Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings

October 2003

Contents

  • Chris Brashear will join October 10 Song & Story Swap
  • Lou & Peter Berryman to play Amherst UU Meetinghouse on Nov. 9
  • New Valley recordings - Cliff Eberhardt's School for Love
  • Lou's Reviews - La Bottine Souriante
  • Calendar

Chris Brashear will be October 10 Song & Story Swap guest

Please come share in an evening of music and stories at the October Pioneer Valley Folklore Society SONG & STORY SWAP.

Chris Brashear at the Black Sheep in Amherst, 11/9Friday, October 10, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, Mass.

Guest performer at the October 10 Song & Story Swap will be songwriter and fiddle phenom, Chris Brashear. A charismatic songwriter and gifted multi-instrumentalist, Chris has been Laurie Lewis's bassist (and she his), fiddler for Kentucky Rose, and played jazz violin with the Italian swing group, Maurizio Geri Swingtet. He's currently fiddle player for Perfect Strangers, an all-star band of bluegrass musicians that includes grammy nominee Jody Stecher on mandolin and former national flat-picking guitar champion, Peter McGlaughlin.

Chris Brashear has a solo recording, Wanderlust, released in 1999 by Copper Creek Records and produced by Jody Stecher. He is part of two 2003 recordings; Perfect Strangers on Rebel Records and a CD of duo performances with Peter McGlaughlin called Canyoneers on the Copper Creek label.

Learn more about Chris Brashear at his web site, http://www.chrisbrashear.com.

The warm-up theme this month is Money. Money

The PVFS Song & Story Swap happens the 2ND FRIDAY of every month.  For information contact Paul Kaplan, (413)-253-9484 or Jeff Lee, (413)-256-0433 or visit http://www.filbert.com/pvfs.

Lou & Peter Berryman return to Amherst on November 9

Lou & Peter Berryman at the UU Meetinghouse in Amherst on Nov. 9PVFS welcomes back the brilliant comic folk collaborators Lou & Peter Berryman, when they will make a concert stop at the UU Meetinghouse in Amherst on Sunday, November 9.  

Lou and Peter, who hail from Madison, Wisconsin, invariably leave their audiences chuckling, shaking their heads and singing the infectious Berryman songs to themselves.  They have played to full rooms on all four of their previous visits to the area.

The show will take place Sunday, November 9, 7:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Meetinghouse, 121 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, Mass.  Tickets are $12 and may be purchased at For the Record, 194 N. Pleasant St., Amherst or by contacting Jeff Lee at (413)-256-0433.

Guffaws are guaranteed — Don't miss it!

New Releases from the Valley

School For Love -- Cliff Eberhardt

Cliff Eberhardt - School For Love

Nimble-fingered guitar player Cliff Eberhardt, who calls Williamsburg home, is a gifted songwriter whose compositions have been recorded by luminaries like Richie Havens, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Carl Perkins.  He has released his sixth CD, School For Love on Red House Records, and it is packed with gems.  Rocking Sugartown has been getting good air play, while the title track School for Love by Cliff Eberhardt,  ranks with his finest earlier love ballads such as That Kind of Love and Goodnight.  The disc is bolstered by the backup playing of such musical stalwarts as Dar Williams, Mark Erelli, Jim Henry and Jeff Pevar.

Lou's Reviews — La Bottine Souriante

La Bottine Souriante

On September 27, I drove to Hanover, New Hampshire for a two-hour concert at Dartmouth College by Quebec’s legendary nonet, La Bottine Souriante. Now in its 27th year, the group, which translates as “the smiling boot,” has its roots in Quebec-Celtic reels, jigs, and irreverent call-and-response burlesques. In 1990, La Bottine, which had comprised traditional folk instruments, incorporated a four-piece horn section. There had never been anything like that hybrid before and as far as I know there’s never been anything else quite like it since. Dirty Linen has called La Bottine the best band in the world. The BBC once named it the world’s best “live” ensemble. My own impressions and critique will appear on this Web site under reviews in about a week. All that I have to say in advance is that la joie de vivre is for real.

