to The Smothers Brothers. It’s their instrumentation and introspective lyrics\, however\, that put them in a category all their own. “They are like the Everly Brothers with an attitude\,” says Mark Miller\, host of the Urban H2O concert series in Yonkers\, NY and leader of the popular alt-roots band Spuyten Duyvil. \nThe duo first met in a hospital in July of 1994. “Hey\, let’s start a band!” said Dan Rauchwerk to his new little brother\, Noah. “Waaah!” said Noah as he had just been born and wasn’t quite able to speak yet\, much less sing or play the ukulele. The brothers mutually agreed to wait a few years\, until Noah was at least potty trained\, before pursuing musical careers. \nAlthough the debate rages on as to whether or not Noah is yet potty trained\, the duo formally joined forces as The Lords of Liechtenstein in 2007. Noah and Dan have brought their unique blend of folk music to clubs and coffeehouses all over the East Coast. Their most recent album\, Girlz (With a ‘Z’) shows off the duo’s versatility in songwriting and performing\, moving effortlessly from reggae songs about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to upbeat folk songs about having one’s heart broken and torn apart by wolves. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/lords-of-liechtenstein-he-bird-she-bird/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LordsLicht-HeBirdSheBird-2014-06-19.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140607T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140607T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T163347Z UID:2419-1402169400-1402180200@fmsh.org SUMMARY:John Gorka DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n[nicepaypal type=”cart” name=”John Gorka” quantity=”field;Ticket Qty;1″ option1=”dropprice;type;Select your ticket option;Member:20.00;Non-Member:25.00″] \nPurchase advance tickets for this event using Paypal or your major credit card. Be sure to select the ticket quantity as well as the appropriate ticket type (Member or Non-Member). Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately.\n\nRising from the milieu of lovelorn singer-songwriters\, JOHN GORKA illuminates instead with his trademark wordplay\, twisting\, turning and tying words and phrases in the way a balloon artist creates complex creatures from simple balloons. Few contemporary songwriters coax language as deftly as Gorka. \nFor over two decades\, Gorka’s keen ear has picked up the stories of those along his path\, folding them into poetry and song. His keen perceptiveness inspires people from all over the world to share their stories. By involving those tales in his music\, he escapes the trap of introspection that hobbles less gifted singer-songwriters. \nJohn Gorka flies below the pop culture radar with an almost cult-like following that never fails to fill concerts. Speak with any of his fans and one instantly feels their enthusiasm and genuine affection. His shy\, almost self-effacing stage presence rightfully focuses attention on the songs. His versatility on guitar and piano keeps his sets musically interesting\, while his rich baritone effortlessly executes his bidding. And he’s never short of the sly comment or clever joke that invariably ignites his audience. \nWith his uncanny ability to work every nuance of language\, capturing a wide array of topics and experiences woven into memorable melodies\, John Gorka’s career continues to prosper and to garner ever-increasing attention. \n“One can get goosebumps all over. There are many reasons: fresh lyrics\, a stunning emotional baritone\, and his twisted humor” New York Times. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/john-gorka-4/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/John-Gorka1-2014-06-07.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140515T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140515T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T163302Z UID:2417-1400182200-1400193000@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Scott Cook & Larry Kolker DESCRIPTION:Tickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $10 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $15 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event.\nLarry Kolker is an American roots musician with a postmodern edge and a style that ranges from rhythmic folk and soulful blues to power pop rock. His lyrics run the gamut from the personal and passionate to the ironic and political\, and evoke emotions that span the spectrum from desperation to joy. Larry is also a versatile guitar player and blues harpist whose musical influences include artists such as Bob Dylan\, John Prine\, Jerry Garcia\, Bonnie Raitt\, David Bromberg and Elvis Costello. Originally from Huntington and a graduate of Huntington High School\, he now lives in New York’s lower Hudson Valley. \nLarry has performed at the Huntington Folk Festival\, the Montauk Music Festival\, the Borderline Folk Music Club Picnic\, and the Bob Dylan Festival at the Warwick Valley Winery\, among other events. His 2012 album\, Awful Smart Man\, is a musical tour de force co-produced with Fred Gillen\, Jr. that features Gillen on bass guitar and backing vocals by The YaYas. \nScott Cook is a prairie balladeer from Alberta\, Canada whose straight-talking tunes weave together folk\, roots\, blues\, soul and country music with spacious fingerstyle guitar and clawhammer banjo arrangements. He brings humor\, a disarming honesty and a deep love of humanity to his songwriting and storytelling\, drawing on a wide range of roots music influences. \nSince 2007\, Scott has been performing all over the world — touring extensively in the United States\, Canada\, Europe and Asia. Acclaimed Canadian songwriter David Francey has noted that “Scott Cook has distilled his travels down into songs powered by a sharp eye for imagery\, a healthy dose of humanity\, and that unforgettable voice that at the same time intones the rigors of the road and the most comfortable couch you’ve ever slept on.” Scott’s latest album\, One More Time Around\, features his song “Pass It Along\,” which earned top honors in the Folk and Acoustic category of the 2013 UK Songwriting Contest. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/scott-cook-larry-kolker/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ScottCook-LarryKolker-2014-05-15.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140503T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140503T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T163224Z UID:2416-1399145400-1399156200@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Beaucoup Blue & Jon Brooks DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n[nicepaypal type=”cart” name=”Beaucoup Blue & Jon Brooks” quantity=”field;Ticket Qty;1″ option1=”dropprice;type;Select your ticket option;Member:20.00;Non-Member:25.00″] \nPurchase advance tickets for this event using Paypal or your major credit card. Be sure to select the ticket quantity as well as the appropriate ticket type (Member or Non-Member). Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately.\n\nBeaucoup Blue\, the Philadelphia -based father-and son-blues and roots duo\, returns to grace our stage yet again after delighting audiences at previous First Saturday Concerts and during the 2011 Huntington Folk Festival. with a mix of original songs and classic numbers. \nBlending soulful traditional and contemporary styles\, Beaucoup Blue creates an innovative and authentic sound that covers a wide swath of what constitutes today’s Americana music. The duo has been named the grand-prize winner in both the Billboard Magazine World Songwriting Contest and the Telluride Blues & Brews Acoustic Competition\, while its albums have charted on Americana\, roots and folk radio. \nJon Brooks is a Canadian singer-songwriter of note. A winner in the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Competition\, a Canadian regional winner in the Mountain Stage Newsong Competition\, and a three-time Songwriter of the Year nominee in the Canadian Folk Music Awards\, Brooks writes songs “to calm those who’ve looked into\, and seen\, what is in their hearts [and] to terrify those who have not.” \nHis music is filled with grey and morally ambiguous characters living on the outskirts of approval\, but his mandate is unequivocal. Says Brooks: “I’m not interested in writing ‘happy songs’ – I’ve chosen to write healing songs and for that reason\, I’m obliged to reveal a wound or two now and then. That said\, I’m less interested in writing ‘unhappy songs’: I want to write hopeful songs\, inspiring songs and I expect I owe today’s listener some compelling argument as to why we should believe our present world can be improved\, or healed. A song’s highest aim is to invoke empathy – to offer that rare sight of ourselves in others. In this sense\, the songwriter is simply trying to ‘politicize love’\, hence my contention: today’s songwriter should be a lobbyist for compassion to be our principal representative in government office.” URL:https://fmsh.org/event/beaucoup-blue-jon-brooks-2/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Brooks-BeaucoupBlue1-2014-05-03.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140417T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140417T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T163147Z UID:2415-1397763000-1397773800@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Mountain Maidens + Ed Ryan DESCRIPTION:TICKET INFO\nTickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $10 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $15 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. \nEd Ryan is a Long Island-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a powerful voice and sharp wit. He’s also done theater\, stand-up comedy and voiceover work. Since launching his professional music career at venues such as the legendary Folk City in New York\, Ed has fronted several successful bands including Ed Ryan & The Underdogs\, which toured the country as the support act for then teen-queen Debbie Gibson\, and the harder-edged Wide Awake. Also a respected performer of Irish music\, he has played during the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade’s opening ceremonies on many occasions. \nAs a solo artist\, Ed Ryan has released four CDs .His 2004 solo debut album\, Make It So\, contains 16-originals\, while 2007’s It’s All in the Moose’s Head is a 15-track live album of self-penned songs. His latest CD\, 2012’s When New York was Irish\, and 2006’s Songs I Love So Well (featuring his popular sing-along “Drinking Song”) both include a mix of traditional\, classic\, contemporary and original Irish songs\, He’s also released a comedy CD\, That’s Not Funny\, that features some of his humorous songs. \nMountain Maidens is a Long Island-based folk harmony trio comprised of Candice Baranello\, Lorraine Berger and Marie Mularczyk O’Connell. Since first meeting at the Dickens Festival in Port Jefferson\, the threesome has been performing a unique and harmonious mix of ballads\, folk songs\, country and gospel numbers\, love songs and songs of social justice throughout the local area — including a slot at the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Annual Members Showcase concert in January. \nIndividually\, the group’s members are all accomplished musicians in their own right. Candice (Candy) plays the dulcimer; sings traditional\, classical and gospel music\, and is also a member of the a capella trio Wild Ginger. Lorraine plays the guitar and flamenco castanets and sings alto with the Huntington Choral Society. Marie is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar\, banjo\, mandolin\, dulcimer\, dumbec\, bones and spoons\, to name a few)\, who sings both British and American folk songs as well as Jewish music. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/mountain-maidens-ed-ryan/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/EdRyan-MountainMaidens.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140405T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140405T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T163053Z UID:2413-1396726200-1396737000@fmsh.org SUMMARY:An Evening of Fingerstyle Guitar featuring Bob Ardern\, Howard Emerson and Hiroya Tsukamoto DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n[nicepaypal type=”cart” name=”Ardern\, Emerson & Tsukamoto” quantity=”field;Ticket Qty;1″ option1=”dropprice;type;Select your ticket option;Member:20.00;Non-Member:25.00″] \nPurchase advance tickets for this event using Paypal or your major credit card. Be sure to select the ticket quantity as well as the appropriate ticket type (Member or Non-Member). Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately. Also\, members of the Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club may purchase tickets for this concert at the FMSH Member price \n\n Canadian finger-style guitarist Bob Ardern is touring the Northeast this Spring in support of his forthcoming album\, Craftsman. His previous release\, Wires\, Rosewood & Roots\, was nominated for Best Instrumental Album – Acoustic in the Zone Music Reporter (ZMR) Awards and ranked #6 on its Top 100 albums chart for 2012. ZMR is the music industry organization that tracks new age\, world and instrumental music. \nArdern – who grew up in Ontario and resides in Lunenburg\, Nova Scotia – combines masterful finger-style guitar playing with melodies that conjure vivid images and then pulls it all together into a captivating sound. With influences from Celtic\, classical and jazz music\, Ardern’s guitar stylings take listeners on a spectral journey of emotions. Having grown up in the golden era of English folk music\, he learned from some of the great names of the genre. While retaining those influences\, he also listened to and was affected by Canadian and American roots music and shaped the two styles into his own unique blend. \n Howard Emerson is a self-taught guitar player who has been hailed for his expressive and fluid style. He began playing at age 12 and learned to fingerpick in the fall of 1969 wile cutting class at the Berklee School of Music\, which he attended\, ostensibly in order to avoid the draft. After a very brief stint there\, he dropped out and later learned bottleneck and open-tuning\, and was very influenced by Ry Cooder\, Randy Newman and Little Feat. \nIn the early-mid-1970s\, Emerson recorded and toured with Richard Supa and with folk legend Eric Anderson. During that time\, he also played with a band named Topper that eventually became the Billy Joel Band. A touring clinician for the C.F. Martin Guitar Company\, Howard also teaches guitar at his Huntington Station home\, as well as to students around the world via videotaped lessons. His latest CD\, It Ain’t Necessarily So\, was released in 2012. \n Hiroya Tsukamoto is a gifted composer and guitarist from Kyoto\, Japan\, who came to the U.S. a decade ago on a scholarship to study at Boston’s Berklee College of Music and now resides in New York City. A finalist in the International Acoustic Music Awards and the USA Songwriting Competition\, Tsukamoto wowed attendees during a featured showcase performance at the 2013 Southeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference and also performed in unplugged showcases during last summer’s Huntington Folk Festival. He has released two solo albums – Heartland and Solo – and also has recorded several albums with the multicultural group Interoceanico. \nInfluenced by the South American Nueva Cancion Movement\, Tsukamoto’s impressionistic\, inventive and highly innovative musical style features interesting chord patterns\, a wide rhythmic mix\, and incorporates elements from various genres. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/an-evening-of-fingerstyle-guitar-featuring-bob-ardern-howard-emerson-and-hiroya-tsukamoto-2/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Fingerstyle-Guitarists-2014-04-05.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140320T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140320T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T163011Z UID:2412-1395343800-1395354600@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Rorie Kelly + Tom Griffith & Martha Trachtenberg DESCRIPTION:Tickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $10 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $15 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event.\nTom Griffith and Martha Trachtenberg are Huntington-based singer-songwriters who have not only chronicled the ups and downs of their 31 years together in their music\, but also have achieved numerous individual musical successes. \nTom is an award-winning singer\, songwriter and recovering jingle writer whose jingles have been heard in ads for products such as Miller beer and M&Ms candy. His work has also appeared in several movies\, and he has won two Clio awards. Tom’s album 40 Years Later was named the best Long Island CD of 2007 by Newsday. \nMartha was a founding member of the Buffalo Gals\, the first all-woman bluegrass band. She’s appeared in the IBMA Songwriter Showcase three times\, and her songs have been recorded by artists such as Toby Walker and Tony Trischka and Skyline. John Platt of WFUV has said that Martha “has a warm heart that infuses her songs with humanity and a supple voice that makes them ring true.” In addition to performing with Tom\, Martha is a member of the acoustic female trio\, The Folk Goddesses. \nRorie Kelly is a small redheaded tornado of sound. First-time listeners often comment\, “I can’t believe that voice came out of that body. Rorie writes catchy\, melodic rock songs that she plays with enough passion to break guitar strings and go right on playing without batting an eye. The Brooklyn-based acoustic rocker has drawn comparison to such artists as Fiona Apple\, Janis Joplin\, Alanis Morisette and Liz Phair. Like theirs\, her voice has a raw intensity to it. \nAlthough named one of LI’s “Top Ten Indie Artists You’ve Never Heard Of” by Long Island Pulse Magazine\, Rorie has been performing at clubs and festivals throughout the tri-state area for several years and is known on the NYC and LI singer-songwriter scenes. Her debut full-length CD is entitled Wish Upon a Bottlecap\, while Rorie recently released Sincerely Live\, a 28-track collection of songs\, banter and song introductions recorded during her performance at the Live in the Lobby series at the Patchogue Theatre last fall. (www.roriekelly.com) \nPhoto of Tom and Matha courtesy of Robert Berkowitz. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/rorie-kelly-tom-griffith-martha-trachtenberg/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Griffith-Trachtenberg-Kelly-2014-03-20.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140301T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140301T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T162901Z UID:2410-1393702200-1393713000@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Modern Man DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n[nicepaypal type=”cart” name=”Modern Man” quantity=”field;Ticket Qty;1″ option1=”dropprice;type;Select your ticket option;Member:20.00;Non-Member:25.00″] \nPurchase advance tickets for this event using Paypal or your major credit card. Be sure to select the ticket quantity as well as the appropriate ticket type (Member or Non-Member). Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately.\n\nA cross between Crosby\, Stills & Nash and the Marx Brothers\, Modern Man (David Buskin\, Rob Carlson and George Wurzbach) is a trio of singer-songwriters who have carved a unique niche for themselves with their inimitable brand of musical humor. No sacred cow is spared as they sing about topics ranging from God to Godzilla\, the FBI to ESPN\, and manliness to cluelessness\, all in a style that has been called “a non-stop express train of uproarious entertainment\,” (Oscar E. Moore\, TalkEntertainment.com)\, and with a vocal blend not heard since Ella and F. Scott Fitzgerald went their separate ways.\nFrom 1998 until 2010\, Modern Man performed in clubs\, coffeehouses\, concerts and festivals across the United States and Canada. These included the Philadelphia\, Kerrville and Falcon Ridge Folk Festivals\, and such acclaimed venues as Town Hall\, Wolf Trap\, The Bottom Line and Lincoln Center\, where Roots of American Music Festival producer Spike Barkin called Modern Man “the cleverest\, funniest\, most versatile group that I have heard in years.” The trio also won the 2008 New York Nightlife Award for best comedy group in New York. Modern Man has recorded three CDs: The Wide Album\, Modern Immaturity and Assisted Living. \nAfter a hiatus of several years spent pursuing other musical interests\, Buskin\, Carlson and Wurzbach are back touring as Modern Man despite popular demand\, with topical material guaranteed to keep audiences laughing. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/modern-man-3/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ModernMan-2014-03-01.