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NorthEast Folk 'n Roots
Everything folk: roots, Americana, blues, bluegrass, newgrass, traditional, folk rock, blues, R&B and Celtic music and allied forms of dance happening from the greater Boston / Cambridge / Somerville area out to New England and into New York and eastern Canada.
Postings of general interest are welcome, but please limit discussion and events to folk and roots music in the Northeast. Take discussion of other forms of music to other Going groups.
If you're not doing it already, resolve in 2008 to get out and hear live local music. As Jonathan Perry said in The Boston Globe 12/28, you owe it to yourself to investigate why the Boston area's "musical landscape" is "so consistently exciting, surprising and gratifying."
- Dennis Brennan, 1/2/08.
Links to other Going groups / websites / calendars of interest to the folk and roots communities:
- Going - Boston-area Musicians for Peace ~ http://boston.going.com/group-2017;Bo...
- Going – Boston Singer / Songwriter Club - http://boston.going.com/group-272;Sin...
- NortheastFolk news and discussion forum ~ http://www.northeastfolk.org/folkforum/
- NortheastFolk events calendar ~ http://www.northeastfolk.org/calendar.php
- Yahoo - news and discussion forum & events calendar ~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEa...
- Notlob Concerts ~ http://notlobmusic.googlepages.com
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Peace
The Entomology of American Participatory Democracy + -
From James Durst (Work o' the Weavers).
Remember, the lesser of two evils is still less, and evil!
Enjoy.
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Given that we're nearing the culmination of the Election Season, are you as discontented as I at the outsized expense of our elections? Well, taking my duties as investigative folksinger very seriously, I uncovered the identity of the individual responsible for the state of elective expenditure, and though I'm unable to reveal this person's identity, I've condensed our interview into a song which I call 'The Entomology of American Participatory Democracy (The Lessor of Two Weevils).'
You can see/hear it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJQ-2Dx61K.... Check it out.
Jeff
Pete Seeger at 89 + -
That's my friend, Ruthy Ungar Merenda, a Notlob alumna, on fiddle.
Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4yKFsanqS...
Jeff
Session Americana returns to Lounge residency Tuesday + -
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Its like a dorm room jam circa 1977. No bong-water spills, just a good old
fashioned acoustic music party with your hosts, Session Americana.
Come by the room after class. We're at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge every
Tuesday, starting this week.
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EVENTS:
October 2008
Tuesdays 9:30
October Tuesday Residency
Lizard Lounge
Cambridge, MA
more events at http://sessionamericana.com/index.php...
Paine
Anti-War Concert and Rally, 10/11 + -
Sat 10/11 (11AM) @ Boston Common
Charles St. and Beacon St. Boston, MA
* Cost: FREE!
Support the post / spread the word –
http://boston.going.com/event-389747;...
Music starts at 11 AM
PERFORMERS:
FLUTTR EFFECT (modern rock)
SON OF NUN (hip hop)
Bojah & the Insurrection (political funk)
PETE CASSINI (Peasant folk)
KIER BYRNES (Americana)
RYAN HARVEY (activist folk)
CASEY DESMOND (singer/songwriter)
SGT MAXWELL'S PEACE CHORUS (anti-war folk/rock/gospel)
MICHAEL BLOOM (political folk)
PAT SCANLON (Veterans for Peace)
SPEAKERS:
JOSEPH GERSON, AFSC
CHUCK TURNER, Boston City Council
ASHLEY SMITH
MEGHAN DAY
Former Staff Sergeant GABRIEL PAYAN
Flyers are available at http://www.oct11boston.org/Get_Involved.h....
March, 2008 ushered in the sixth year of war and occupation "without end" on Iraq. In an act of arrogance and impunity, Congress in a bipartisan vote approved another $162 billion in funding for the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan. The stepping up of threats against Iran and the increased likelihood of a U.S. troop "surge" into Afghanistan point to an imperative for action and an independent voice from the peace and justice movement.
In light of these developments, grass roots forces from around the country gathered together at the end of June for the National Assembly to End the Iraq War and Occupation in Cleveland, Ohio. At the conference an action plan for the months ahead was discussed and approved in a democratic vote. As part of this plan, over 95% voted in favor of supporting pre-election protests being organized in cities and localities around the country on October 11, 2008.
In Boston, the October 11 mobilizing committee has been formed to organize a mass
demonstration on Boston Common around the following demands/slogans:
• STAND UP FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
• STOP THE WARS AND OCCUPATIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
• BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW.
• MONEY FOR JOBS, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE AND HOUSING …NOT FOR
WAR AND OCCUPATION.
• NO SANCTIONS OR ATTACK ON IRAN.
