AT THE LORING-GREENOUGH HOUSE
“THE OLDEST FOLK VENUE IN
SPRING SEASON
Since June, 2007, Notlob has presented nineteen parlor concerts at the historic Loring-Greenough House,
| Saturday, June 02 | Sometymes Why (Aoife O'Donovan of Crooked Still, Kristin Andraessen of Uncle Earl and Ruthy Merenda of the Mammals) |
| Saturday, June 09 | Mike & Ruthy Merenda (Mammals) w/ Torey Adler |
| Wednesday, June 20 | Sharon Lewis (Pooka) & Rose Polenzani |
| Friday, July 20, 2007 | Danielle Miraglia & Tom Bianchi w/ Brendan Hogan |
| Saturday, August 11 | Dave Carter Tribute - Adam Sweeney, Eric McDonald, Beth DeSombre, Ryan FitzSimmons, Dana Price & Chris Thompson. |
| Saturday, August 18 | Geoff Bartley w/ Eliza Blue |
| Friday, September 21 | Brian Webb |
| Saturday, October 06 | Dennis Brennan w/ Mary Lou Ferrante |
| Saturday, October 20 | Teresa Storch & Lenore |
| Friday, November 02 | The Rowan Brothers w/ Eric McDonald |
| Saturday, November 10 | Kristin Cifelli w/ Carrie Cheron |
| Saturday, November 17 | Mare |
| Saturday, December 15 | Jud Caswell & Pat Wictor |
| Saturday, December 22 | Bob Franke |
| Saturday, January 19 | Jon Shain w/ Robin O'Herin |
| Saturday, February 16, 2008 | Jason Myles Goss & Elana Arian |
| Friday, February 29, 2008 | Kristin Andreassen with Laura Cortese & Tristan Clarridge (and six unannounced world-class sting band guests) |
| Saturday, March 01 | Ryan Fitzsimmons & Greg Klyma |
| Saturday, March 15 | Lissa Schneckenburger Band (Matt Heaton on guitar, and Corey DiMario on double bass) |
Excellent acoustic folk and roots continues in the Spring season with a lineup of the best local and national touring musicians.
Saturday, March 22, 2008 ~ THE TORNADO RIDER BAND (Rushad Eggleston & Gabriel Cazes) w/ THE ACCIDENT THAT LED ME TO THE WORLD
“His cello is so vivid, whether swaggering merrily, like a drunken bear, or pumping dark, threatening drones. . . . The importance of what Eggleston is doing can hardly be overstated. He is inventing a new way of hearing and playing cello.”
The
Saturday, April 5, 2008 ~ CHRIS MERENDA (The Mammals) & ADAM SWEENEY
“The Mammals are the finest young bluegrass/old-timey band in the country, the country-branch house band for the new weird
"Adam Sweeney is a promsing young folksinger... he combines intricate acoustic guitar hooks with powerful lyric storytelling."
--Passim, January 2007
Saturday, April 19, 2008 ~ HUNGRYTOWN
"Hungrytown is American folk music at its zenith....retro yet shiny and new, like a freshly minted copper penny. If you’ve been craving folk music of substance, head off to Hungrytown."
Rachelle Nones - Feminist Review
Saturday, May 3, 2008 ~ TRIPPING LILY – CD release party
Equal parts sassy bluegrassers and moody urban songwriters, jazzy jammers and sighing torch singers, Tripping Lily is nearly a genre unto itself. The folk-pop quartet formed in
Saturday, May 17, 2008 ~ ALASTAIR MOOCK
It seems no young musicians want to be labeled “folk” anymore. Everyone's passing through on their way to somewhere else — alt-rock, alt-pop, alt-country. Alastair Moock plays folk music. Old-school, powerful, intimate folk music. You may be surprised to hear what it sounds like.
Friday, June 20, 2008 ~ FLYNN w/ IAN BRITT
"One of Boston's best upcoming singer/songwriter, rockers"
Steve Morse, Boston Globe
“…Idiosyncrasy that sets him aside from more conventional song-writers.…his talent for arrangement, alongside the quirky touches that he throws into the mix give his songs a unique charm and edge over less musically inspired singer songwriters.”
Rob Chimes - Sandman. Issue 137
Saturday, June 28, 2008 ~ MIKE & RUTHY MERENDA with very special guest LYN HARDY
A concert to mark Notlob’s First Anniversary! Mike and Ruthy were to have been the very first artists to be presented, but got upstaged by Ruthy’s other band, Sometymes Why, who agreed to play a “pre-inaugural” concert the preceding week. They return with Ruth’s mother, Lyn, and new baby, William Penn (William will be with a nanny in the mansion’s kitchen green room).
"Ungar is the daughter of Jay Ungar and Lyn Hardy, two musicians who have kept American folk traditions stoked. Ungar spent her childhood amidst all manner of string instruments . . . She met songwriter Michael Merenda in the late 90's and, after hearing him perform an original tune, asked him to play it again, whereupon she promptly sang a part in perfect harmony. Thus began a professional and romantic relationship... Ungar is a sensational singer... Merenda is one of the best songwriters of his generation - literate, political, melodic, alternately angry and satirical and sensual."
- Michael Simmons, High Times
Guitarist, singer, and composer Lyn Hardy was born in
who, with a name like that, was, of course, a country band. She wrote some of the music the band used. Other tunes belonged to traditional country greats like Patsy Cline and Hank Williams. Hardy's work, ranging from folk music to rock and blues, has also been influenced by a widely assorted genre of artists like George Jones, Frank Sinatra, Bonnie Raitt, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Jay Ungar, and Diana Ross. After 3/4 Ton Pickups ended, Hardy formed an all-girl eclectic band called the Rude Girls. The band recorded two albums, Rude Awakening and Mixed Messages, both under the Flying Fish Records label. The debut album won the group a Best Independent Label String Band Record award. One of the songs Hardy wrote for the band, "Ballad of Francine Hughes," was picked to appear on a folk song album in a collection being completed by the Smithsonian Institution. Hardy has released a number of folk tunes, working with her ex-husband, Jay Ungar, on the albums Songs, Ballads, and Fiddle Tunes and Catskill Mr. Goose Chase, both for Philo Records. They also combined talents for the albums
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Reservations: As seating is limited to 40, reservations are recommended. Email notlobmusic@gmail.com Reservations expire 15 minutes before concert time, when unclaimed seats will be released to walk-ins.
Venue & accessibility: Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, the large yellow house at the intersection of Centre and South Streets, across the street from the Civil War monument. Handicap accessible; please call 617-524-3158 for more information. Please do not call the venue for any other reason. Directions: http://www.lghouse.org/information.htm
Parking: The Loring-Greenough House lot holds 12 cars, gates are closed when full. Parking is also available on the street and in the public lotS located behind Blanchard’s liquors, one block away and the Mellon bank, two blocks away.
MBTA: Take #39 bus from either Back Bay Station or Forest Hills Station to the Monument stop, directly in front of the Loring-Greenough House, at the intersections of Centre and South Streets.
Dining: There are several fine restaurants on
Coffee, tea, water and pastries are available for a donation.
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