Pioneer Valley
Folklore Society Happenings |
April
2001
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Contents
- Tom Juravich
will join April 13 Song & Story Swap
- W.A.M! Festival coming to Mt. Holyoke
- Banjo Camp North
- Pioneer Valley Songbag - Web
broadcast of Valley music
- Calendar
Tom Juravich
will join April 13 Song & Story Swap
Please come share in an evening of music and stories at the April
Pioneer Valley Folklore
Society SONG & STORY SWAP.
Friday, April 13,
7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Black Sheep Café, 79 Main
St., Amherst, Mass.
April's
guest is topical folksinger and recording artist Tom Juravich. Tom
Juravich represents the very best in contemporary labor music. With his
strong voice and solid guitar, Tom has achieved national recognition for
his hard-hitting songs about the struggles of working people. He has
released three albums to date, most recently A World To Win and Out
of Darkness, both on the Flying Fish/Rounder label. The title track of
Tom's first album, "Rising Again", has been embraced as a new
anthem for the labor movement.
In addition to his work as a folk artist, Tom
Juravich is also a Professor and Director at the Labor Center of the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He has written extensively on
music and culture and is currently editing a collection of contemporary
labor songs.
The Song & Story Swap is an event where people of all ages gather to share stories and songs that may be
traditional, newly written, or of personal experiences. You can tell,
sing, or lead everyone in singing, play an instrument or request a song or
story. Listeners are welcome, too. Admission is free, with
donations accepted.
The warm-up theme for
the month is Smells.
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.
W.A.M! Festival --
Celebrating Women and Music
On
April 28 Mt. Holyoke's Chapin Auditorium will be the scene of W.A.M!Fest
2001, celebrating women and music. Rani Arbo, Catie Curtis, Erica
Wheeler and Kim Zombik are part of the exciting lineup that's been assembled.
See http://www.wamfest.com/home.html
for more information.
Banjo Camp North
Banjo
Camp North comes to the lakeside cabins of Grotonwood Conference
Center in Groton, Mass., May 4-6. The weekend is packed with
demonstrations and workshops such as Origins of 5-string Banjo and
Frailing Style Playing and History and Identification of
American-made Banjos. It is organized by Mike Holmes, publisher of
the popular banjo website, Mugwumps Online.
Visit http://www.mugwumps.com/bcn2.html
for details on the camp.
Pioneer Valley Songbag
- Web broadcast of Valley music
If
you have a broadband internet connection or a fairly fast modem, please
check out our streaming audio tribute to 40 years of Western Massachusetts
folk and acoustic music.
Pioneer Valley
Songbag is a web broadcast hosted by Live365
that consists of a cycling playlist of more than 15 hours of music,
representing nearly 100 Pioneer Valley artists and 250 tracks. Learn
more at http://www.filbert.com/pvsongbag,
or visit www.live365.com and search for
"Pioneer Valley."
Please note that the entire Live365 site
will be down for maintenance April 7-8.
PVFS
and Friends Upcoming Event Calendar
- Apr.
10 - Podunk Rogue. Fire & Water Cafe, 5 Old South St.,
Northampton, MA. 6:00pm. 413-586-8336.
- Apr.
13 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Tom Juravich.
Black Sheep Cafe, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA. 7:30pm. 413-253-9484.
- Apr.
17 - Podunk Rogue. Fire & Water Cafe, 5 Old South St.,
Northampton, MA. 6:00pm. 413-586-8336.
- Apr.
20 - Jim Henry & Mark Erelli, Iron Horse, 20 Center St.,
Northampton, MA. 7:00pm. 413-584-0610.
- Apr.
21 - Adam Ezra, Stone Soup Coffeehouse. at Bob Blue's,
170 E. Hadley Rd., Amherst, MA. 7:30pm. 413-256-8784.
- Apr.
21 - Judy Polan, Sounding Board Coffeehouse, Universalist
Church, 433 Fern St., West Hartford, CT. 8:00pm.
860-632-7547.
- Apr.
28 - W.A.M! Festival, Chapin Auditorium, Mt. Holyoke College,
South Hadley, MA. 12noon. 413-530-1556.
- Apr.
28 - Magical Strings. U'n'I Coffeehouse, 245 Porter Lake
Dr., Springfield, MA. 8:00pm. 413-562-3990.
- Apr.
29 - Claudia Schmidt. Art Bank, 22 Bridge St., Shelburne
Falls, MA. 6:00pm. 413-625-2580.
- May
4-6 - Banjo Camp North. Grotonwood, 167 Prescott St.,
Groton, MA. 781-209-1130.
- May
11 - Brooks Williams, Iron Horse, 20 Center St., Northampton,
MA. 7:00pm. 413-584-0610.
- May
11 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with Ben Tousley & Sue Kranz.
Black Sheep Cafe, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA. 7:30pm. 413-253-9484.
If there
is a folk event you'd like included in the calendar, please forward
information to pvfolk@yahoo.com.
If you'd like to be removed from this mailing list,
please send an email to pvfolk@yahoo.com
with the word REMOVE
in the subject.
Pioneer Valley Folklore Society, Amherst, Mass.
Web site - http://www.filbert.com/pvfs/
Email - pvfolk@yahoo.com
Mailing list: Send an email to pvfolk-subscribe@listbot.com
Director/Host: Paul Kaplan
Webmaster: Jeff Lee
April 7,
2000
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