— Lou Wigdor           

Western Mass. Folk Calendar

  • Oct. 8 - Katie Green & Tony Vacca.  Egyptian Myths & Magic, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA.  7pm.  413-263-6800.
  • Oct. 9 - Jeffrey Foucault, Deb Pasternak.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 9 - Sam Shaber.  Jittery's at Smith College, Davis Center,  Northampton, MA.  9pm.  413-585-2331.
  • Oct. 10 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Chris Brashear.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484.
  • Oct. 10 - Robin O'Herin.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Oct. 10 - Gideon Freudmann.  Loose Goose, 1 E. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA.  8:30pm.  413-549-4667.
  • Oct. 10 - Zoe Darrow & the Fiddleheads, Three of Cups.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 10 - Nerissa and Katryna Nields, Common Rotation.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 10 - Paul Geremia, Marjorie Thompson.  Turningstone Coffeehouse, 233 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8pm.  413-772-0831.
  • Oct. 10 - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem.  Town Hall, One South Rd., Westhampton, MA.  7:30pm.  413-527-5903.
  • Oct. 11 - Cathy Cowette.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Oct. 11 - Garrin Benfield.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-0679.
  • Oct. 11 - Rebecca Hall.  Turningstone Coffeehouse, 233 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8pm.  413-772-0831.
  • Oct. 11 - Norman Schell & Youth Well Spent, Paul Kaplan.  St. James Coffeehouse, 8 Church Street,  Greenfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-772-2213.
  • Oct. 11 - Kris Delmhorst, Jabe Beyer.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 11 - Annie Hassett & Friends.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall,  Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • Oct. 12 - Stephen Kellogg, Ari Hest.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 13 - Over The Rhine, Steven Delopoulos, Susan Enan.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 15 - Marc Cohn, Shane Fontayne.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 16 - Reed Foehl, Tyler Hilton.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 16 - Richard Buckner, Josh Crane.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 17 - Mike Mangione.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Oct. 17 - Trina Hamlin, Amy Speace.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 17 - Mark Erelli, Jess Klein.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St.,  Great Barrington, MA.  8:30pm.  413-528-3394.
  • Oct. 17 - Jay Thompson.  Turningstone Coffeehouse, 233 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8pm.  413-772-0831.
  • Oct. 17 - Peter Mulvey.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 17 - Iron and Wine, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 18 - Richard Berman.  Nacul Center, 592 Main St.,  Amherst, MA.  8pm.  413-256-8025.
  • Oct. 18 - Tanya Blue.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Oct. 18 - Turkey Hollow.  Coffee & Soul Coffeehouse, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St.,  Greenfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Oct. 18 - Jack Kid, Charles Spencer.  Turningstone Coffee House, 233 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8pm.  413-772-0831.
  • Oct. 18 - Reed Foehl.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 18 - Joan Baez.  Mass. MoCa, 87 Marshall St., North Adams, MA.  8pm.  413-662-2111.
  • Oct. 18 - Gideon Freudmann, Kenny Butler & Michael Daves.  Hilltown Folk & Jazz, Shelburne Falls Yoga Studio,  Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:30pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Oct. 18 - Brian Peters.  uNi Coffeehouse Concert Series, 245 Porter Lake Dr.,  Springfield, MA.  8pm.  413-562-3990.
  • Oct. 19 - Athena Reich.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Oct. 19 - Joan Baez, Laura Cantrell.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St.,  Northampton, MA.  7:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 19 - Enter The Haggis, The Clumsy Lovers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 22 - Bruce Cockburn.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St.,  Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 22 - Dan Bern, Anne Heaton.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 23 - Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St.,  Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 24 - Full Frontal Folk, GrooveLilly.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 24 - Chris Smither.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 24 - Twinemen, The Ware River Club.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 25 - The Therapy Sisters.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Oct. 25 - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem.  AMC Retreat, Becket, MA.  7:30pm.
  • Oct. 25 - Jerree Small, Diana Jones.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 25 - The Rewinders.  Turningstone Coffeehouse, 233 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8pm.  413-772-0831.
  • Oct. 25 - Chris Smither, Greg Trooper.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 25 - Inner Orchestra, Jersey Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 26 - Hugh Blumenfeld.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Oct. 26 - French-Canadian Fiddling Workshop with Donna Hebert.  Donna Hebert's, Amherst, MA.  2pm.  413-253-4058
