notloB News, October
Fall is our personal time of the
year. Even the US government bestows an hour of time on or us when we switch
from daylight savings to standard time.
With so many
music choices in the greater Boston area we are grateful to have so many loyal
patrons. You will notice three changes for additional music opportunities this
season.
1)
Many of
the concerts are mid-week. With every church on a town common from the
Merrimack River to Cape Cod presenting on Fridays and Saturdays, we are giving
traveling musicians additional opportunities when they need them. Mid-week.
2)
Musicians
are being offered the opportunity to give pre-concert workshops. On October 10
patrons will be able to take either a fiddle or guitar or bodhran workshop!
3)
notloB founder
Jeff Boudreau has entered into an agreement with the owner of the Burren (247 Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville) to
present concerts in its 100+ seat back room. The Burren offers excellent food,
a full bar and a fine sound system. The first concert there was Monday,
September 24, presenting three-time notloB alumni Rushad Eggleston (Crooked Still, Tornado Rider), with Maeve Gilchrist and (again, notloB
alumni) Mike Barnett (Boston Boys, David
Grisman, Deadly Gentlemen) and “friends” (the friend being Nate Smith (Natalie
McMaster, Sarah Jarosz) The next concert is Wednesday, November 14, notloB
alumni Darol Anger and Emy Phelps with “family and fiends.”
Note friends/fiends, there is no telling who these people will be but Jeff
guarantees they will be of the highest caliber! Bookmark Lord
Geoffrey Presents and
its Facebook page.
Since June 2,
2007, notloB Folk Concerts / notloB parlour Concerts has presented close to 100
old-time, blue/newgrass, folk, Celtic and acoustic blues artists to audiences
throughout the greater Boston area. Our current venue is the historic
Loring-Greenough House (built in 1760, 40+ intimate seats) in Jamaica Plain.
The concerts are volunteer-run and not for profit. 100% of the patron donations go to
the artists and production expenses.
"The concerts always have a
warm atmosphere and are fun to play. From a musician's perspective, I
really appreciate the effort Jeff puts into his shows. Nobody on the Boston
folk scene works harder to pull a concert together."
~ Alastair Moock
"In this era of
pop-driven acoustic music, notloB is keeping the folk tradition alive."
~ Jack Hardy
In this edition
- Thank you for supporting live music
- Upcoming concerts
- Other live
music and event recommendations
- Volunteering
- Turn your
radio on!
- Housekeeping
1. THANK
YOU FOR SUPPORTING LIVE MUSIC!
notloB Folk Concerts is unique in the greater Boston area in
terms of the model (admission is by suggested donation, all proceeds, less
production costs, go to the artists). The series would not be possible without
the support of our loyal patrons and volunteers. Join us and bring a friend or
two or three to an upcoming concert!
2. UPCOMING NOTLOB CONCERTS
October
10 ~ From Prince Edward and including
pre-concert workshops ~
RICHARD WOOD
http://www.rwood.ca/
"Picture it: A graceful tune to start off a set, with beautiful zippering lines, played while caressing the fiddle to his ear, eyes closed, off in a serene realm in a dance with time, as he lures us there with him. Then a cutting strathspey to kick it into a higher gear as he whoops out loud and smiles at the crowd — a total of six reels in a row, all executed with flawless precision, pounding in rhythm, intoxicating in a firing energy, which brings about numerous fits of
http://www.rwood.ca/
"Picture it: A graceful tune to start off a set, with beautiful zippering lines, played while caressing the fiddle to his ear, eyes closed, off in a serene realm in a dance with time, as he lures us there with him. Then a cutting strathspey to kick it into a higher gear as he whoops out loud and smiles at the crowd — a total of six reels in a row, all executed with flawless precision, pounding in rhythm, intoxicating in a firing energy, which brings about numerous fits of
spontaneous applause from the crowd who spring to their feet in
ovation immediately at the set’s end. Wood simply dropped every single jaw in
the house — certainly making us all proclaim he is back, and he is better than
ever." - Todd MacLean, Charlottetown Guardian.
For more than two decades, Richard Wood has impressed audiences all across Canada, as well as in the US, Europe, and Japan. Highlights include TV guest appearances with Shania Twain on “David Letterman” and “Good Morning America,” Carnegie Hall with Irish legends The Chieftains, a featured performer on CBC’s Canada Day on Parliament Hill, “Rita MacNeil and Friends,” and with Jean Butler of Riverdance on “Celtic Electric.”
Richard has played for Canada’s Prime Minister and Governor General, the Queen of England (in Toronto), and for the Emperor of Japan in Tokyo. In the late 1990s he toured the UK & Europe headlining concert halls and folk festivals. He’s since played at the Lincoln Centre in New York City, Epcot at Disney World, and was a featured performer in the touring fiddle spectacle “Bowfire.”
Richard is proud to have entertained Canada’s armed forces in Bosnia and twice in Afghanistan. He has five previous CD recordings and has won three Canadian East Coast Music Awards. MacLean’s Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Canadians to watch in the 21st Century.
With a new CD, rejuvenated energy and enthusiasm, Richard Wood, Prince Edward Island fiddler, artist, composer and entertainer has taken on the world once again. Richard has come full circle, not just in his musical career, but from the sheltered innocence as a child prodigy to learning life’s lessons the hard way.
"The best or more precisely, the most entertaning fiddler I have ever seen."
Shetland Times
"Prince Edward Island's Bow shredding Fiddling Sensation."
The Scotsman
"See him if you can."
Toplas
"This stepdancing fiddler from Prince Edward Island exudes the qualities which will take him all the way to the top."
Aberdeen Evening Express
"Celtic Prince Conquers U.S. - Country superstar Shania Twain elevates Richard Wood to the summit of U.S. network TV on the David Letterman Show and Good Morning America."
The Toronto Star
GORDON BELSHER
http://www.guernseycove.ca/
Based in Prince Edward Island on Canada's east coast, Gordon Belsher has been entertaining audiences in Canada and around the world for more than 30 years performing at concerts, ceilidhs, conventions, and pubs.
As accompanist and featured vocalist with Prince Edward Island fiddlers Richard Wood and Cynthia MacLeod, Gordon has toured extensively across Canada, in the U.S., the U.K., Europe, Japan and Australia.
His solo CD Call Up All the Neighbours was nominated for "Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year" at the 2008 East Coast Music Awards. His previous solo recording Reel in the Flickering Light, was also nominated at the 2003 ECMA's in the same category.
Whether playing before large festival crowds or in intimate folk club settings, Gordon Belsher’s engaging personality, charming voice, and versatility on a variety of instruments are a recipe for a memorable evening.
Career Highlights
2011-2012
- Woodford Folk Festival - Queensland, Australia
- Royal Visit! - Performing for the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge in Prince Edward Island
- East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown performance with Richard Wood & Symphony Nova Scotia - Resident Conductor Martin MacDonald
- Opening for "Capercaillie" at the Celtic Footprint Festival - Chichester, England
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$19 + $1 preservation fee
reservation requests to notlobreservations at gmail dot com
notloB website - https://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic/
Coffee from JP Licks
Pastries from Fiores
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Prior to the concert Richard will be offering a fiddle workshop in the parlour for up to 20 participants. Cost of $20 each.
In another room, Gordon will do either a DADGAD guitar workshop, or a bodhran workshop for up to 5 participants (which depends on pre-registration). Again, cost of $20.
Reservations are required. Email notlobreservations at gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/409485232446076/
For more than two decades, Richard Wood has impressed audiences all across Canada, as well as in the US, Europe, and Japan. Highlights include TV guest appearances with Shania Twain on “David Letterman” and “Good Morning America,” Carnegie Hall with Irish legends The Chieftains, a featured performer on CBC’s Canada Day on Parliament Hill, “Rita MacNeil and Friends,” and with Jean Butler of Riverdance on “Celtic Electric.”
Richard has played for Canada’s Prime Minister and Governor General, the Queen of England (in Toronto), and for the Emperor of Japan in Tokyo. In the late 1990s he toured the UK & Europe headlining concert halls and folk festivals. He’s since played at the Lincoln Centre in New York City, Epcot at Disney World, and was a featured performer in the touring fiddle spectacle “Bowfire.”
Richard is proud to have entertained Canada’s armed forces in Bosnia and twice in Afghanistan. He has five previous CD recordings and has won three Canadian East Coast Music Awards. MacLean’s Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Canadians to watch in the 21st Century.
With a new CD, rejuvenated energy and enthusiasm, Richard Wood, Prince Edward Island fiddler, artist, composer and entertainer has taken on the world once again. Richard has come full circle, not just in his musical career, but from the sheltered innocence as a child prodigy to learning life’s lessons the hard way.
"The best or more precisely, the most entertaning fiddler I have ever seen."
Shetland Times
"Prince Edward Island's Bow shredding Fiddling Sensation."
The Scotsman
"See him if you can."
Toplas
"This stepdancing fiddler from Prince Edward Island exudes the qualities which will take him all the way to the top."
Aberdeen Evening Express
"Celtic Prince Conquers U.S. - Country superstar Shania Twain elevates Richard Wood to the summit of U.S. network TV on the David Letterman Show and Good Morning America."
The Toronto Star
GORDON BELSHER
http://www.guernseycove.ca/
Based in Prince Edward Island on Canada's east coast, Gordon Belsher has been entertaining audiences in Canada and around the world for more than 30 years performing at concerts, ceilidhs, conventions, and pubs.
As accompanist and featured vocalist with Prince Edward Island fiddlers Richard Wood and Cynthia MacLeod, Gordon has toured extensively across Canada, in the U.S., the U.K., Europe, Japan and Australia.
His solo CD Call Up All the Neighbours was nominated for "Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year" at the 2008 East Coast Music Awards. His previous solo recording Reel in the Flickering Light, was also nominated at the 2003 ECMA's in the same category.
Whether playing before large festival crowds or in intimate folk club settings, Gordon Belsher’s engaging personality, charming voice, and versatility on a variety of instruments are a recipe for a memorable evening.
Career Highlights
2011-2012
- Woodford Folk Festival - Queensland, Australia
- Royal Visit! - Performing for the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge in Prince Edward Island
- East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown performance with Richard Wood & Symphony Nova Scotia - Resident Conductor Martin MacDonald
- Opening for "Capercaillie" at the Celtic Footprint Festival - Chichester, England
======================
$19 + $1 preservation fee
reservation requests to notlobreservations at gmail dot com
notloB website - https://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic/
Coffee from JP Licks
Pastries from Fiores
=======================
Prior to the concert Richard will be offering a fiddle workshop in the parlour for up to 20 participants. Cost of $20 each.
In another room, Gordon will do either a DADGAD guitar workshop, or a bodhran workshop for up to 5 participants (which depends on pre-registration). Again, cost of $20.
Reservations are required. Email notlobreservations at gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/409485232446076/
November
1 ~ From Vermont ~
November
8 ~ From New York, and returning for
their 7th and 8th notloB concerts, respectively,
Reservations are
strongly recommended – notlobreservations@gmail.com
3. OTHER LIVE MUSIC & EVENT RECOMMENDATIONS
October 7 from Noon-2 PM, Honk
Parade from Davis Square to Harvard Square – “Reclaim
the streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet”
October 28 - Music
to Cure MS, the 10th
annual concert in support of the Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple
Sclerosis at Park Avenue Congregational Church, Arlington.
|
Sunday, October 28, 2012, 3-5 pm
Park Avenue Congregational Church 50 Paul Revere Rd, Arlington, MA Directions
Tickets:
$20 in advance | $25 at the door MSers, students and elders: $10 |
In support of the 8th annual Massachusetts Fiddle Hell,
Jeff Boudreau will be producing/hosting a radio special Tuesday, October 16,
featuring an interview with its artistic director, Dave Reiner, and music from its lead instructors and support
musicians.
Details here
Tuesday, October 16 at 7:00pm at In the Tradition, WCUW, 91.3fm
November 14 – notloB alumni Darol Anger and Emy Phelps with family & fiends at the Burren, Somerville. Info at Lord
Geoffrey Presents.
4. VOLUNTEERING.
notloB is
volunteer powered. If you are interested, please read the volunteer
policy and apply via
email to mailto:notlobreservations@gmail.com?subject=I
want to volunteer!
5. TURN
YOUR RADIO ON!
notloB’s Jeff Boudreau hosts and produces “In the Tradition”
every other Tuesday, 7-9pm, on community radio WCUW-fm, 91.3fm. Mostly old-time and traditional folk, stringband and
country blues with an emphasis placed on local and nationally touring artists
playing local venues.
10/2 ~ Russ Bellemer will be substitute host.
10/16 ~ The Fiddle Special, featuring an interview with Dave Reiner
10/16 ~ The Fiddle Special, featuring an interview with Dave Reiner
6. Housekeeping. notloB Folk Concerts’ past artists
include the Spider John Koerner, the
Sacred Shakers, The Folk Brothers (David Massengill and the late Jack Hardy), Peggy Seeger, Geoff
Bartley, Mary McCaslin, Bob Franke, The Rowan Brothers, The Ungar Family Band,
Aoife O’Donovan, Kristin
Andraessen, Mike and Ruthy Ungar
Merenda, Sometymes Why, Pat Wictor, Jud Caswell, Dennis Brennan
and many others. Concerts in your own home, as was
done for the Bowman and Matt Brown, can be arranged.
Reservations /
information.
Sending a reservation request is appreciated and is insurance against being
turned away at the door if the concert sells out. It also helps as we can
contact you when the occasional concert must be canceled due to severe weather
or other circumstances. Please send an email to notlobreservations
at gmail dot com at least 24 hours prior to the concert. Information
about the concert series, the venues and the artists can be found at the website.
Keeping in touch. There are several ways to stay
informed of scheduled events:
- Website ~ http://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic
- Mail list ~ http://groups.google.com/group/notlobmusic
- Blog ~ http://notlobmusic.blogspot.com
- Facebook ~
notloB Folk Concerts ~ http://www.facebook.com/notloBFolkConcerts
- Email
questions to notlobreservations at gmail dot com
Admission is by suggested
minimum donation. A suggested minimum donation (varies by concert) is
requested. If you cannot support the artists with dollars, please consider
volunteering your time and energy. Your donations cover venue rental, publicity
(for amplified concerts sound system rental and sound engineer) and other
production expenses, 100% of the balance goes to the artists (many
of whom travel many miles). Sometimes there are shortfalls, so extra
donations are gladly accepted. And please, no credit cards or checks, cash is
appreciated.
Photography,
video recording, & sound recording. No still, video or sound recording is
permitted without permission of the artist and the house. If you
would like to share photos of past concerts, email the pictures and/or web link
to notlobreservations at gmail dot com
Thank you for
supporting live acoustic music!
Jeff Boudreau
notloB Folk
Concerts
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