Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings

October 2004
 

Contents

  • Late Bloomers will be Oct. 8 Song & Story Swap guests
  • Lou & Peter Berryman to play in Amherst Nov. 6
  • Bob Blue wins Magic Penny Award
  • Calendar of Western Mass. folk events

Late Bloomers will join October 8 Song & Story Swap

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

Late Bloomers at Black Sheep in Amherst on Oct. 8

Friday, October 8, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, Mass.

Guest performers at the October 8 Song & Story Swap will be the southern Maine-based folk guitar duo, Late Bloomers.

Randy Browning and Brett Kinney met as students at Boston's Berklee College of Music. Faced with staggering debt after graduation, they report that “folk music seemed the only logical path.”

The pair relocated to the north and began touring and recording together. The collaboration has borne fruit, as can be heard in their two well-received CDs. Their most recent recording, Sneakin' In The Back Door, is peppered with sparkling lyrics and stellar instrumentals. Metronome Magazine has remarked on their “exquisite guitar picking, soaring arrangements and an incredibly wonderful tone... Truly remarkable... Bravo!”

More information about Late Bloomers may be found at their web site, http://www.latebloomersmusic.com.

The warm-up theme this month is Rulers. 

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 will give Nov. 6 concert in Amherst

Lou & Peter Berryman at UU in Amherst Nov. 6

PVFS welcomes back the brilliant comic folk collaborators Lou & Peter Berryman, when they will make a concert stop at the UU Meetinghouse in Amherst on Saturday, November 6.

Lou and Peter, who hail from Madison, Wisconsin, invariably leave their audiences chuckling, shaking their heads and singing the infectious Berryman songs to themselves. This marks the first time we have been able to book the pair on a Saturday night, so we hope you will make it a date to come hear them.

The show will take place Saturday, November 6, 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Meetinghouse, 121 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, Mass. Tickets are $12 in advance ($14 at the door) 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!

Bob Blue receives CMN Magic Penny Award

Bob Blue and friendsEach year since 1999 the Evanston, Illinois-based Children's Music Network has bestowed the Magic Penny Award upon an artist who has made an outstanding lifetime contribution to children's music.   On Oct. 10 the 2004 award will be presented to songwriter, essayist and educator Bob Blue of Amherst.  In earning the honor, Bob joins a group of five past winners that includes Malvina Reynolds and Woody Guthrie.

If you've attended a Song and Story Swap, chances are you've received a sampling of Bob's charm, humor and huge heart.  CMN couldn't have made a better choice — congratulations Bob!!

Western Mass. Folk Calendar

Due to time constaints this month's calendar is thinner than it could be.  Please check our web site at http://www.filbert.com/pvfs/news/current.htm#calendar for the latest edition of the Western Mass. Folk Calendar.
  • Oct. 6 - Laura Siersema.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St.,  Greenfield, MA.  12:15pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Oct. 6 - Kim Richey, Jeff Black.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 7 - Dan Bern, Amy Correia.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 7 - Travis Morrison of The Dismemberment Plan, The Bloodthirsty Lovers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Sep. 10 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Late Bloomers.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484.
  • Oct. 8 - The Weepies.  Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 8 - Tony Vacca & World Rhythms.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 8 - Wheat.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 9 - Edie Carey, Michael Merenda.  Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 9 - Maria Sangiolo.  St. James Coffeehouse, 8 Church Street,  Greenfield, MA.  7:00pm.  413-772-2213.
  • Oct. 9 - Lucky Ngema.  Mass. MoCa, 87 Marshall St., North Adams, MA.  8pm.  413-662-2111.
  • Oct. 9 - Mark Erelli.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 9 - Cordero, Josh Joplin.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 9 - Mawwal.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall,  Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • Oct. 10 - I Remember Klezmer with Elaine & Susan Watts.  Nat'l Yiddish Book Center, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-4900.
  • Oct. 10 - Lucy Kaplansky.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 10 - Damien Jurado, Richard Buckner.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 11 - Magnolia Electric Co., The Court and Spark, Lo Fine.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 12 - Jesse Colin Young.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 13 - Sophie B. Hawkins.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 14 - Bob Weir & Ratdog.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St.,  Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 14 - Railroad Earth.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 14 - Anne Heaton.  Jittery's, Davis Center, Smith College, Northampton, MA.  9:00pm.
  • Oct. 15 - Doria Roberts.  Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 15 - Lori McKenna.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 15 - Lez Zeppelin: All Girls. All Zeppelin.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 16 - Chris Pahud.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd. (#82 The Brook),  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Oct. 16 - Kate Taylor, John Coster & Joel Zoss.  Coffee & Soul Coffeehouse, All Soul's Unitarian Church, 399 Main St.,  Greenfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Oct. 16 - Odetta, Jeremy Wallace.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 17 - Seven Nations, The Navigators.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 17 - Tim O'Brien plus Underbelly.  Hilltown Folk, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St.,  Shelburne Falls, MA.  7pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Oct. 18 - Kenny Rankin.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 18 - Mirah, Tara Jane O'Neil.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 19 - George Winston.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 22 - Charlie King & Karen Brandow.  Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 22 - Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 22 - Brooks Williams, Devon Sproule.  Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 23 - Marty Helly.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd. (#82 The Brook),  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Oct. 23 - Raul Malo of The Mavericks, Holly Williams.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 23 - Sondre Lerche, The Golden Republic.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 24 - Tanya Blue.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd. (#82 The Brook),  Amherst, MA.  2pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Oct. 24 - Lui Collins.  House Concert at Ben Goldberg's, Florence, MA.  7:30pm.  413-586-3699 or plunkatune@mindspring.com.
  • Oct. 24 - Danu.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 25 - Mike Watt & The Secondmen, Bears.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 26 - David Greenberger (Duplex Planet), 3 Leg Torso - performing.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 27 - Richard Shindell, Jess Klein.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 28 - Chris O'Brien.  Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 28 - Richard Shindell, Jess Klein.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 28 - Jason Levasseur.  Jittery's, Davis Center, Smith College, Northampton, MA.  9:00pm.
  • Oct. 29 - Cliff Eberhardt.  Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 29 - Chris Smither, Paul Curreri.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 29 - The Butchies, The Kitty Kill.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 30 - Dean Stevens.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd. (#82 The Brook),  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Oct. 30 - Trina Hamlin, Rachael Sage, & Bora Yoon.  Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct. 30 - Jim Brickman.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St.,  Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 30 - Chris Smither, Paul Curreri.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 30 - Buck 65.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct. 31 - The Clumsy Lovers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov. 5 - Elizabeth Farnsworth.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd. (#82 The Brook),  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Nov. 6 - Lou & Peter Berryman.  UU Meetinghouse, 121 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-0433.
  • Nov. 12 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Laura Woods.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484.
  • Nov. 14 - Doug Wilcox.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd. (#82 The Brook),  Amherst, MA.  2pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Nov. 27 - April Grant.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd. (#82 The Brook),  Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-256-8784.

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October 3, 2004