4th Tuesday (Dec. 22) Mermaid Inn Old Time Jam, Phila, PA
carlb
whoever shows).
Old Time music jam and Appalachian clogging,
Mermaid Inn, 7673 Germantown Avenue,
Chestnut Hill area of Philadelphia, PA.
Cloggers welcome to dance as musicians hold
an old time jam session.
Jam also listed in:
Seven Day Guide to Folk, Social and Traditional Dancing in and around
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.phillydance.com/
On the calendars at Fiddle and Banjo Hangout:
http://www.fiddlehangout.com/
http://www.banjohangout.org/
The Mermaid Inn schedule of events:
http://www.themermaidinn.net/
(also has directions).
Carl
Laurelyn Dossett
am doing a show at the TIn Angel with Alice Gerrard and Diana Jones
and thought this newsgroup might want to know about it...thanks so
much. L.
Redbird Round: Alice Gerrard, Laurelyn Dossett and Diana Jones
Songwriters in the Round....check it out at www.redbirdround.com
Redbird Round at the Tin Angel, Wednesday, February 17, 2010, $12, 8
p.m.
http://www.tinangel.com/schedule2.html10
Alice Gerrard is a talent of legendary status. In a career spanning
some 40 years, she has known, learned from, and performed with many of
the old-time and bluegrass greats, especially her groundbreaking
collaboration with Appalachian singer Hazel Dickens during the 1960s
and 70s. The duo produced four classic LPs (reissued by Rounder and
Smithsonian Folkways on CD) and influenced scores of young women
singers. Alice in turn, has earned worldwide respect for her own
important contributions to the music as a singer and songwriter, as
the founder of the Old-Time Herald magazine, for her advocacy of
traditional music, and for the work she has done with traditional
music as a musician, record producer, and documentor. It all started
when the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music changed her life
back in 1959...she's been writing new chapters ever since.
Diana Jones' songwriting has a powerful connection to the sounds of
old-time Appalachia. One of her songs, “Henry Russell's Last Words,”
has been recorded by Joan Baez, while another, “If I Had a Gun," has
been recorded by Gretchen Peters. Diana’s own versions of those songs
can be heard on her new album, released on Proper Records, “Better
Times Will Come," an ambitious effort that consolidates and extends
the leap forward of her previous recordings. According to the New York
Times “...Better Times Will Come, her unvarnished new album, marks
both the culmination of this process and the arrival of a fresh and
distinctive voice....She sings of the hard times, murderous urges and
chilling loneliness that haunt the old Anglo-Celtic ballads but, with
one exception, sets her plain-spoken narratives resolutely in the
present..."
Songwriter Laurelyn Dossett lives and writes in the piedmont of North
Carolina, and her songs tend to reflect the stories of the region,
both traditional and contemporary. One of the most sought-after voices
in creative collaborations, she co-founded Polecat Creek with singing
partner Kari Sickenberger, and has partnered with playwright Preston
Lane on four successful plays featuring regional folklore and original
music. One of these songs, "Anna Lee" was featured on Levon Helm's
Grammy-winning record, Dirt Farmer. She is also a regular performer at
regional music festivals such as Merlefest, a guest on the radio show
Prairie Home Companion, and most recently, a writer and performer with
the North Carolina Symphony. She is the 2009-10 recipient of the North
Carolina Arts Council Fellowship for songwriting.