  • Oct. 26 - Geoff Muldaur.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St.,  Great Barrington, MA.  8:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • Oct. 26 - Jane Monheit.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 29 - Little Feat.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7 & 10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 30 - The Weakerthans, Maritime, Mico.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 31 - Seth Horan, Josh Shear, Gabe Lopez, Gooselove.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Nov. 1 - Tim Van Egmond.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Nov. 1 - Noel Paul Stookey.  First Congregational Church, Gill, MA.  8pm.  413-863-8626.
  • Nov. 1 - Arlo Guthrie.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St.,  Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 1 - Redding, Mandeville & Sweet.  Common Grounds Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Church, 55 Fenn St.,  Pittsfield, MA.  8pm.  413-499-0866.
  • Nov. 2 - Cindy Rivka Marshall.  Nat'l Yiddish Book Center, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.  2pm.  413-256-4900.
  • Nov. 2 - Barbarito Torres.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 6 - The Mammals.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Nov. 6 - Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Company.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 7 - J. J. Chaisson.  White Church Community Center, Memorial St., Deerfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-774-3046.
  • Nov. 7 - James Durst, David Bernz, Martha Sandefer, Mark Murphy.  Work o' The Weavers, P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Nov. 7 - Annie Hassett & Susan Bassett.  Turningstone Coffeehouse, 233 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8pm.  413-772-0831.
  • Nov. 7 - Youssou Sidibe and the Baye Fall Times.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 7 - Richie Havens.  Hilltown Folk, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St.,  Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:30pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Nov. 8 - We're About 9.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Nov. 8 - Lui Collins, Heather Horaks.  St. James Coffeehouse, 8 Church Street,  Greenfield, MA.  7:15pm.  413-772-2213.
  • Nov. 8 - The Stone Coyotes.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 8 - Charles Neville Jazz Quartet.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall,  Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • Nov. 9 - Jan Seides.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Nov. 9 - Lou & Peter Berryman.  UU Meetinghouse, 121 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-0433.
  • Nov. 9 - Anne Heaton, Jerree Small.  Harry's, 1 Pearl St.,  Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 9 - The Bottle Rockets, The Lonesome Brothers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 10 - Gilian Welch & David Rawlings.  Pearl Street, 1 Pearl St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 13 - Yonder Mountain String Band, Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St.,  Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 13  - Francis Doughty.  Wachusett Village Inn, Rt. 2, Westminster, MA.  7:00pm.  978-874-2000.
  • Nov. 14 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Norman Schell with Gail & Dan Hunt.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484.
  • Nov. 14 - Teddy Goldstein.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Nov. 14 - Steve Forbert, Ray Mason.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 15 - Appalachian Old-time Fiddling Workshop with Alan Jabbour.  Donna Hebert's, Amherst, MA.  11am.  413-253-4058
  • Nov. 15 - Ani DiFranco.  Mullins Center, UMass,  Amherst, MA.  8pm.  413-545-0505.
  • Nov. 15 - Tarbox Ramblers.  Coffee & Soul Coffeehouse, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St.,  Greenfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Nov. 15 - Solas.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 15 - Hot Soup!.  uNi Coffeehouse Concert Series, 245 Porter Lake Dr.,  Springfield, MA.  8pm.  413-562-3990.
  • Nov. 16 - Edge City & Stephen Taylor.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Nov. 16 - Battlefield Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 16 - Josh Ritter.  Hilltown Folk, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St.,  Shelburne Falls, MA.  7pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Nov. 17 - Kathleen Edwards.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 18 - Susan Tedeschi.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St.,  Northampton, MA.  ?.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 19 - Willy Porter.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 19 - Damien Jurado, Rosie Thomas.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 20 - Jane Siberry.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 20 - Carla Ulbrich, Flint, Deirdre, Anderson, Jamie Anderson.  Smith College, Davis Center,  Northampton, MA.  9pm.  413-585-2331.
  • Nov. 21 - Edwin McCain, David Ryan Harris.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 22 - Stephen Taylor.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Nov. 22 - Late Bloomers.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Nov. 22 - Brooks Williams, Greg Trooper.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 23 - Ellis Paul, Vance Gilbert.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 29 - Christopher Pahud.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Nov. 29 - Northern Lights.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 29 - Ronnie Earl.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 30 - Tom Rush, Joe Keenan.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.

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