2012-13 : our 45th season!
 
Sat, November 10, 7:30 pm.... MULEBONE Highwire act roots-blues duo HUGH POOL (guitar, vocals) & John Ragusa (flute & a lot more) play “hard-nosed Delta blues, inventive instrumental know-how and homespun artistry” —Mark Uricheck
Sat, November 17.... THE NIELDS CD Release: The Full Catastrophe "Their harmonies are tight and soulful, their spirits unflagging"   -Washington Post Sister duo Nerissa & Katryna Nields have created a powerful, passionate, thoughtful, humorous work.
FRI, November 30-7:30 pm.... SARA GREY & KieRON MEANS Special Guest: David Kiphuth
Sat, april 6-7:30 pm.... LOU & PETER BERRYMAN “Hilariously skewed…melodically and lyrically intricate…delightfully strange” -Acoustic Guitar Musical humorists who have delighted nationwide audiences for more than thirty-five years. Frequent comparisons to Tom Lehrer, Flanders & Swann, and Gilbert & Sullivan notwithstanding, these two are originals, blending Midwestern culture with intelligent observation in a whimsical and wonderfully accessible performance. They jointly write quirky, oddly profound songs, rich with word play and priceless, often sidesplitting, images. There is really, truly no one like them. “A Chat with Your Mother” (about the f-word), “Why Am I Painting the Living Room?” are folk classics. Pete Seeger: “Long may they wave!” $24/$22 advance Underground
SUN DECEMBER 2, 7 pm.... Priscilla herdman & anne hills w/ Max Cohen, guitar
Sat DECEMBER 8-7:30 pm... PATTY LARKIN & RORY BLOCK
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Sat Feb 16, 7:30 pm... RED MOLLY with The Steel Wheels “Make way, Roches and Wailin’ Jennys, Red Molly has earned a place among the elite female trios” -WFUV-fm The Steel Wheels: CD Release: Lay Down, Lay Low “[They] travel along a path through listeners’ ears and aim directly for the heart.” -Dirty Linen



                                                                      













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Sat January 5, 7:30 pm... emma’s revolution CD RElease: Revolutions per Minute The duo of award-winning activist musicians Pat Humphries & Sandy O is inspiring, gutsy and rockin’! "Gorgeous close harmonies and unsinkable tunefulness.... progressive, socially-conscious, confrontational and shot-through with intelligence and cutting humor... Newest disc 'Revolutions Per Minute' is a front-to-back gem."  -Press-Citizen, Iowa City Sat JANUARY 12, 7:30 pm... SALLY ROGERS & CLAUDIA SCHMIDT CD Release: Evidence of HappineSs claudiasings.homestead.com sallyrogers.com http://claudiasings.homestead.com/http://www.sallyrogers.com/shapeimage_19_link_0shapeimage_19_link_1
Sat MAY 11, 7:30 pm... TOM RUSH     “Tom Rush roams - wild and free - a vast musical territory. He is very good.” -The Washington Post Tom Rush is a gifted musician and performer, whose shows offer a musical celebration...a journey into the tradition and spectrum of what music has been, can be, and will become. His distinctive guitar style, wry humor and warm, expressive voice have made him both a legend and a lure to audiences around the world. His shows are filled with the rib-aching laughter of terrific story-telling, the sweet melancholy of ballads and the passion of gritty blues. Folk, blues musician, singer-songwriter and environmental activist, he is credited by Rolling Stone for “ushering in the era of the singer-songwriter.” $28; $50 Gold Circle & pre-show artist reception GE Theatre
Sat Apr 13, 7:30 pm... TOM PAXTON “In a small village near Calcutta, in 1998, a villager who could not speak English sang me ‘What Did You Learn in School Today?’ in Bengali! Tom Paxton’s songs are reaching around the world more than he, or an of us, could have realized.” -Pete Seeger Folk music legend Paxton continues to write some of our most enduring folksongs, which include distinctive love songs, longing for the road, songs that nail our cultural absurdities and dangers. His “short shelf-life songs” are a delicious collection that fade with the headlines that inspire them. Over the years he’s skewered Wayne Bobbitt, Jimmy Carter’s attack rabbit and, oh, boy, we can’t wait for this newest crop. How lucky we are...Tom Paxton is a man of uncommon common sense, vision, humanity and a strong sense of the absurd: bard, poet and humanist. As Pete Seeger put it, “Keep on, Tom!” $30 /$28 advance $35 Gold Circle GE Theatre

                        SO FAR THIS SEASON:

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Sat DECEMBER 15, 7 pm...SING SOLSTICE! KIM & REGGIE HARRIS and MAGPIE Opening: Pokingbrook Morris Dancers “Magical interplay of voices” -Dirty Linen
SUN MAY 12, 7 pm... PEGGY & PETE SEEGER   "For decades, Peggy Seeger has been one of the most authoritative voices in American and English folk.” -Billboard Folksinger and multi-instrumentalist, Peggy Seeger is regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of US and UK traditional folk songs, and a major inspiration to a generation of feminist singer-songwriters. Hers is the face of the  song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face written by her husband, British folksinger-activist Ewan MacColl. The MacColl/Seeger duo was at the forefront of the British folksong revival for three decades. "This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender” -Pete Seeger (banjo inscription) For nearly 80 years as a performer, Pete Seeger has embodied the ideals of folk music - communication, entertainment, social comment, historical continuity, inclusiveness. He and his wife Toshi launched sloop Clearwater, flagship of the environmental movement worldwide, and led the cleanup of our beautiful Hudson River. THIS IS PEGGY & PETE’S ONLY CONCERT THIS YEAR! In honor of their late brother John Seeger, Peggy & Pete dedicate concert proceeds to Camp Killooleet, a traditional summer camp for children ages 7-16 in the Green Mountain National Forest, Hancock, Vermont. Camp Killooleet was run and nourished for over 50 years by John & his late wife Eleanor. $24; $34; $54 Mainstage (includes $4 for Theater Restoration Fund) http://www.killooleet.com/shapeimage_25_link_0
Sat April 20, 7:30 pm... VISHTÈN     CD Release: Mōsaïk “The burning fires of Acadia!”  -Le Télégramme, France “The Acadian band that mixes rhythms or irresistible dancing and climbing notes and voices to the sky…high voltage musicians”  -Le Guérat, France In the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence off of Canada's east coast, lays tiny Prince Edward Island and nearby, the even smaller archipelago known as the Magdalen Islands (les Îles de la Madeleine). In addition to being connected today by a ferryboat, both Islands have a shared history and a shared cultural tie that dates back several centuries. The group is made up of seventh generation Acadians living separate but parallel musical experiences. Twin sisters Pastelle & Emmanuelle LeBlanc from Prince Edward Island, Canada have teamed up with Pascal Miousse from the nearby Magdalen Islands to create a sound that incorporates elements of the new ways while retaining and staying true to the essential Acadian spirit of their roots. Their captivating music is essentially Celtic, but with a difference. The songs are French, sung by each band member either solo or in four-part harmony. Foot percussion drives a fiddle tune but goes quiet in the gentler musical moments. Accomplished multi-instrumentalists and step-dancers, these musicians bring fiddle, guitar, accordion, pennywhistle, banjo, mandolin, piano, jaw-harp and bodhran into each awe-inspiring, joyful performance. $26 / $24 advance GE Theatre
Sat, October 13, 7:30 pm.... the grand slambovians
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Sun, March 10-7:00 pm.... legendary irish singer, songwriter, peace ambassador & storyteller TOMMY SANDS: “THE TROUBLES” with Fionan Sands, guitar & mandolin “Remarkable, exuberant, world-changing musician” -Appleseed
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Tues-MAY 14, 7:00 PM... DOUGIE MacLEAN "Musical heartbreaker...immense talent”                 -Times Dispatch Legendary Scottish songwriter, storyteller, guitarist, fiddler and magical performer, MacLean lives in Butterstone near Dunkeld, in the beautiful Tay Valley, Perthshire, Scotland. He tours the world with his unique blend of lyrical, roots-based songwriting and instrumentals.  His melody “the Gael” was used in The Last of the Mohicans; his moving song “Caledonia” has become a Celtic anthem, recorded by hundreds of artists and enjoyed by millions worldwide. $28; $35 Gold Circle GE Theatre
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Sat, March 23-7:30 pm.... JOHN McEUEN & MARTHA REDBONE THE MARTHA REDBONE ROOTS PROJECT CD Release: Garden of Love McEuen & Redbone proudly introduce this stunning, critically acclaimed CD Garden of Love: a collection of William Blake poems set to the music of her mother’s Appalachia by Native American singer-songwriter Redbone, produced by McEuen, Grammy-winning founder of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Steve Martin – The Crow). Warm, woodsy melodies take flight through fusion of largely prewar string band instrumentation and the heartworn mountain holler, as Sister Martha tells tales distilled in the Southland since before America was founded. Both artists will appear in separate sets and also perform together. Redbone’s music flows equally from her own unique, award- winning blend of Native American elements with funk and her deep roots in Appalachian folk and Piedmont blues favored by the matriarchy that raised her on a rich sojourn from Clinch Mountain, Virginia to Harlan County, Kentucky and beyond to Brooklyn’s Dodge City-esque mean streets. Multi-instrumentalist McEuen has continually performed since 1964 - 8,500 concerts and 300 television shows throughout more than 3 million miles - both with the band and as a solo performer. Beyond performing, he has a rich history of creating, producing and preserving original and traditional folk and acoustic music, and taking it to new audiences. Supported by Sista Factory $28/$26 advance GE Theatre
Sat Mar 2, 7:30 pm... SUSAN McKEOWN CD Release: Belong “A singer of passion, grace and striking presence with the ability to capture both the essence of a traditional folk song or the more hard-edged domain of contemporary adult rock; she seems to personify both past and present” -Irish Examiner
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Sat Feb 23, 7:30 pm... Bethany & rufus roots quartet featuring Bonga Jean-Baptiste & BRAHIM FRIBGANE Drawing from the roots music traditions of America, Haiti & Morocco, Bethany & Rufus (Bethany Yarrow and Rufus Cappadocia) with master drummer Bonga Jean-Baptiste (Haiti), Brahim Fribgane (Morocco) on oud & cajon, with African dancers Sheila Anozier and Belinda Becker. Also performing: Afro-Caribbean dancers Sheila Anozier and Belinda Becker; with an appearance by members of UMOJA (African dance & steel drum troupe) This event is part of the NYS Presenters Network Presenters-Artist Partnership Project with support from the NYS Council in the Arts, a state agency.
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