• STOP THE RACIST SCAPEGOATING OF ARABS AND MUSLIMS.
• STOP THE ASSAULT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES.
It was on October 11, 2002 that Congress approved the "Iraq War Resolution" granting the Bush administration authorization to invade Iraq. The weeks ahead will continue to be filled with debate as the election campaigns gear up. Instead of being spectators who watch the media pundits put their spin on the political pronouncements of the candidates, we will be actively engaged in injecting our agenda, the antiwar agenda, into the intensifying debate.
Official Site: http://www.oct11boston.org
Jeff
David Bromberg with special guests Angel Band, Bull Run, 10/3 + -
http://boston.going.com/event-388180;...
Stage Road
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Jeff
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Raymond
Free Concerts, Thursday and Friday. October 9th & 10th. + -
www.myspace.com/raymondbrady
Thursday October 9th. Tom Driscoll
This should be a great night to curl up on our couch with a mug of hot chocolate and listen to our favorite local storyteller.
Event listing: http://going.com/Tomdriscoll1
Friday October 10th. Kellee Webb
We're expecting a standing room only crowed for this show, as a film crew will be on hand to document the event. But what the heck, come by anyway and we'll find some room for ya:)
Event listing: http://going.com/kellee
Perks Coffeehouse
685 Washington Street
Norwood MA 02062
781-762-5565
Remember, Come Early, Come Hungry, The Kitchen Is Open!
Jeff
Hundred by Halloween + -
http://going.com/folk
Current membership stands at 77, and it is one of the more active groups in Boston Going.
23 new members would bring us to 100, and the added new blood more information about folk and roots concerts and events.
Please invite a friend.
Jeff
Return of Scissormen + -
Your favorite guitar crazed cutting edge juke joint blues band Scissormen is
coming somewhere near you over the next few weeks. All tour dates are posted below this email. We're hitting the road behind our new album Luck in a Hurry, available at Amazon, iTunes and fine music stores across the US right now.
American roots music legend Jim Dickinson - producer of the Replacements' Let It Be, pianist for the Stones and Aretha - says this about Luck in a Hurry: Ever wonder what would have happened if Bukka White had discovered the Fuzz Tone? Or if Skip James had played piano with Antenna Jimmy and Drumbo from the Magic Band? Scissormen is acid blues for the 21st century.
We've also gotten great reviews from Cashbox, Blues Bytes, and the Chicago
Sun-Times. Copies of the CD along with a limited amount of Jinx Breakers
T-shirts and Scissormen jewelry will be available at the upcoming shows. And
request tunes from Luck in a Hurry at your favorite college, NPR, Public Broadcasting, or commercial specialty radio shows. More than 60 stations spinning already,
For more details, a preview of the album's songs, new reviews, etc., visit http://www.scissormen.com. Or be our
friend at http://www.myspace.com/scissormen
SCISSORMEN'S OCTOBER NEW ENGLAND CONCERTS
o THURSDAY, OCT 9 - The Hungry Tiger, Manchester, CT. 9 p.m.
o FRIDAY, OCT 10 - The Bull Run Restaurant, Shirley, MA. 8 p.m.
o SATURDAY, OCT 11 - Rt. 63 Roadhouse, Millers Falls, MA. 8:30 p.m.
o TUESDAY, OCT. 14 Nectar's, Burlington, VT.
o WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15 Exile on Main Street Record Shop, Branford, CT. 5 p.m.
o WEDNESDAY, OCT 15 Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT 9 p.m.
o THURSDAY, OCT 16 The Press Room, Portsmouth, NH 9 p.m.
o FRIDAY, OCT 17 The Lizard Lounge, CAMBRIDGE, MA. 10:30 p.m.
o SATURDAY, OCT 18 - Chili Head Barbeque, W. Bridgewater, MA. 7:30 p.m
o SUNDAY, OCT. 19 - PALMER, MA: Live video taping before a studio audience.
Jeff
Links to other Going groups/ websites / calendars of interest to the folk and roots communities + -
I'll start:
Going - Boston-area musicians for peace - http://boston.going.com/group-2017;Bo...
Web news and discussion forum - http://www.northeastfolk.org/folkforum/
Web calendar - http://www.northeastfolk.org/calendar.php
Yahoo news and discussion forum & calendar - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEa...
Please bookmark this group's URL for future access - http://boston.going.com/group-1849
Amy
Amy Black at the Bull Run Friday 9/26 + -
http://boston.going.com/event-375573;...
Jeff
RE: Amy Black at the Bull Run Friday 9/26 + -
Amy
RE: Amy Black at the Bull Run Friday 9/26 + -
Jeff
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