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140225T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140225T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201111T022613Z UID:2409-1393356600-1393367400@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Film – Donovan: Rare clips (1964-1970s) DESCRIPTION:Film:\nBill Shelley hosts a program about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Donovan featuring performances from TV shows\, promotional clips\, and live concert footage from the early career of the Scottish folksinger-songwriter known for such hits as “Catch the Wind” and “Colours\, and his cover of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s “Universal Soldier.” \nTickets are $10 for CAC and FMSH members. $15 for the general public. Reception included. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/film-donovan-rare-clips-1964-1970s-2/ CATEGORIES:Special Events (do not use... use HLC and NOOM instead) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140220T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140220T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T180347Z UID:2408-1392924600-1392935400@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Rebecca Pronsky and Bill Scorzari & Friends DESCRIPTION:TICKET INFO\nTickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $10 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $15 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. \nRebecca Pronsky is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter whose musical style combines elements of country and folk with jazz and alternative influences to create a twangy urban-folk sound that highlights her sophisticated and poetic lyrics. A singer since childhood\, she began writing songs in her teens\, and studied ethnomusicology and jazz at Brown University. Since then\, she has recorded three albums and toured extensively\, playing in numerous clubs and at festivals both domestically and internationally including spots at the Huntington Folk Festival and the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturday series. \nRebecca’s most recent album\, Only Daughter\, was produced by her husband and musical partner\, guitarist and Staten Island native Rich Bennett\, and named a Top Ten Country Album of 2013 by the UK’s Daily Telegraph. According to NPR\, her “voice conveys the wisdom of experience (with songs that are) personal\, anecdotal\, and emotional.” \nBill Scorzari is a Huntington-based singer and songwriter whose original music combines elements of roots\, folk\, Americana and traditional styles with his thought-provoking lyrical imagery and signature voice. Bill’s influences include artists such as Justin Townes Earle\, Blind Willie Johnson\, Joe Pug and Townes Van Zandt\, among many others. His band\, The Raddle Chains and Straw Walkers\, is comprised of some of the most sought-after musicians in the tri-state area\, and he has performed at such venues as The Paramount in Huntington\, the Long Island Fall Festival\, Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts\, and the Long Island Folk Festival\, along with venues in Nashville and Franklin\, Tennessee. \nBill’s first album is entitled Just the Same\, and he is currently nearing completion of two more album releases: The Promised Land and Modern Times. In his first appearance at the Hard Luck Café\, Bill will be joined by Bill Herman on percussion\, Michele Sivori on background vocals\, Paul Johnston on keyboards\, Skip Krevens on pedal steel\, Steve Kaplan on bass and Tom Ryan on drums. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/rebecca-pronsky-and-bill-scorzari-friends/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Scorzari-Pronsky.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140201T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140201T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T180312Z UID:2406-1391283000-1391293800@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Caravan of Thieves DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n[nicepaypal type=”cart” name=”Caravan of Thieves” quantity=”field;Ticket Qty;1″ option1=”dropprice;type;Select your ticket option;Member:20.00;Non-Member:25.00″] \nPurchase advance tickets for this event using Paypal or your major credit card. Be sure to select the ticket quantity as well as the appropriate ticket type (Member or Non-Member). Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately.\n\nIf Django Reinhardt\, the cast of Stomp and the Beatles all had a party at Tim Burton’s house\, New England’s Caravan of Thieves would be the band they hired. Driving gypsy jazz rhythms\, acoustic guitars\, upright bass and violin lay the foundation for mesmerizing vocal harmonies and fantastic stories. It’s theatrical\, humorous\, musical and intense\, while welcoming spectators to join the band throughout the performance in momentary fits of claps\, snaps and sing-alongs. \n This exciting group are on tour in support of their new single\, “Dead Wrong”\, and will treat us to a show that’s on the high road to musical perfection\, – that channels pop bliss through their trademark lock-tight\, turn-of-the-century\, bang-out-a-beat-on-anything-that-can-take-it approach. \nLike many families\, Caravan of Thieves was started with a married couple\, Fuzz and Carrie Sangiovanni\, (guitar\, vocals\, and various percussive “instruments”) writing and performing as a duo. By the spring of 2008\, Fuzz and Carrie had extended their “family” to include fiery violinist Ben Dean and double bass madman\, Brian Anderson\, completing their colorful vision. \nWithin that first year\, Caravan of Thieves began to win immediate praise for their unique blend of gypsy swing and popular music. Since then the band has taken their dynamic live experience on the road\, sharing stages with world-renowned artists such as Emmylou Harris\, Dan Hicks\, Nanci Griffith\, The Decemberists\, Tom Tom Club\, Iron and Wine\, and many others. Their infectious live show has also caught the attention of festival promoters across the nation and the band has enjoyed appearances at Summer Camp (Chillicothe\, IL)\, Mountain Jam (Hunter\, NY)\, Herndon Festival (Herndon\, VA)\, Musikfest (Bethlehem\, PA)\, Four Corners Folk Fest (Pagosa Springs\, CO)\, and Catskill Chill (Hancock\, NY). \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03CzGYQwmI0 URL:https://fmsh.org/event/caravan-of-thieves-2/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CaravanOfThievesb.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140116T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140116T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T180241Z UID:2405-1389900600-1389911400@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Toby Tobias Ensemble & Brad Cole DESCRIPTION:TICKET INFO\nTickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $10 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $15 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. \nBrad Cole is a contemporary singer-songwriter who has drawn stylistic comparisons to John Hiatt and John Mayer yet delivers his own soulful slice of Americana with a groove. Cole says women artists like Patty Griffin\, Aimee Mann\, Lucinda Williams and Shawn Colvin have had the biggest impact on him as a writer\, while his “heart and soul are with Mavis Staples\, Betty Lavette and Bonnie Raitt.” \nA longtime fixture on the Chicago music scene\, Cole is now based in NYC and touring extensively in support of his third solo album\, Down The Line. Recorded in Nashville\, the album’s sound is a product of the late-night jams in which he participated and his host city’s country roots. Cole was a regional finalist in the 2012 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest and a finalist in other songwriting contests\, and was selected for official showcases at both Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) and Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) conferences. \nBrad was the subject of a cover feature in the August 2013 issue of Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond. “Some performers seem born to command a stage\,” wrote Richard Cuccaro. “Something in the stance; an easy\, relaxed\, but assured presence. We probably missed the years it took to develop that command\, but the performer’s execution gives the appearance of it always having been there. That’s how it is with singer-songwriter Brad Cole. His voice has a sharp\, unerring\, laser-like quality\, honing in on those uneasy truths most of us evade.” \nFor more information and to view performance videos\, visit www.bradcole.com. \nThe Toby Tobias Ensemble fuses elements of jazz\, roots\, world and folk music and is the brainchild of Toby Tobias\, a Northport-based musician and singer-songwriter. \nBorn and raised in Johannesburg\, South Africa\, Toby has immersed himself in all genres of American music of the last 50 years. His interest in African rhythms & world music\, coupled with his keen ear for highly intuitive arrangements\, has been the hallmark of his writing and performance styles\, and he has garnered a strong following of listeners on Long Island and beyond. \nA graduate of the prestigious Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem\, Israel\, he continues to search for material that stays as close to his musical roots as possible while at the same time reaching for new and exciting musical universes. He also hosts a weekly Acoustic Open Mic on Wednesdays at Caffe Portofino in Northport. Joining him in presenting an eclectic array of tunes will be Huntington-natives Steve Blatt on bass and Mike Nugent (Cadillac Moon) on guitars\, Cyndi Hazell on vocals and Mario Staiano (The Kerry Kearney Band) on drums. \nHere’s a link to listen to Toby performing a new song of freedom and determination that he wrote and dedicated to the life of Nelson Mandela: \n \nMore information on the Toby Tobias Ensemble\, along with a number of live performance videos\, can be found online at www.tobytoby.com. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/toby-tobias-ensemble-brad-cole-2/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/BradCole-TTE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140104T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140104T200800 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T180128Z UID:2403-1388863800-1388866080@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Members Showcase DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n[nicepaypal type=”cart” name=”Members Showcase” quantity=”field;Ticket Qty;1″ option1=”dropprice;type;Select your ticket option;Member:15.00;Non-Member:20.00″] \nPurchase advance tickets for this event using Paypal or your major credit card. Be sure to select the ticket quantity as well as the appropriate ticket type (Member or Non-Member). Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately.\n\nThe Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturday Concerts usually feature national and international touring artists. Each season\, however\, the organization showcases some of its own talented members in a special concert. As in past years\, this one will feature a wide variety of performers and musical styles. \nTen local artists and acts have been selected to perform short musical sets. Since the concert begins at 7:30 p.m.\, there will not be an open mic preceding it. \nFMSH members are invited to participate in our annual members meeting that is set for 6 p.m. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/members-showcase-2/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Star-Members-2013-01.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131219T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131219T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201111T022612Z UID:2402-1387481400-1387492200@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Bob Westcott’s Holiday Revue DESCRIPTION:TICKET INFO\nTickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $8 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $12 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. The concert begins promptly at 7:30 PM and there will be NO OPEN MIC tonight. \nLong Island-based guitarist and singer-songwriter Bob Westcott is certainly no stranger to local audiences. He began his career as a teenager in the basket houses of Greenwich Village\, and has been perfecting his elegant finger-style guitar work for decades. Bob was one of the first members of the Wes Houston Band\, and has been called “the real deal” by noted folk-scene author Robbie Wolliver. He has performed throughout the New York metropolitan area and across the country\, as well as in Canada and the UK. \nRay Lambiase is a veteran LI-based singer-songwriter whose contemporary style borrows from both country and folk traditions. He has performed extensively throughout New York and has had songwriting contracts with both Nashville’s Combine Music and Bob Dylan’s Special Rider Music. His latest CD\, Time Leaves Things Behind\, features 11 of his original songs. \nBill Lauter is a Huntington-based singer and guitarist whose striking vocal interpretations of both traditional and popular material have made him a long-time favorite at acoustic music venues and libraries on LI. Bill’s warm\, rich baritone voice has an impressive range and a strikingly pure sound\, which is enhanced by his highly-refined guitar work. His repertoire ranges from spirituals\, blues and gospel songs to Celtic and contemporary material and standards — some of which are featured on his CD\, Brand New Day. \nPatchogue-based singer-songwriter Hank Stone was born and raised in New York City\, where he began playing guitar and writing songs as a teenager. After moving to LI during the 1980s and raising a family\, he returned to performing as a classic “late bloomer\,” first hitting the local stages in 2001 with original songs reflecting his wide-ranging musical tastes and offering a smorgasbord of narratives\, character studies\, and mood pieces. Hank has performed across LI both as a solo artist and in several bands. He released a solo CD entitled Until I Saw that Train last year. Joining Hank will be Todd Evans on guitar and vocals\, Gary Settoducato on drums\, and Bob Westcott on bass. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/bob-westcotts-holiday-revue-4/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131207T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131207T200700 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T175819Z UID:2400-1386444600-1386446820@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Zoë Lewis & Lois Morton – Funny Folk DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n[nicepaypal type=”cart” name=”Zoe Lewis” quantity=”field;Ticket Qty;1″ option1=”dropprice;type;Select your ticket option;Member:20.00;Non-Member:25.00″] \nPurchase advance tickets for this event using Paypal or your major credit card. Be sure to select the ticket quantity as well as the appropriate ticket type (Member or Non-Member). Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately.\n\nZoë Lewis is a band in a body! She plays jazz\, jump jive\, Latin grooves\, swing\, international folk\, and funk originals on anything from the piano to the spoons. Originally from England and now residing in Provincetown\, MA\, she’s a troubadour-vaudevillian-storyteller-singer-songwriter-piece of work\, who describes her blend of music as worldbeat-vaudeville. She’s been a co-winner of the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival Troubadour award\, a Kerrville New Folk winner\, and a Falcon Ridge Folk Festival audience favorite. Her music is upbeat\, amusing and perfect for all ages. While at once settling listeners off balance with her quirky spin on things\, she sneaks in simple\, potent messages\, leaving audiences worn out and inspired. (www.zoelewis.com) \n“Part Huck Finn\, part Julie Andrews\, Zoë Lewis is a musical enigma” – InNewsweekly (MA) \n“She merges vaudeville with singer-songwriter. If you want entertainment embellished with subtle enlightenment\, sparklingly delivered\, Lewis is tremendous.” – SingOut \n“A true artist. This British transplant is blessed with the uncanny ability to uncover the extraordinary beauty in the seemingly ordinary.” – Bay Windows (MA) \nLois Morton has been delighting audiences throughout the New York metropolitan area for several years with her abundant charm and humorous songs of social commentary on such subjects as cellphones\, clutter\, diets\, psychotherapy\, and road rage. Reinventing herself in retirement\, the Huntington resident has gone from being an educator and therapist to a singer-songwriter with a rapier wit and a surprisingly contemporary approach. Her show As I See It (also the title of her debut CD) highlights Lois’ original\, often hilarious songs which encourage us to laugh at ourselves. At this concert\, she celebrates the release of her second album\, 20th Century Girl that features 16 of her original songs. (www.loismorton.com) \n“Don’t be deceived – underneath Lois Morton’s sweet grandmotherly demeanor lurks a wickedly clever songwriter. The legacy of Tom Lehrer lives in Lois.”\n– John Platt\, host of Sunday Breakfast on WFUV \n“For any concertgoer who loves intricate wordplay\, Lois is a lodestone discovery. Truly a gem” – Richard Cuccaro\, Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond \n“Lois Morton is an incredible singer-songwriter and conveyer of songs that strike at the heart of modern society. Her songs\, both humorous and serious\, are relevant and pertinent. She is hip to today’s world and must be heard!!! – Jon Stein\, host of Hootenanny Café on WTBQ-FM in Warwick\, NY \n“She’s a plucky\, sassy songwriter who writes laugh-out-loud funny material that sparkles with the glow of truth. She can unspool a dense swath of words at a quick clip that would make Gilbert and Sullivan smile with approval and maybe even envy… She zeroes in on observations\, situations and irritations that modern life surrounds and confounds us with\, but articulates the feelings and pops the balloons of pretentiousness with the sharpest of pins” \nRob Lester\, writer – Cabaret Scenes – Nightlife Exchange Pick of the Week URL:https://fmsh.org/event/zoe-lewis-lois-morton-funny-folk/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Lois-Morton-Zoe-Lewis.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131121T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131121T212000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T175750Z UID:2399-1385062200-1385068800@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Newland & Miller + Tony Denikos DESCRIPTION:TICKET INFO\nTickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $8 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $12 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. \nFred Newland and Cliff Miller are two Long Island-based singer-songwriters and instrumentalists who have been playing music together since their junior high school days in Seaford. During the late 1970s and early 1980s\, they were a fixture on the local music scene\, and also worked with worked with Michael Lang (of Woodstock fame) and Charlie Colello\, a musical arranger for Barbra Streisand and the Four Seasons\, among others. \nWhen marriages\, families and careers took them away from live performing\, Fred and Cliff still managed to stay in touch with their music. They continued to write and record\, doing some work in commercials and television\, and also recording a project with Doug Stegmeyer of Billy Joel’s band. \nNewland & Miller have resumed a limited live performing schedule over the past few years. They are pleased to make this return engagement for the Hard Luck Café. A new Newland & Miller CD is expected to be released shortly and will feature their tight harmonies\, compelling lyrics\, and fine instrumental skills. \nMaryland native Tony Denikos is one of the Mid-Atlantic region’s songwriting treasures. A familiar face at local clubs\, festivals and coffeehouses showcasing his foot-stomping backbeats\, engaging melodies and “tastier than Texas BBQ” guitar work\, he’s won the hearts of those who appreciate fine songwriting delivered with an honest and authentic voice. Tony also impressed folks during his Long Island debut at this summer’s Huntington Folk Festival. \nA contemporary singer-songwriter who describes his music as modern Americana with deep roots\, Denikos has independently released four albums and appeared on two compilations. His 2012 release\, Under the Church\, reached #5 on radio’s EuroAmericana Chart and #21 on the Freeform Americana Roots (FAR) Chart. It also features “Tip of My Tongue\,” the grand-prize-winner in the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest sponsored by the Songwriters’ Association of Washington. \n“I often write story lines in my songs to make a listener feel a certain way that my own loosely related experiences had made me feel\,” Tony told AcousticMusicScene.com. “”It’s the sharing of those feelings\, I think\, that makes our humanity precious. This [“Tip of My Tongue”] was one of those songs.” He notes that his latest album goes to places both darker and more light-hearted than his previous releases and enables him to reclaim his working-class roots\, reveal his small-town disposition\, and provide commentary on our current political climate. \n\nTony’s critically acclaimed previous release\, 2009’s Already Gone\, also garnered extensive radio airplay here and abroad\, and rose to #2 on the EuroAmericana Chart and #8 on the FAR Chart in 2010. Melding true-grit Americana with intimate guitar/vocal\, singer-songwriter performances\, the album includes his composition “Home for Christmas” – a winner in the Great American Song Contest. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/newland-miller-tony-denikos/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Newland-Miller-Denikos.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131102T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131102T195000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T175706Z UID:2397-1383420600-1383421800@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Joe Crookston and the BlueBird Jubilee with Peter Glanville DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n[nicepaypal type=”cart” name=”Joe Crookston” quantity=”field;Ticket Qty;1″ option1=”dropprice;type;Select your ticket option;Member:20.00;Non-Member:25.00″] \nPurchase advance tickets for this event using Paypal or your major credit card. Be sure to select the ticket quantity as well as the appropriate ticket type (Member or Non-Member). Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately.\n\nJoe Crookston an Ohio native now residing in Ithaca\, NY\, has been developing a reputation as an energetic\, charismatic and thoroughly engaging live performer. He was among the artists voted “Most Wanted to Return” during the 2007 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in upstate New York and wowed attendees in 2008 with a mix of his own lyrically compelling\, narrative-style songs and choice covers (including a solo acoustic version of Supertramp’s “The Logical Song”) — much as he did during the Falcon Ridge Preview Tour”s concert in Centerport earlier that year. A serious craftsman\, Crookston has heeded his father’s advice to work with his hands (and heart) in metal and wood. His latest album\, Darkling and The BlueBird Jubileee has received critical acclaim. His previous release\, Able Baker Charlie & Dog\, a collection of songs inspired by stories ordinary New Yorkers from the Finger Lakes region related to him during his year-long travels under a songwriting grant from The Rockefeller Foundation\, reached the top of the folk/acoustic radio charts and was recognized as Album of the Year during the 2009 International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis\, TN. His prior release\, Fall Down As The Rain\, was a Performing Songwriter Magazine Top 12 DIY independent recording. Joe Crookston also has been a finalist in several prestigious national songwriting contests. \nCome and enjoy Joe as he stands on stage holding his Martin OM 28\, stomping his foot\, singing songs about ruby red dresses\, drunk roosters\, ex-slaves\, window washers\, Polish Immigrants\, Tinian Island\, rutabagas and the cycles of life & death — songs about the thread that runs through us all. Appearing with Joe will be Peter Glanville\, guitar-picker and harmony singer\, also of Ithaca. \nFor more information on Joe\, click here to visit his website. \nHere are links to two videos featuring Joe: \nThe Nazarene \nFreddy The Falcon URL:https://fmsh.org/event/joe-crookston-and-the-bluebird-jubilee-with-peter-glanville/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/JOE-CROOKSTON.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131017T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131017T211200 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T175622Z UID:2396-1382038200-1382044320@fmsh.org SUMMARY:The Kennedys DESCRIPTION:TICKET INFO\nTickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $10 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $15 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. \nIn a career that now spans two decades\, New York duo Pete and Maura Kennedy have traversed a broad musical landscape\, surveying power pop\, acoustic songwriting\, organic rock rooted in their early days in Austin\, and a Byrds-inspired jangle that drew the attention of Roger McGuinn\, Steve Earle\, and most notably Nanci Griffith. The duo co-produced Nanci’s latest CD. On their own recent release\, “Closer Than You Know\,” the songs have a quality\, inherent in Maura’s voice\, that is both soothing and urgent. As writers and producers\, the Kennedys continue to mature\, from their early style-conscious pop to today’s burnished sheen. Always tuned to their own muse\, Pete and Maura have once again come up with a unique sound that is as uplifting as it is unclassifiable. 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Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately.\n\nBritish singer-songwriter James Maddock has become a fixture in downtown New York’s folk and Americana scene since moving there ten years ago. Currently touring in support of his new album\, Another Life\, the raspy-voiced crooner and guitarist will be joined by keyboardist Oli Rockberger for an intimate concert on Oct. 5 at the Congregational Church of Huntington (30 Washington Drive\, off Route 25A\, Centerport) as part of the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturday Concerts series. \nAfter fronting the band Wood\, whose debut Songs from Stamford Hill was featured prominently on TV shows such as Dawson’s Creek\, Maddock moved from England to New York City. His 2009 release Sunrise On Avenue C won a New York Music Award for Best Americana Album\, while its follow-up\, Wake Up And Dream\, ranked among the top albums of 2011 in WFUV’s Listener Poll. He’s performed with Bruce Springsteen\, Willie Nile\, Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors) and David Immergluck (Counting Crows)\, with whom he also recorded an album. Maddock also sang on an album with Susan McKeown\, has appeared on CBS This Morning and The Late Show with David Letterman\, and has been an artist in residence at Rockwood Music Hall\, the Manhattan club at which he also recorded a live album. \nVin Scelsa\, host of “Idiot’s Delight” on WFUV\, says Maddock’s “heartbreakingly beautiful and exquisitely crafted” music “touches the soul\,” while NPR notes that “his timeless songwriting style\, which seems to draw from great songwriters of every era\, conveys quiet confidence and lovely intimacy.”\nAmerican Songwriter Magazine refers to Another Life\, independently released this summer\, as “an album that finds [Maddock] crooning an old-school folk ballad one minute and rasping his way through a rusty-edged pop tune the next.” The album’s 13 songs paint a portrait of a man reaching the midpoint of his life\, a natural progression from themes in Maddock’s earlier releases. He’s looking back on roads not taken and isn’t always sure he chose the right one.\n“Even if you’re not one of the many emphatic and diehard fans who have come to adore Maddock’s signature raspy croon and deft songwriting over the last few years\, the music [on Another Life] will sound and feel classic instantly\,” writes Alan Semerdjian\, a singer-songwriter and contributing writer for Long Island Pulse. “This is no accident. The charm of James Maddock – to somehow access all that is timeless and make immediate and lasting connections – is the product of years of honing his craft. Another Life is evidence of a master songwriter at the top of his game.” \n“Another Life” live at Rockwood Music Hall – \n\n“My Old Neighborhood” official video – \n\n“Beautiful Now” live at Rockwood Music Hall – \n\n“One On One” live session – \nhttp://www.jamesmaddock.net/news_item&NewsID=3765647613102 \n“When The Sun’s Out” live at Rockwood Music Hall – URL:https://fmsh.org/event/james-maddock-3/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/JamesMaddock-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130919T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130919T223000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T175512Z UID:2393-1379619000-1379629800@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Mark Newman/Naomi Margolin & Jerry DeMeo DESCRIPTION:TICKET INFO\nTickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $8 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $12 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. \nJerry DeMeo is a Huntington-based singer-songwriter and guitarist with an expressive singing voice\, engaging guitar work and ebullient stage presence. Drawing his guitar-playing influences from artists such as Leo Kottke\, Stephen Stills and Jorma Kaukonen\, Jerry performs original material along with an impressive array of covers — all marked with his own individual imprint. \nSays former My Father’s Place owner Michael “Eppy” Epstein: “Jerry DeMeo\, with his multifaceted personality\, brings … not only great singing and original songs…. He’s both witty and funny and brings a friend-and-family milieu to any venue [where] he performs.” \nDeMeo released his first album of original songs earlier this year. Entitled Headin’ East\, Headin’ West\, the CD features an acoustic sound highlighted by electric guitar and a combination of country sensibility\, rhythm and blues feel\, and bossa nova accents. \nFor more information\, visit www.jerrydemeo.com. \nNaomi Margolin and Mark Newman are a singing and songwriting duo from Long Island whose all-too-infrequent musical appearances together are a rare treat for their audiences. \nNaomi is an accomplished vocalist and songwriter who\, along with Mark\, hosts the monthly Music from the Hive songwriter series in Westbury. Mark is an acclaimed guitar\, mandolin\, lap steel and dobro player whose career has taken him around the world several times as a sideman to the stars. He is part of The John Oates Band and also has toured with artists such as Sam Moore\, Sam the Sham and the late Willy DeVille. Also a singer-songwriter in his own right\, Mark’s most recent solo album is Walls of Jericho (2010). \nNaomi Margolin and Mark Newman were among the artists who performed at this summer’s Huntington Folk Festival and also were part of the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s tribute to Harry Chapin and benefit concert for WhyHunger last December. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/mark-newman-naomi-margolin-jerry-demeo/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/JerryDeMeo-MarkNewman-NaomiMargolin.