notloB Music presents Gatorland and Left-Right Strings, 4/16, @ Arts at the Armory

Continuing our quasi-annual collaborative with Darol Anger...

Gatorland is a Berklee acoustic string ensemble dedicated to playing the music of mandolin virtuoso Mike Marshall, featuring some of the most accomplished young acoustic musicians working today.

Ethan Setiawan, mandolin & mandocello
Ben Knorr, guitar
Korey Brodsky, guitar & mandolin
Joseph Byrne, String Bass
Ella Jordan, fiddle
Audrey Budington, fiddle
Hanna Rose Baker, fiddle

Sharing the bill, The Left-Right Strings …
Cecilia Vacanti – Viola
Hannah Rose Baker – Five string fiddle
Casey Murray – Cello
Emilie Rose – Fiddle

Both ensembles are coached by Prof. Darol Anger.

This Wednesday, 4/18, at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville.
The Café offers delicious espresso and other coffee drinks, Mighty Leaf teas, hearty sandwiches on artisan breads, fresh salads, savory soups, yummy baked goods, fine desserts, beer & wine, and more.
Free will offering.

More info – 978-226-8862 or notlobreservations@gmail.com

DAROL ANGER AND EMY PHELPS HOLIDAY SHOW, Acton, 12/1

DAROL ANGER AND EMY PHELPS HOLIDAY SHOW
presented by notloB Music

Since 2007, notloB Music has been presenting “old-time, bluegrass, progressive string band, world, and Celtic concerts in unique listening room environments throughout the greater Boston area.” Its next concert will be world-renowned fiddler Darol Anger (David Grisman Quartet founding member, Republic of Strings, Mr Sun) and singer-songwriter Emy Phelps, with surprise special guests.

Friday, December 1, 2017, 7:30pm
Common House, 25 Half Moon Hill, Acton, MA
$20 advance 
$25 cash at the door

Darol Anger on his holiday show: “We think that the midwinter season has always been a highly emotional and special time for human beings, and we mean to celebrate in music the many layers of spirituality and celebration that has always happened around this time. Emy's a genius at finding songs that elevate peoples' spirits, and her long career working with children has helped her hone her talent. We’ll bring some amazingly talented younger musicians that our audience will love. Our band is not afraid to tap deep emotions, whether they be humor, love, or wassailin’.”

"Emy & I take our job very seriously in any time of year, but especially now. Any serious entertainer needs to consider their role as a healer of some sort. Music has served this very purpose since it began thousands of years ago, and that hasn’t changed, no matter how many notes and chords we add in there. This is the time of year when everything seems to have died and we have to trust that everything will rise again. For most humans, this seems to be a time for reflection, for spiritual questioning and renewal, family, and celebration or mourning of what we have gained and lost throughout the previous year-or years.

"We believe that what people mostly could use right now is to be together in a positive environment which encourages sharing. This year, all Americans have had real setbacks and fractious difficulties and it seems certain that things will get worse next year. Everyone- and I mean everyone- will need spiritual strength for the challenges that are rising. We’re going to support that frame of mind in our concert, with some really beautiful songs from all traditions, and we’re going to encourage a lot of singing along."

notloB Music could not agree more. This will be its eighth collaboration with Darol, and fifth with Emy.
#88 Thursday, April 12, 2012 Darol Anger & Emy Phelps w/ special guest Sharon Gilchrist @ Loring-Greenough House
#96 Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Darol Anger and Emy Phelps with Family and Fiends Maeve Gilchrist, John Mailander, Mila Phlps-Friedl, and Molly Tuttle @ Burren
#110 Friday, May 31, 2013 The Grant Gordy, Darol Anger, Joe Walsh and Karl Doty Quartet @ Watertown Private Residence
#113 Saturday, October 5, 2013 Darol Anger and Emy Phelps with Family and Fiends @ Watertown Private Residence
#121 Saturday, December 7, 2013 The Anger - Haas - Parks - Jonsson Quartet, The International Gals of Quartetdom, The Four Corners Quartet, The Resurexon Quartet @ Jamaica Plain UU
#156 Saturday, April 25, 2015 Darol Anger and The Furies @ Park Avenue Congregational Church
#177 Friday, December 4, 2015 Darol Anger and The Furies: On A Winter's Night (Darol Anger, Emy Phelps, Ethan Jodziewicz and Mari Chaimbeul) @ Unity Somerville

DINNER AND A SHOW!
Present your eventbrite ticket and get 15% off your dinner bill at Not Your Average Joe's, 305 Main Street, Acton, MA, 01720 - 978-635-0101 - https://www.notyouraveragejoes.com/locations/massachusetts/acton/

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Since 2007, notloB Music has presented close to 200 folk, old-time, bluegrass, progressive string band, world, and Celtic concerts in unique listening room environments throughout the greater Boston area. Tickets are available at http://www.eventbrite.com/o/notlob-music-6730833315. For more information see its website – notlobmusic.com – or Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/notloBParlourConcerts/ - or email notlobreservations@gmail.com.

Emy Phelps and Darol Anger in Concert to Benefit Lexington Community Farm, 5/22

Lexington Community Farm Benefit Concert

Featuring Emy Phelps & Darol Anger and Friends 

with Fiddlin’ Quinn and His Big Folks Band

Sunday May 22, 2016 at 3 pm

Lexington First Parish Church 
7 Harrington Rd, Lexington, MA 02421

Support Lexington Community Farm to the sound of live music served up by legendary fiddler and multi-instrument master Darol Anger, standout vocalist and guitarist Emy Phelps, and friends. Feast your ears and help Lexington Community Farm grow.

Darol Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his involvement with numerous pathbreaking ensembles such as his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, Montreux, his Duo with Mike Marshall, and others. Emy Phelps is a remarkable vocalist/guitarist, songwriter, music educator, and recording artist, and currently a member of the Furies. 

Here is a sample of what is in store.

This video was shot at a notloB Music concert in JP.

"Darol Anger (fiddle), Sharon Gilchrist (mandolin) and Emy Phelps (guitar) perform the classic fiddle tune "Cherokee Shuffle." For more information on this tune and its roots, visit http://secondcousincurly.com. This recording is from an April 2012 concert at the Loring-Greenough House in Jamaica Plain, MA. Thanks to Jeff Boudreau and notloB Concerts for making this event happen. More on notloB at http://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic".

Opening the evening is Fiddlin’ Quinn and His Big Folks Band. "A prodigy on the fiddle, Quinn has been playing, singing and wowing audiences since the age of 5."

Buy your Tickets Now


Adults: $31, Students: $15

All proceeds will support the education and food access programs of Lexington Community Farm.

Berklee String Quartet "Unauthorized Personnel" at the Somerville Armory, 4/27/16

notloB Music and Darol Anger have a long history of progressive string quartet collaboration, the tradition continues! Unauthorized Personnel is a Berklee contemporary string quartet, coached by a pioneer of contemporary fiddle, Darol Anger. Bringing together some of the greatest players in Berklee’s string department, Unauthorized Personnel specializes in the music of the great Turtle Island String Quartet. The group started in January of this year, and have been sawing the strings ever since. This concert will mark the ensemble's public debut!


ABOUT THE MEMBERS

Avery Merritt (Violin) is a Boston based multi-style fiddle player. He has played fiddle since the age of four and plays bluegrass, jazz, and alternative styles. He has won a number of awards, including first place in both advanced fiddle and band categories at the Topanga Banjo-Fiddle Competition, and was named an official California Arts Scholar at The CSSSA program at CalArts.There, he received a Governor's Medallion for The Arts, the highest distinction in California an arts student can receive. Avery has studied with musicians such as Jeremy Kittel, Darol Anger, Casey Driessen, Alex Hargreaves, and Mark O’Connor to name a few. He also works with NS Design as a demonstrating artist at various locations such as The NAMM Shows, IBMA, and has also performed at festivals such as Grey Fox and Freshgrass. Avery is a 3rd semester student at Berklee, currently studying under Jason Anick.
Avery’s Website - http://www.averymerritt.com/

Kailey Zercher (Violin) from Santa Fe, NM, started studying classical music at the age of nine, and had classes with many accomplished violinists such as members of the Santa Fe chamber orchestra Promusica, the Santa Fe Opera, grammy nominees and world-touring performers. She has been selected for many orchestras such as All-State New Mexico, a Switzerland-based, internationally touring orchestra called Crescendo and others. Kailey is now a seventh-semester student at Berklee College of Music, where she studies everything from jazz to rock. So far, she has studied privately with Mimi Rabson, Jason Anick, Rob Thomas, and Matt Glaser, and Darol Anger. She also plays and sings in a local folk-rock/jam band called The Womps, that is to release their EP by the end of the month.
Kailey’s music: The Womps - Eating Up My Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KudbF8nTgnI

Parker Ousley (Cello) grew up on the desolate frozen tundra in Minnesota and began playing cello at age 5. Before coming to Boston, he studied classical cello with David Carter, Peter Howard, and Anna Clift. In high school he began venturing from the comforts of his classical home and joined the amateur folk band, Flute Platoon as a singer and cellist. After breaking from the Platoon, Parker began singing and playing as a solo act in the Twin Cities. When not performing with Unauthorized Personnel, he and his cello, Jeremy, can be found performing on their own, with American Housewife, or in the Twin Cities-based duo The Triplets. Parker is currently finishing his sophomore year at Berklee College of Music where he studies with Mike Block, Eugene Friesen, and Rob Thomas.

Jennifer Frantz (Viola) is from Beaver, PA. She started studying classical violin at the age of 5, and switched to viola at the age of 16. She is in her fourth semester at Berklee where she has been studying jazz and contemporary music as well as composition with David Wallace and Rob Thomas. In 2014, Jennifer was the winner of a concerto competition where she performed the Stamitz viola concerto, with the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Orchestra. She also had toured all over U.S. with the jazz group From the Four, and Extreme Strings Orchestra. She has participated in multiple international music festivals and is the assistant to the director of the CLAZZ music festival. Jennifer is known for her ability to hula-hoop while playing viola.

Admission to the Wednesday concert series is by free-will offering (45-10 suggested). Make your reservation at http://tinyurl.com/notlobtickets.

ABOUT THE CAFE
You can arrive as early as 6pm to enjoy the cafe's offerings, which include sandwiches/wraps, salads, coffee, teas and pastries as well as beer and wine.
Free parking in the back lot, on street (mind the signage) and two satellite lots.
MBTA: Arts at the Armory is approximately a 15 minute walk from Davis Square which is on the MBTA Red Line, or take either the 88 or 90 bus from Lechmere (Green Line) or Davis Square (Red Line). Get off at the Highland Avenue and Lowell Street stop. You can also get there from Sullivan Square (Orange Line) via the 90 bus. Get off at the Highland Avenue and Benton Road stop.
Bicycle: The Armory is four blocks from the Somerville Community Path.
Handicap accessible.

ABOUT NOTLOB MUSIC
Since 2007, notloB Music has presented close to 200 folk, old-time, bluegrass, progressive string band, world and Celtic concerts in unique venues throughout the greater Boston area.
mail list - http://tinyurl.com/notlobmail
website - https://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic/
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Are you planning to join us at Fiddle Hell 2016? Here's the latest news...

Fiddle Hell is a mind-blowing experience!
Copied and pasted in its entirety. Hope Dave Reiner does not mind!

"Come to Fiddle Hell Weekend!" Are you planning to join us for a fantastic fiddling weekend with your friends? Andy Reiner, Katie McNally, Eric Favreau, Becky Tracy, and Andrea Beaton (in photos above) all hope to see you there, and I do, too! Plan on Fiddle Hell Massachusetts, Nov. 4-6, 2016 in Westford, MA:  We'll be back at the Westford Regency with free parking and improved food options. More info here. Check out our 2016 workshop and jam session leaders: The list is nearly final - just click on Session Leaders 2016. Take a look at our new common tune list:  For 2016, we've created a new list of 52 common tunes in addition to the original list, based on your suggestionson the Fiddle Hell survey over the last 3 years. Sign up for the weekend now: You can prepay here and save a little money. Or just pay when you arrive.  We have discounts for seniors, young adults, and kids, and a few scholarships if you can't afford the fee. Book your room at the Westford Regency: The Fiddle Hell discount (code HEL114) gets you a room with two beds for $99/night plus tax.  More info here - just click on Overall Logistics 2016. Or commute if you're local. Tell your friends about the Saturday night concert (Nov 5th, 7PM): Twenty fiddlers, followed by a contra dance (dance or sit in with the band). New instructors for 2016 include Bruce Molsky (oldtime), Katie McNally(Scottish), Skip Gorman (bluegrass, folk, cowboy), Ellery Klein (Irish),Autumn Rose Lester (New England), and Gretchen Koehler (New England, Canadian). Returning instructors Andrea Beaton, Andy Reiner, Becky Tracy, Darol Anger, David Kaynor, Eric Favreau, Joy Adams (cello), Frank Ferrel, Laurel Martin, Laurie Hart, Lissa Schneckenberger, Mark Simos, Pete Sutherland, Tom Morley, and many others will be back again to teach tunes and techniques at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels, and to lead jams in various styles. Click here and then click on Session Leaders 2016 on the left to see details about our 2016 instructors, who are great players and experienced, supportive teachers. In addition to fiddlers, mandolin players, violists and cellists are welcome. Other instrumentalists will need to check with me first.  Did you know that the top 6 fiddle styles played by Fiddle Hell attendees (from the 2015 survey) are: New England, Irish, Scottish & Cape Breton, Southern Oldtime, French Canadian, and Bluegrass? 2016 workshops and jams will cover these traditional styles in amazing depth, plus Swedish, Cajun, Klezmer, Blues, World, Canadian, Jazz, and Western Swing. We'll also have singing & kids' workshops. Half the attendees in 2015 were from MA, with the other half from NH, NY, VT, CT, RI, ME, and 12 other states (plus a few from Canada & Scotland). Please invite your musical friends to join us in 2016! Since it's a while until November, think about these great camps, too: Guitar and Mandolin Camp North,April 15-17, 2016, in Charlton, MA.  I've taught there in the past, and will be attending to learn and jam.  Includes some fiddle classes, too. Rustic Roots Music Camp, August 11-15, 2016, in CT.  Andy Reiner runs this small camp, featuring communal workshops (and cooking), singing, campfire jams & multiple instruments (especially fiddle).  Ages 18+.  I'll be there again! Maine Fiddle Camp, several fun weekends and  weeks in June and August, 2016. Traditional dance music on many instruments. Several MFC instructors also teach at Fiddle Hell. Helpful Links Fiddle Hell logistics, lodging, and leaders  Fiddle Hell schedule (from 2015, will be updated in July of 2016) New list of 52 common tunes and 2-CD set of original common tunes played fast and slow Join the Facebook Group for Fiddle Hell Massachusetts    Join the 2016 Fiddle Hell Facebook Event   Follow Fiddle Hell Massachusetts (@FiddleHell) on Twitter   Offer a ride or request one for Fiddle Hell 2016 at this free carpool site

Darol Anger and The Furies: On A Winter's Night

Darol Anger and The Furies
w/ The Red Rat Quartet:: 

On A Winter's Night

Friday, December 4, 8:00pm

Unity Somerville
6 William Street
Somerville, Massachusetts
(5 blocks north of Davis Square)

Darol Anger (5-string fiddle and mandocello) | Emy Phelps (guitar and vocals) | Mairi Chaimbeul (harp and vocals) | Ethan Jodziewicz (bass)

notloB Music's Fall music series continues with a return to a familiar and well-loved space, Unity Somerville, where we presented two dozen concerts between 2009 and 2013. We will celebrate our return with one our favorite ensembles, Darol Anger and The Furies, who we have presented twice, not to mention having worked with Darol on at least five other occasions involving star artists from his galaxy such as Rushad Eggleston, Joe Walsh, Sharon Gilchrist, Maeve Gilchrist and Grant Gordy. We're really looking forward to this one!

Acoustic Music legend Darol Anger joins rising singer-songwriter Emy Phelps in organizing some of the country's best young string musicians in a multigenerational musical experience focusing on the spirit of Midwinter and the turning of the year.
Darol's experience with holiday shows from Windham Hill through Newgrange to Yulegrass, his quirky humor, and his genius for organizing exciting bands will be utilized at full bore. Living in the Boston area, Darol has been a mentor to some of the most exciting and phenomenal young musicians in the world. In the Furies, these powerful presences are brought into synchronization and orbit around Anger’s vision and that unmistakable violin voice. The result is mythical, magical, musical mayhem. Special guests, family and friends will undoubtedly make appearances.

Darol Anger is a legendary and influential fiddle guru, who has spent over four decades reinventing American string music to encompass his explorations of bluegrass, jazz, and all other music. The groups that he founded or co-founded include the David Grisman Quintet, the Turtle Island String Quartet, Psychograss, Montreux, and the Republic of Strings ensemble. His playing and composition overflow with passion, prodigious technique, and generous humor. He has spent his career enlightening and inspiring his fellow musicians, and vice-versa.

Emy Phelps is a standout artist in a large field, a prolific songwriter with a riveting voice which plumbs the deepest emotions. A muscian of note in the Pacific Northwest, she has made a 30 year music career while raising 3 sons and one daughter, achieving degrees in Theatre Arts and Special Education.

Màiri Chaimbeul is a young harpist/composer, born and brought up as a Gaelic speaker on the Isle of Skye in the North-West of Scotland. She has toured throughout the UK and in Europe as well as the USA, including the Celtic Connections Festival, The Edinburgh International Harp Festival, and Zakir Hussain's Pulse of the World Festival, London 2012. She participated in the prestigious Acoustic Music Seminar in Savannah, Georgia, in 2013 & 2014, working with Julian Lage, Mike Marshall, David Grisman, Bela Fleck and Darol Anger. She currently studies at Berklee.

The Furies have added, for these shows, the spectacular young bassist Ethan Jodziewicz, who completed study at Curtis Institute with Edgar Meyer. Ethan is one of the most virtuosic and versatile bassists anywhere, and is now helping to revolutionize the bass' role in American String Music, appearing all over the US with Sierra Hull and the band Mr Sun.

The Red Rat Quartet...

Claire Gohst: violin

James Guy: violin

Choeun Kim: viola

Keizo Yoshioka: cello ...will open!

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Tickets  Premium (first three rows) $20; General admission $15; Early bird seniors and students $10 (qty limited).

SPEND A WEEKEND IN (fiddle) HELL

"Fiddle Hell Massachusetts is a yearly gathering of fiddlers to meet, jam, learn, and have fun. It's both friendly and diverse, crossing all ages and including many traditional fiddle styles. Typically, there are about 1/3 beginners, 1/3 intermediates, and 1/3 advanced players, with many workshop and jam session choices at each level.

The invention of the late, great fiddler Dale Hopkins from Missouri, Fiddle Hell occurs periodically in fun locations worldwide. Prior Fiddle Hells have occurred in the US, the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany. Dale used the term "Fiddle Hell" to refer to the unique sound of many fiddlers playing a tune together. While Dale's two Fiddle Hell gatherings involved performances for the public as well as some informal sharing of tunes and techniques, Dave Reiner extended the concept to make Fiddle Hell Massachusetts more of a fiddle camp for all ages, with scheduled workshops and jam sessions led by a wonderful group of experienced and supportive instructors.

Last year (2014), we had 300+ musicians, mostly fiddlers, at the tenth Massachusetts Fiddle Hell. There is very limited space for musicians other than fiddlers. However, mandolin players, violists, and cellists are welcome! Other instrumentalists, please contact Dave first to ask. We request that any accompanying instruments only play styles and tunes they are familiar with, and ask the fiddlers before joining jam sessions...."

If you are not a fiddler, come for the Saturday night concert and contra dance.

Web: http://www.reinerfamilyband.com/introduction.html
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/922129041138286/

Be sure to drop by the merch room and register for a chance to win a pair of tickets to "Darol Anger and The Furies: On A Winter's Night", Saturday, December 4 at Unity Somerville -https://www.facebook.com/events/720714501363398/

Darol Anger and the Furies, Arlington, 4/25

notloB Music presents... Darol Anger and the Furies Darol Anger (5-string fiddle and mandocello) | Emy Phelps (guitar and vocals) | Jenna Moynihan (fiddle) | Mairi Chaimbeul (harp and vocals) | Aidan O'Donnell (bass) Saturday, April 25, 8pm PACC (sanctuary), Arlington In Greek mythology, Furies were ferocious godlike female avengers who would swoop down on mortals and destroy them. In this band, the only difference is that instead of destruction, inspiration occurs. Darol Anger and the Furies is a new group put together uniquely for this decade, comprised of a fantastical all-star array of talented feminine presences, plus two notorious tricksters. Note: Due to health issues Eric Law will be unable to tour. He is being replaced by Aidan O'Donnell.  Tickets and more infoPlease join and invite friends to the Facebook event. Dinnner and a show!

This is the Furies original lineup, instrumentation will be the same but besides Darol and Emy the other artists will be Jenna, Mairi and Aidan.

notloB Music's Spring Concert Season - 8 concerts in Arlington, Newton, Cambridge and Brookline

NotloB Spring Performances Our spring 2015 events range from up-and-coming performers to folk travelers. With the this long winter soon to be behind us, the rejuvenation of spring is the perfect moment to come out and show your support of local, talented performers. Tickets Sunday, March 22nd Ellie & Sumaia Jenna & Mairi  Cambridge, MA | Outpost 186 Sunday, March 22, 2015 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM Saturday, March 28th The Emma Beaton Band  Arlington, MA | Park Avenue Congregational Church (hall) Saturday, March 28, 2015 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Wednesday, April 1st Jayme Stone Lomax Project  Arlington, MA | Park Avenue Congregational Church Wednesday, April 1, 2015 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Thursday, April 16th Mari Black w/ Joseph Carmichael  Newton Upper Falls, MA Carriage House Violins of Johnson String Instrument Thursday, April 16, 2015 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Friday, April 17th The Onlies  Cambridge, MA | Outpost 186 Friday, April 17, 2015 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Saturday, April 25th Darol Anger and the Furies  Arlington, MA Park Avenue Congregational Church Saturday, April 25, 2015 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Wednesday, April 29th Wrong is Right  Cambridge, MA | Outpost 186 Wednesday, April 29, 2015 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Tickets Founded in 2007, notloB Music has presented more than 150 folk, old-time, blue grass, string band and Celtic concerts in unique venues throughout the greater Boston area. Concerts in your home can be arranged. Website - https://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notloBParlourConcerts Twitter - https://twitter.com/notlobpresents Eventbrite (tickets) - http://www.eventbrite.com/o/notlob-music-presents-6730833315 Mail Chimp (mailing list) - http://tinyurl.com/notlobmail Share Tweet Forward

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