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130825T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130825T164600 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T175434Z UID:2391-1377432000-1377449160@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Picnic\, Singing Party & Jam in New City DESCRIPTION:FMSH Co-Sponsors Aug 25 Picnic\, Singing Party & Jam in New City \nAnnual Event is a Mini-Folk Festival Focusing on the Music of the 1960s\nHundreds of folk & bluegrass music lovers are expected to gather at the New City Volunteer Ambulance Corps (200 Congers Road\, New City\, NY) on Sunday afternoon\, August 25 for the fourth annual picnic\, singing party\, and jam hosted by the Borderline Folk Music Club of Rockland County. The Folk Music Society of Huntington is pleased to be a co-sponsor of this free event\, which is set for 12-6 p.m. in the outdoor grassy area adjacent to the parking lot. Other event co-sponsors are the online publication AcousticMusicScene.com and The Folk Music Society of New York (Pinewoods Folk Music Club). \nThe theme of this year’s event\, a one-day mini-folk festival\, is the folk and bluegrass music of the 1960s. In keeping with that\, each of the artists who have been pre-selected to entertain picnic-goers in 15-minute sets that afternoon will perform one song from that era and an original number inspired by the music of the 60s. \nAmong the artists slated to perform are Long Island’s own Marci Geller and Josh Joffen (who also opened the evening concert during last month’s Huntington Folk Festival) and folk harmony trio Gathering Time (pictured above). Other performers will include (alphabetically) Arlon Bennett\, Jim Colbert\, Christine DeLeon\, Marci Geller\, Great Blue (Steve Kaplan and Shirl Lawrence)\, John Guth\, Larry Kolker\, Pat Lamanna\, Mara Levine\, The Levins\, David Massengill\, Anne Price\, Maggie Seligman\, Roger Sprung and Steve Suffet. Gathering Time also will serve as the house band\, while Marshal Rosenberg is the house percussionist and Mara Levine will provide harmony vocals for other artists. \nA few of the artists who were part of the folk scene during the 1960s or whose music was inspired by it will present an hour-long workshop. Steve Suffet will moderate the music-laced discussion\, joined by John Guth\, Josh Joffen\, David Massengill\, Anne Price and Roger Sprung. For those who prefer music of a participatory nature\, Sprung\, a banjo virtuoso\, will lead a folk jam and song circle – as he has at previous Borderline picnics. \nFMSH President Michael Kornfeld\, who also is editor & publisher of AcousticMusicScene.com and vice president of the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) board of directors\, joins folk DJs Jim Colbert (a host of “The Folk Show” on WPSU-FM in University Park\, PA)\, Bill Hahn (co-host of “Traditions” on WFDU-FM in Teaneck\, NJ) and Joe Pszonek (host of “Radio Nowhere” on WMSC-FM in Montclair\, NJ) in emceeing the event. \nPicnic attendees should bring their own lunch and lawn chairs. Soft drinks will be available for sale. No alcohol will be served or permitted on the premises. Plenty of free parking is available both on-site and at the school parking lot across the street. \nAlthough this is a free event\, Sol Zeller\, president of the Borderline\, requests that people make reservations in advance by sending an email to solz1@optonline.net or calling (845) 354-4586. Additional information is available online at www.borderlinefolkmusicclub.org. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/picnic-singing-party-jam-in-new-city-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Gathering-Time-on-steps.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130720T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130720T221800 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201111T022610Z UID:2390-1374321600-1374358680@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Huntington Folk Festival DESCRIPTION:The eighth annual Huntington Folk Festival is slated for Saturday\, July 20\, 2013. The free event will extend from 12 noon into the late evening at Heckscher Park\, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue\, in Huntington\, New York.\nHeadlining this year’s festival will be Yonkers\, NY-based Americana-roots ensemble Spuyten Duyvil\, whose barn burning\, rabble rousing live shows — blending traditional jug band energy with amped-up lap steel guitar and Chicago-style harp blues and featuring an eclectic mix of riveting traditional and original songs — have caught the attention of respected folk music DJs and prominent American Roots music promoters. Spuyten Duyvil photo courtesy of Jake Jacobson. \nOpening the evening concert on the Chapin Rainbow Stage\, beginning at 8:30 p.m.\, will be Long Island’s own Marci Geller (a piano-based contemporary singer-songwriter with folk sensibilities) and singer-songwriter and guitarist Josh Joffen (a two-time Kerrville New Folk Winner and 2011 Great American Song Contest Winner). The two will be joined in a song swap by Marshal Rosenberg of the Buskin & Batteau Trio on percussion. \nAn afternoon of unplugged showcases and song swaps\, from 12 noon to 6 p.m.\, featuring artists from the New York metropolitan area and beyond will precede the concert. Hosting them near canopy tents will be Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond and AcousticMusicScene.com. \nAcoustic Live! (Emcee: Richard Cuccaro)\n1:00 Joe Iadanza\n1:15 Tony Denikos\n1:30 John Sonntag\n1:45 Steve Chizmadia\n2:00 Susan Kane\n2:15 The YaYas\n2:30 Honor Finnegan\n2:45 Paul Sachs\n3:00 Ina May Wool\n3:15 The Levins\n3:30 David Goldman\n3:45 Christopher Brown\n4:00 Arlon Bennett\n4:15 Scott Wolfson & Other Heroes\n4:30 Jeremiah Birnbaum\n4:45 Stuart Markus\n5:00 Larry Kolker\n5:15 Brad Cole\n5:30 Drew Jacobs\n5:45 Lois Morton \nAcousticMusicScene.com (Emcee: Michael Kornfeld)\n12:00 Island Songwriters Showcase: Suzanne Ernst\, Walt Sargent\n12:30 Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club: Dan Doll\, Lisa Doll\, Bill Scorzari\n1:00 FMSH Members Showcase: Eli Maniscalco\, John Taylor\, Bob Westcott\n1:30 Music From the Hive: Naomi Margolin & Mark Newman\, Roger Silverberg\, Ivette Torres-Albano\n2:10 Kerrville New Folk Winners: Honor Finnegan\, Paul Sachs\n2:30 Tribes Hill-Hudson Valley Song Circle: Susan Kane\, Judith Kass\, Larry Kolker\, The Levins\, Lisa Jane Lipkin\, South County\n3:30 Brad Cole\, Joe Iadanza\n4:00 Funny Folk: Drew Jacobs\, Lois Morton\n4:30 Arlon Bennett\, Tony Denikos\, Hiroyo Tsukamoto\n5:00 Peter Calo\, Steve Chizmadia\, Kat Quinn\n5:30 Jeremiah Birnbaum\, Scott Wolfson & Other Heroes \nCo-presented by the Folk Music Society of Huntington (www.fmsh.org) and the Huntington Arts Council (www.huntingtonarts.org)\, the Huntington Folk Festival is part of the 48th Annual Huntington Summer Arts Festival presented by the Town of Huntington\, produced by the Huntington Arts Council\, and sponsored in part by the New York State Council for the Arts\, County of Suffolk and Canon USA. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/huntington-folk-festival-5/ CATEGORIES:Special Events (do not use... use HLC and NOOM instead) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130620T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130620T194800 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T175354Z UID:2389-1371756600-1371757680@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Twangtown Paramours & The Levins DESCRIPTION:TICKET INFO\nTickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $8 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $12 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. \nThe Levins are a New York-based duo who combine harmony-driven acoustic folk rock with overtones of the 1930s\, a style that has been aptly likened to the Mamas and the Papas having coffee with Cole Porter. Ira and Julia Levin are singer-songwriters who perform their original material with guitar and piano accompaniment\, using unexpected harmonies and unique musical arrangements that make their songs both engaging and infectious. The Levins won the 2011 Connecticut Folk Festival Songwriting Competition\, were the subject of an October 2012 cover story entitled “The Levins something beyond radiance” in Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond\, and their latest release\, My Friend Hafiz\, recently rose to #17 on the Folk DJ radio chart that is compiled monthly. \nAfter meeting at an open mic in California and marrying two years later\, The Levins ventured eastward and have been performing in the greater New York area as well as in Connecticut\, New Jersey and Pennsylvania over the past few years. Appearances in showcases at the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) conference\, the Huntington Folk Festival and elsewhere have brought The Levins new fans and added momentum to their mission of making the world a happier place through music. \n\nThe Twangtown Paramours are a Nashville-based husband-and-wife Americana-folk duo comprised of lead vocalist and songwriter MaryBeth Zamer and guitarist and singer-songwriter Mike T. Lewis. Their style of music has been described as “sophisticated Americana\,” blending the distinct sounds of Twangtown (a nickname for Nashville) and Austin\, Texas. In the roughly three years since they united in life and in music\, the Twangtown Paramours have released two albums\, including 2012’s The Promise of Friday Night\, which reached #2 on the Folk DJ radio chart and which WFUV’s John Platt included among his Top 10 Albums for the year…They’ve also twice been chosen as finalists in the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Competition\, have been selected as formal showcase artists at regional Folk Alliance conferences\, and have toured widely across the U.S. \nOriginally from Maryland\, Zamer was a longtime fixture on the Washington\, D.C. music scene and sang background vocals for the band Method Actor\, featuring Eva Cassidy. She was the People’s Choice Award winner in last year’s Wildflower! Performing Songwriter Competition. Lewis\, who has lived in New York\, California\, and several states in between\, has toured as the upright bass player with Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s band\, and owns a music studio in Nashville. His songs have been covered by artists in Japan\, Korea\, the UK and here. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/twangtown-paramours-the-levins/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Twangtown-Levins.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130601T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130601T213000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T175319Z UID:2387-1370115000-1370122200@fmsh.org SUMMARY:The Stray Birds DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n[nicepaypal type=”cart” name=”The Stray Birds” quantity=”field;Ticket Qty;1″ option1=”dropprice;type;Select your ticket option;Member:20.00;Non-Member:25.00″] \nPurchase advance tickets for this event using Paypal or your major credit card. Be sure to select the ticket quantity as well as the appropriate ticket type (Member or Non-Member). Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately.\n\n\n— The Stray Birds —\n\n Drawing upon the richness of American folk music traditions\, the signature power of The Stray Birds sound lies in outstanding songwriting that soars in three-part harmony. Raised on music within a few miles of farmland from each other\, The Stray Birds were born of a compelling collaboration between two unique writers and vocalists — the pure\, luxurious voice of Maya de Vitry and Oliver Craven’s richness of tone and depth of delivery. Grounding their sound in the unshakeable groove of bassist Charles Muench\, The Stray Birds are a trio of captivating chemistry and sensitive musicality. From bustling street corners to silent halls\, their performances speak to an uncompromising reverence for songs. \nWith miles of music already behind them\, Maya and Oliver first shared a song in January 2010\, in their hometown of Lancaster\, Pennsylvania. Maya had just returned from Europe\, where she’d been traveling by bike and train\, making her way as a fiddling street performer. Oliver had been criss-crossing North America for two years as a harmony vocalist\, fiddler\, and guitarist for the Grammy-nominated Americana artist Adrienne Young. His repertoire of original songs had been deepening along the way. \n A snowy Pennsylvania winter welcomed collaboration between two such wanderers— and inspired the collection of seven songs found on the Borderland EP. With their good friend Charles laying down the bass lines\, The Stray Birds landed their sound. Their love of travel\, however\, has hardly waned. An ambitious touring schedule reflects their embrace of the experience of live music. “Music exists in a time and place\, not just in a digital format\,” says Charles. Reveling in the energy of each room\, a connection to the audience is the essence of their show. Often singing into a single microphone\, their sound is a raw resonance of wood and strings beneath three joyfully blended voices. “Super-talented acoustic trio whose virtuosity doesn’t get in the way of their soul. Rich vocal harmonies\, tight acoustic arrangements\, heart-wrenching songs.” – Fly Magazine \nTheir website: www.thestraybirds.com \nHere’s a link to a video of The Stray Birds \n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njaC5dSSVBk \nNow in its 44th year\, the Folk Music Society of Huntington presents two monthly concert series\, a monthly folk jam and sing-along\, and an annual folk festival in conjunction with the Huntington Arts Council. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/the-stray-birds-2/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Stray-Birds.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130516T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130516T193700 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T175224Z UID:2385-1368732600-1368733020@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Gilles Malkine & Martin Swinger DESCRIPTION:TICKET INFO\nTickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $8 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $12 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. \nGilles Malkine \nGilles Malkine of Ulster County in New York’s Catskill Mountains is a multi-instrumentalist and singer\, an actor\, composer and a songwriter\, whose career has taken him from playing guitar with Tim Hardin at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 to performing at Carnegie Hall and on Broadway\, \nwhere he was part of The Dixie Dewdrop\, a two-man musical portrait of country music’s Uncle Dave Macon. Along the way\, he has collaborated and recorded with the likes of Hardin\, John Sebastian and Artie Traum\, and he shared the stage with performers ranging from Jacques Brel. Jesse Colin Young and John Cougar Mellencamp to David Amram\, Kinky Friedman\, Levon Helm and Peter Schickele. \nMalkine plays guitar\, violin and percussion\, and has written numerous instrumental pieces for guitar and strings\, as well as many songs and musical scores. His compositions take varying styles\, including ragtime\, classical\, and South American\, and his verse has been published in Sing Out! Magazine. His latest CD\, a self-produced solo effort entitled TimeDog\, was released in 2012 and features both songs and instrumentals. \nFor more information\, visit www.gillesmalkine.com. \n– \nMartin Swinger \nMartin Swinger is a Maine-based singer-songwriter with a fluid tenor voice\, an engaging stage presence and an out-front social conscience. Originally from Georgia\, he began singing and playing several instruments as a child. He counts Paul Simon and Harry Nilsson \namong his early musical influences. Swinger’s songwriting career began in college and took root in his twenties when his song\, “Look Who’s Crying Now\,” won a Certificate of Merit from the American Song Festival. Moves to Kentucky and Virginia and stints in several regional bands allowed him to hone his skill in writing powerful story songs that lyrically and melodically illustrate the variety of human emotions. \nAlong the way\, Martin Swinger has recorded five CDs\, including his most-recent release entitled Moon (2011). He’s been a repeat performer at the Kerrville Folk Festival\, where he was honored as a Kerrville New Folk Finalist in 1997\, and has also performed at the Boston Folk Festival. Last year\, he won the Performing Songwriter Competition sponsored by The Rose Garden Coffeehouse in Mansfield\, MA. With his engaging personal style\, and accompanying himself on guitar\, Swinger delivers songs that are humorous\, outrageous\, intimate and universal\, running the gamut of topics from autism to oysters\, Betty Boop and Buddha. \nFor more information\, visit www.martinswinger.com. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/gilles-malkine-martin-swinger-2/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Swinger-Malkine.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130504T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130504T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T175145Z UID:2384-1367695800-1367699400@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Phil Minissale & Connor Garvey DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n[nicepaypal type=”cart” name=”Garvey-Minissale” quantity=”field;Ticket Qty;1″ option1=”dropprice;type;Select your ticket option;Member:20.00;Non-Member:25.00″] \nPurchase advance tickets for this event using Paypal or your major credit card. Be sure to select the ticket quantity as well as the appropriate ticket type (Member or Non-Member). Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately.\n\nConnor Garvey \nPortland\, Maine-based singer songwriter Connor Garvey describes his music as acoustic funky folk-rock for the good-hearted. His initiation as a modern troubadour came in 2008\, by train\, on a 45-day self-booked cross-country tour via Amtrak. Now\, myriad tours later\, he has been drawing audiences and critical acclaim with his inventive\, rhythmic guitar work \, clear\, soulful vocals\, and songs that capture people’s attention with humor\, daring honesty\, and grace – songs that challenge us to hope\, grow\, laugh\, and see beauty in all of life’s metaphors. “Garvey’s sandy tenor\, attention to rhythmic detail and winsome way with a melody bring to mind the music of Paul Simon in his Rhymin Simon days\, as well as contemporaries Josh Ritter and Jason Mraz\,” according to music blog Direct Current. \nIn recent years\, Connor has toured the US in his station wagon playing festivals\, house concerts\, and many of the country’s finest acoustic venues. His song “Soul on the Line” saw heavy rotation on Sirius XM’s “The Coffeehouse\,” garnering him a spot among its top six new singer songwriters of 2010. His 2011 release Where Ocean Meets Land drew extensive airplay and acclaim as well. He is currently at work on a new double-disc album featuring one disc recorded at a studio in Maine and the other live at a house concert in Bozeman\, Montana. \n\n\n  \nPhil Minissale\nGrowing up in the Brandywine Valley of southeastern Pennsylvania\, Phil Minissale began listening to Elizabeth Cotton\, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee\, Jorma Kaukonen and Gary Davis at a very young age. His understanding of the many strains of the blues is as complete as that of musicians two or three times his age. Formerly tagged the “Long Island Blues Boy\,” Phil\, now 24\, has evolved into a more seasoned roots singer-songwriter and has performed at venues\, festivals and colleges from Maine to Georgia\, as well as abroad. \nRepresenting the future of Piedmont fingerstyle blues playing\, Phil’s cross-generational appeal has many folks watching closely as he exposes his contemporaries to the acoustic folk/blues sound that is a warm reminder of the Greenwich Village acoustic music scene of the early 1960s. With the recording of his second full-length CD\, Young Fool\, he continued to build bridges between various acoustic genres\, keeping the traditional integrity of the music intact while breaking new ground with his timely songwriting. He’s currently putting the finishing touches on two new recording projects – one a collection of his own songs\, the other featuring the songs of the aforementioned Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/phil-minissale-connor-garvey-2/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/GarveyMinissale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130418T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130418T205800 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T175049Z UID:2383-1366313400-1366318680@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Scott Wolfson and Other Heroes & Deborah Lombardi DESCRIPTION:Tickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $8 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $12 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. \n\n— Deborah Lombardi —\n\nDeborah Lombardi is a Long Island-based singer-songwriter who has been described as a country version of Liz Phair. Mixing elements of rock\, pop and country music with catchy melodies and thought-provoking\, sometimes humorous lyrics\, Deborah performs both as a solo artist and along with her backup band\, accompanying her passionately-delivered vocals on guitar and piano. Her \noriginal songs have been heard in television and film soundtracks\, and have also garnered accolades from VH1’s Song of the Year Contest and the Billboard Songwriting Contest. She has played in venues all along the East Coast and has been making her mark on the greater New York-area music scene over the last decade. \nDeborah’s storytelling-through-songwriting is inspired by her own varied life experiences. These range from her classical training at the University of Miami School of Music and sojourns residing in New York\, Miami and Washington\, D.C.\, to her performing experiences — which run the gamut from doing musical theater to fronting rock bands. She’s graced the cover of Good Times magazine and has done several live radio and television appearances. Deborah\, who will be accompanied by her band for this performance\, has also released two CDs\, On the Fringe and Sweet Revenge. \n Here’s a link to a video of Deborah Lombardi performing her song “City Limits”: \n\n. \n\n— Scott Wolfson and Other Heroes —\n\nScott Wolfson and Other Heroes is a Jersey City\, NJ-based indie folk-pop band whose music ties together the distinctly New York threads of folk\, punk\, and Broadway with a pop sensibility steeped in classic R&B. Starting with folk music’s story-song roots and transforming them into subtle theatrical narratives driven by catchy melodies\, singer-songwriter Scott Wolfson’s songs\, featuring his haunting vocals and the band’s tightly-woven arrangements\, become unconventional “three-verse dramas” with a soundtrack that lingers. \n \nIn the short time since its inception in the summer of 2011\, the band\, which also includes classically-trained Skyler Bode on piano and keyboards\, Matt Laurita on lead guitar\, and Kirk SIee on upright bass\, has been making a name for itself around the New York metropolitan area with its infectious melodies\, insightful lyrics and compelling arrangements. Also joining them on April 18 will be singer-songwriter Jeremiah Birnbaum (mandolin\, banjo\, guitar and backing vocals) and Chris Kelly (drums and backing vocals). \nScott’s song “Apocalypse Café” was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest; it appears on the band’s EP\, Born Broken\, and has been garnering radio airplay.Here’s a link to a YouTube video of Scott Wolfson and the Other Heroes performing “Apocalypse Cafe”: URL:https://fmsh.org/event/scott-wolfson-and-other-heroes-deborah-lombardi/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Lombardi-Wolfson.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130406T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130406T213000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T174944Z UID:2381-1365276600-1365283800@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Ariana Gillis & Seth Glier DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n[nicepaypal type=”cart” name=”Gillis-Glier” quantity=”field;Ticket Qty;1″ option1=”dropprice;type;Select your ticket option;Member:20.00;Non-Member:25.00″] \nPurchase advance tickets for this event using Paypal or your major credit card. Be sure to select the ticket quantity as well as the appropriate ticket type (Member or Non-Member). Note: If you require multiple ticket types (ie: 1 member + 1 non-member ticket)\, please add one type to the cart\, return to the page\, and add the second type separately.\n\nFolk Music Society of Huntington Hosts An Evening of Young Folk\, on April 6 — Singer-Songwriters Ariana Gillis and Seth Glier perform in Centerport. \n Acclaimed young singer-songwriters Ariana Gillis of Ontario\, Canada and Seth Glier of Massachusetts will grace the stage at the Congregational Church of Huntington (30 Washington Drive\, Centerport) on Saturday\, April 6\, when the Folk Music Society of Huntington presents “An Evening of Young Folk” as part of its monthly First Saturday Concerts series. The 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. \n— \nAriana Gillis\n Hailed as “the best new artist I’ve heard in a very long time” by Dave Marsh\, best-selling author and former music critic for Rolling Stone\, Ariana Gillis was named Young Performer of the Year in the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards and was the recipient of the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award from the Ontario Arts Council last year. Gillis\, 22\, who has released two full-length CDS\, Forget Me Not and To Make It Make Sense\, recently did a residency at The Living Room in Manhattan and opened a series of U.S. concerts for Josh Ritter last month. \n Steve Wozniak\, Apple’s co-founder\, extols: “Ariana is two people in one. She’s a normal\, nice\, demure 21-year old\, but when she begins to sing her entire body is taken over by the most powerful force\, and the songs become a lot more than just words of music… Her stage presence is the most visually grabbing I’ve ever seen. I was stunned at the intense connection between herself and what she was singing; I thought of the strength of character that embodied Janis Joplin’s performances.” \n\n— \nSeth Glier\nDespite his relatively young age\, Massachusetts-based singer/songwriter/pianist/ guitarist Seth Glier\, 24\, is a seasoned troubadour. Averaging more than 250 live performances annually\, he has gone from opening act to headlining his own shows and playing major folk festivals. Glier\, who has recorded three albums for Mpress Records\, is known for his passionate live sets. His music has caught the ears of fans\, industry and music critics alike — with USA Today stating that Glier’s “exquisite tenor echoes Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel.” \n As a national spokesperson for the Autism Awareness Foundation\, an advocate for Musicians On Call\, and with a Rock The Vote Road Trip 2012 stop under his belt\, Glier has become increasingly comfortable expressing his social beliefs — both onstage and off. Last year\, the Independent Music Awards recognized “The Next Best Thing\,” the title track of Glier’s sophomore release\, as Best Social Action Song\, his second IMA win. He is currently touring in support of his Jan. 2013 release\, Things I Should Let You Know\, which he describes as “a reckoning with adulthood.” Glier’s songs aim straight for the gut and cast light on the challenges of adult life. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/ariana-gillis-seth-glier/ CATEGORIES:1st Saturday Concerts (do not use) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/GlierGillis2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130321T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130321T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161215 CREATED:20201111T022607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T174902Z UID:2380-1363894200-1363897800@fmsh.org SUMMARY:Steve Chizmadia & Arlon Bennett DESCRIPTION:Ticket Info\nTickets for this event are available at the Cinema Arts Center on the day of the performance. Prices are $8 for FMSH and Cinema Arts Centre Members / $12 for Non Members. There are no advance tickets for this event. \n\nAbout the Artists\n\nSteve Chizmadia \nSteve Chizmadia is an award winning singer-songwriter who’s been described as a Northerner with a southern soul. Hailing from the Hudson Valley by way of Long Island\, New York City\, South Carolina and Texas\, Steve has also spent some time soaking up the Cajun and Creole cultures of Louisiana. Inspired by artists ranging from Woody Guthrie\, Pete Seeger\, the Beatles and the Eagles to Merle Haggard\, Willie Nelson and Steve Earle\, his original music offers a folk-\, country- and rock-tinged gumbo of NYC coffeehouse\, Texas roadhouse\, Music Row and fais do do musical influences sung in his own style and accompanied by his acoustic six-and 12-string guitars and mandolin. \n A two-time Grassy Hill-Kerrville New Folk Finalist (2003 and 2011)\, Steve also won both the Hudson Valley Songfest Emerging Artist competition and the Wildflower Music and Art Festival songwriting competition in 2011. He’s been a three-time selection in the Woody Guthrie Folk Fest songwriters’ competition and was named the 2010 grand prize winner of Noel “Paul” Stookey’s Music2Life competition for his topical song “The Wall Street Fat Cat Tax Payer Bail-Out Blues.” Steve’s first CD\, It Is What It Is\, reached #12 on the Folk DJ charts in 2007; his new album\, Jack of All Trades\, was released in early 2013. www.stevechizmadia.com. \nArlon Bennett\n Arlon Bennett is an award-winning singer-songwriter who recently released his fourth studio album\, World of Possibility. A Long Island native\, he now resides in Rockland County. \n“Filled with universal truths\, World of Possibility is a joy to listen to\,” writes Richard Cuccaro\, editor of Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond. “An Americana/folk-pop songsmith\, Bennett delivers timeless vignettes and melodies that recall Harry Chapin and vintage James Taylor\, but with an eloquence\, emotional honesty and style all his own.” The CD was produced by John Sonntag\, who will accompany Arlon on guitar. \nA two-time finalist in the prestigious Grassy Hill-Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters and twice selected by Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter\, Paul & Mary fame) to perform in his Music2Life Showcase featuring some of America’s best songs of social consciousness\, Arlon recognizes the power of music to reach people. A perfect example is the album’s title track\, which was borne from an invitation to perform at a Parkinson’s disease conference. “Be the Change” from Arlon’s previous release\, Summer’s Voice\, gained the distinction of being the #9 most-played song on folk radio\, while the New York Mets chose that CD’s title track for inclusion in a tribute video to Hall of Fame sportscaster Bob Murphy that was screened before a capacity home crowd.\nwww.arlonbennett.com. URL:https://fmsh.org/event/steve-chizmadia-arlon-bennett-2/ CATEGORIES:Hard Luck Cafe and NOOM ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fmsh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Chizmadia-Bennett.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR