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

A Quartet of Berklee College of Music String Quartets

A QUARTET OF BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC STRING QUARTETS

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Eliot Street Coffeehouse at the First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU, 6 Eliot Street

Doors 7:30, Concert 8:00

Students, seniors and unemployed $10

$15 in advance, available at church social after Sunday services and through Brown Paper Tickets. 

$20 at the door (if available).

Eliot Street’s third and final concert of the season promises to be outrageous. Orchestrated by Berklee College of Music Professor Darol Anger, it will feature not one, not two, not three but FOUR string quartets!

Berklee String Quartet

The International Gals of Quartetdom

The Four Corners Quartet

The Resurexon Quartet

Berklee String Quartet

Darol Anger (Turtle Island Quartet, David Grisman Quartet, Republic of Strings, The Furies)

Brittany Haas (Republic of Strings, Crooked Still and 4tet)

Catherine Bent (Cirque du Soleil, Joe Jackson, Greg Osby, Lee Konitz and Kanye West)

Lena Jonsson (graduate student)

Contemporary international music from Brazil, Scandinavia and the US.

Fiddler, composer, producer and educator, Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres, some of which he helped to invent. Exceptional among modern fiddlers for his versatility and depth, 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. He has performed and taught all over the world with musicians such as Dr. Billy Taylor, Bela Fleck, Bill Evans, Edgar Meyer, Bill Frisell, David Grisman, Tony Rice, Tim O’Brien, The Anonymous 4, Marin Alsop and the Cabrillo Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, Mark O’Connor, and Stephane Grappelli. Today Darol can be heard on NPR’s “Car Talk” theme every week, along with Earl Scruggs, David Grisman and Tony Rice. He was also the violinist on the phenomenally popular Sim City computer games. In addition to performing all over the world, he has recorded and produced scores of important recordings since 1977, is a MacDowell and UCross Fellow, and has received numerous composers’ residencies and grants. He has been a featured soloist on dozens of recordings and motion picture soundtracks. He is an Associate Professor at the Berklee School of music. He recently began an ambitious online Fiddle School at ArtistWorks.com. http://darolanger.com/

California-born Brittany Haas is widely regarded as one of the most influential fiddlers of her generation. She grew up honing her craft in fiddle camps nationwide, and came to her unique sound through the old time fiddling of Bruce Molsky and the innovative stylings of Darol Anger. A prodigious youth, she began touring with Darol's Republic of Strings at the age of 14. She simultaneously studied baboons in the evolutionary biology department of Princeton University and joined seminal chamber-grass band Crooked Still. She has toured with them since, and also performed with Yonder Mountain String Band, Tony Trischka, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas (her cellist sister), Abigail Washburn, and The Waybacks. She played her fiddle on Steve Martin's Grammy Award-winning CD, "The Crow," and performed in his band on Letterman and SNL. She released her debut self-titled solo album at 17, produced by Darol Anger and featuring Bruce Molsky, Mike Dana Bruce Marshall l, Alison Brown and others. Currently residing in Boston, she is the co-leader of the Brittany Haas/Dan Trueman band who released their debut record "CrissCross" in 2011. She also plays in a fiddle duo with Lena Jonsson, an all-girl indie old-time band called The Fundies, and a trio with Jordan Tice & Paul Kowert. http://brittanyhaas.com/

Cellist Catherine Bent, originally from London, was on the vanguard of crossover string players in New York in the 90’s, performing everywhere from Broadway shows to the Knitting Factory. In addition to her active chamber music life, she has toured and performed with Cirque du Soleil, Joe Jackson, Greg Osby, Lee Konitz and Kanye West, and has credits as a side musician and arranger on dozens of recordings. Catherine also performs in Rio de Janeiro and has made appearances on Radio Nacional as soloist with the legendary choro group Conjunto Época de Ouro. Her bands have included Trio Choro Brasil, Waters of March, Midnight Sun, Axis String Quartet, Axis Electric Strings, and new acoustic jazz quartet The Why. Catherine is on the faculty of Berklee College of Music, where she teaches in four different departments and brings her love of chamber music, improvisation and mixed styles into the classroom. http://www.catherinebent.com/

Lena Jonsson is a curious musician, always searching for new projects and new musical meetings. She was brought in Hälsingland, a region in Sweden with a rich tradition of folkmusic and culture, in a family where everyone plays the fiddle. Even if she is brought up with folkmusic, she is not stuck in old wiews of how the music should be played, she is very open and likes to find new ways to express herself within the frame of folkmusic. She has studied traditional Swedish music one year at the music conservatory in Falun and three years at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and is currently studying at Berklee College of Music. http://www.lenajonsson.com/

The International Gals of Quartetdom are a dynamic & diverse quartet of four young women hailing from across the globe.  Under the guidance of the inimitable, Darol Anger, they are united by their love of contemporary string music.  The International Gals are Marta Roma (Cello, Barcelona), Sadie Currey (Violin, Tennessee), YeJi Yoon (Violin, Korea) and Adrianna Ciccone (5-String Violin, Canada). 

Marta is a versatile cellist from Barcelona. She graduated in classical cello and Music Education in 2011 and now she is developing her studies at Berklee College of Music. She has performed in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Brazil, US, Japan, Philippines, playing different kinds of music with various ensembles.

YeJi is a classically trained violinist, composer and arranger from Seoul, Korea. She studied Music theory and composition at SungShin Women's University. Now, she is attending at Berklee College of music and majoring Contemporary Writing and Production as a scholarship student.

Sadie is a fiddler and vocalist with panache and grace. The eldest of five children born into a musical family, Sadie started taking violin lessons at the age of 7.  She has found her style and voice through years of performing with her family band CurreyKorn, Missouri-based Bluegrass band Midnight Flight, and through a year of Music Performance study at the University of Missouri. 

Adrianna is quickly establishing herself as a distinctive voice in the new-acoustic music scene. Her style, while rooted in the Ottawa Valley & Québecois fiddle traditions, continues to be inspired by the many different regional fiddles styles of Canada and the world including Appalachian, Métis, Cape Breton, Irish, Scottish & Scandinavian music. 

The Four Corners
Layth Al Rubaye (Jordan)
Ellen Story (USA)
Alliz Nicholas (England)
Naseem Alatrash (Palestine)

“Four players sit at the corners of a round table
Back to back they face one and another
Draw their instruments and play for each other.”

Challenging cultural difference through music, The Four Corners string quartet celebrate their own identities whilst exploring each others musical influences. Formed in 2013 at Berklee College of Music, Layth Al-Rubaye, Ellen Melissa Story, Alliz Nicholas, and Naseem Alatrash represent a new generation of young artists who enrich listeners with unique interpretations and shatter the traditional impression of the string quartet. Based in Boston, USA, the quartet enjoy performing at The Museum of Fine Arts,Massachusetts State House, Berklee College of Music and for Layth’s cat Gordita.rom Jordan, USA, England and Palestine, they converse in middle-eastern, jazz, classical and folk styles. Their signature work Maracibo by the notable cellist and Berklee Professor Eugene Friesen, uses complex rhythms native to Brazilian traditional instruments, as the backdrop to virtuoso improvisation and exciting extended techniques.

The Resurexon Quartet

Isa Burke

Adrian Zemor

Holland Raper

Anna Stromer

The Resurexon String Quartet is a brand-new quartet of Berklee students who hail from diverse musical backgrounds, but are united in their desire to innovate and build bridges across musical styles. Under the direction of Darol Anger, they continue to propel the world of contemporary string music to new places. They are violinists Isa Burke and Holland Raper, cellist Adrian Zemor, and violist Anna Stromer. 

Isa Burke is a fiddler and songwriter who grew up in Maine and is now based in Boston. She was raised in a musical family and grew up in New England's rich folk community, and that tradition formed the foundation for all of the music she creates. Now in her third semester at Berklee studying violin performance and songwriting, Isa is developing a voice and a reputation as a rising talent in Boston's roots music scene. Her fiddling draws upon Appalachian old-time, bluegrass, Celtic, Québecois and Scandinavian traditions to forge a style rooted in tradition, yet undeniably powerful and new.

Holland Raper is a violinist from a suburb of Detroit. Trained in both classical and Celtic fiddle styles since a young age, Holland has performed in the DSO Civic Ensembles and represented the United States in the Fleadh Cheoil Irish Music Championships. She is currently a 7th semester student at Berklee, planning to graduate this May.

Born and raised in New York City, Adrian studied cello at Third Street Music School for 12 years. In high school, he started to branch out from the classical world, and played in a metal band while continuing his classical studies. He is currently a 5th semester performance major at Berklee, where he has been studying classical, rock, folk, and jazz.

Anna Stromer is a Boston-based violist who has performed with Yo Yo Ma, Richard Stoltzman, Mark Wood, Mark O’Connor, Issac Delgado, The Dear Hunter, Wyclef Jean, and Thirty Seconds to Mars. Anna has also been working with the Vitamin String Quartet as part of their live performance string quartet and with them has performed on MTV Unplugged with Thirty Seconds to Mars and on the 100th episode of Gossip Girl. Anna is currently enrolled at Berklee College of Music where she is majoring in music business, and is excited to perform as part of a string quartet with the Boston Ballet for “Cacti” in May of 2014.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Doors 7:30, Concert 8:00

Presented by Eliot Street Coffeehouse

6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain

Telephone - (617) 942-0716Students, seniors and unemployed $10, all others $15 in advance, $20 at the door

Tickets

Tune in to Doug Gessler's "The Lost Highway" on student/community radio WMBR, 88.1fm Saturday, December 7, 8-10am, when Darol Anger and Brittany Haas will be live in studio.

What's next? Watch Eliot Street’s Facebook page and website.

The Eliot Street Coffeehouse, a co-production of the Eliot Street Soiree and notloB Parlour Concerts, are presented in the beautiful and acoustically sound First Church of Jamaica Plain's parish hall, 6 Eliot Street (near Centre and South).    

The community, especially those interested in volunteering, is invited to send inquiries by email to eliotstreetcoffeehouse@gmail.com

"The Bluegrass Lounge" on independent student internet radio BIRN premiers tonight!

Announcing a brand new internet radio program of bluegrass music, "The Bluegrass Lounge"

"It's official: Matt Scutchfield and I (JD Williams) now have a full 2-hour bloc of the Bluegrass music on the Berklee Internet Radio Network every Monday night from 11pm-1am!"
http://www.thebirn.com/shows/?show=122

Hosted by JD Williams and Matt Scutchfield.
Berklee Internet Radio Network

Be it in the string department on the 5th floor of 1140 or in the various clubs throughout Boston/Cambridge, there is quite a thriving bluegrass community full of great musicians and eager listeners here in Beantown. On our show, we'll feature favorite bluegrass tunes ranging in styles from traditional to recent contemporary bluegrass that pushes the genre's boundaries to the limits. Throughout, we'll also look at related styles or sub-genres of bluegrass such as folk, acoustic, Americana, and Celtic/Irish fiddling. Packed with great tunes, lots of humor, bits of obscure bluegrass factoids - and the occasional guest or performer - taking a break in "The Bluegrass Lounge" will never disappoint and will always offer the refreshing pick-up that one would expect from a break in a lounge. So grab a cup of strong coffee, get your banjo out, and jam along with us!
http://www.thebirn.com/shows/?show=122

Thanks, gents, for keeping that high lonesome sound alive!

notloB News November

notloB News November

"In this era of pop-driven acoustic music, notloB is keeping the folk tradition alive."

~ Jack Hardy 

Greater Boston music patrons embrace all music genres, from classical to experimental and everything in between. Beginning November 1, patrons will have the opportunity to attend presentations of the Eliot Street Coffeehouse at the First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian-Univeralist, located at 6 Eliot Street. The new coffhouse is the result of a merger of First Church’s own “Eliot Street Soirée” series, and Jeff Boudreau’s not-for-profit “notloB Parlour Concerts”, presented since 2006 across the monument at the Loring-Greenough House.

“The space itself is just beautiful and welcoming as well. This is why I’m inspired to have more music performed here as a benefit to the artists, to the church, and to our community.  And more folks coming in to the space means greater awareness of the good work the church does via its food pantry and other social justice activities.”

~ Janna Maria Fröhlich

A three concert Fall series is offered:

Friday, November 1 - FELLSWATER CD RELEASE PARTY, w/ ELIZABETH & BEN ANDERSON

Friday, November 22 - THE BOMBADILS w/ CAT AND THE MOON

Saturday, December 7, A TRIO OF BERKLEE STRING QUARTETS

Tickets may be purchased in advance through Brown Paper Tickets.

To volunteer or learn more, email eliotstreetcoffeehouse@gmail.com.

ELIOT STREET COFFEEHOUSE

6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain

http://www.firstchurchjp.org/eliotstreetcoffeehouse/

https://www.facebook.com/6EliotStreet/
For all, doors at 7:30, concert at 8:00

FELLSWATER CD RELEASE PARTY
w/ Elizabeth and Ben Anderson
Friday, November 1

FELLSWATER is Boston's dynamic instrumental Celtic music ensemble, playing a wide range of music from Traditional to modern compositions that draw from the heritage of all the Celtic nations, especially Scotland, Ireland, Brittany and Canada. Fellswater's instrumentation changes depending on the musical selection and includes whistle, flute, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, violin and smallpipes.

http://www.fellswater.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/335079686627918/

Fellswater: Thursday Night “In order there is beauty and in this CD proves that Fellswater is both of order and beauty and from the root to the branches one consistent whole with infinite variations. Fellswater manages to combine all superbly.”
Joanne Gagnon, Celtic Beat

JUST ADDED – ELISABETH AND BEN ANDERSON!

ELIZABETH AND BEN ANDERSON, a brother/sister Scottish fiddle duo, is an up and coming new band in Boston's thriving Celtic music scene. Blending Scottish and Irish tunes with lively rhythms and innovative harmonies, they create a sound rooted in tradition, inspired by the contemporary, and completely original. Elizabeth, a Classically-trained violinist and fiddle student of Hanneke Cassel, is a three-time New England Junior Scottish fiddle champion. She studies at Berklee College of Music. Ben studies cello with Ari Friedman and is also an accomplished fiddle player. He attends Westborough High School. The duo has been well-received at performances at local venues and festivals in their hometown of Westborough, MA and beyond, and they recently released their first recording, a 4-track self-titled EP.

https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethAndBenAnderson

Doors 7:30, concert 8:00.
$10 students, seniors and the unemployed; $13 in advance; $15 at the door.
Tickets are available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/459031

THE BOMBADILS w/ CAT AND THE MOON
Friday, November 22

THE BOMBADILS are a ridiculous and kind-hearted bunch of rascals disguised as a four-piece folk band. Originating from Vancouver, Edmonton, and Halifax, they met in 2009 at McGill University's Schulich School of Music in Montréal, where they were pursuing their studies in jazz and classical music. These musical influences carry over into their love of folk music which includes Irish, bluegrass and Canadian and American old time.

http://www.thebombadils.com

JUST ADDED – CAT AND THE MOON!

CAT AND THE MOON is a contemporary Celtic-Bluegrass fusion group that was started in Boston Massachusetts in 2012. They have a wide range of styles including Irish, Bluegrass, originals, jazz fusion, and classical. Cat and the Moon so impressed us at their recent Lord Geoffrey presents they were offered this opening spot on the spot!

http://catandthemoonmusic.com/

A TRIO OF BERKLEE STRING QUARTETS
Saturday, December 7

Eliot Street’s third concert of the season promises to be outrageous. Orchestrated by Berklee College of Music professor Darol Anger (David Grisman Quartet, Republic of Strings, the Furies), it will feature not one, not two but THREE string quartets, two comprised of Berklee students and one of Berklee and Berklee-related professionals.

Details will be announced at the Fellswater concert.

Tickets will be available through Brown Paper Tickets.

LORD GEOFFREY PRESENTS RISING BERKLEE & NEC ARTISTS

Outpost 186 Gallery, 186 Hampshire Street (Inman Square, next to Ryles), Cambridge
https://sites.google.com/site/lordgeoffreypresents/
https://www.facebook.com/LGPresents
For all, doors at 7:30, concert at 8:00

Dan Bui and Friends

Wednesday, November 20

https://www.facebook.com/events/568065089897802/

Dan Bui is a mandolinist hailing from Austin, TX and a recent graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He was initially introduced to music through classical piano and violin lessons but it was his discovery of the mandolin in high school that inspired him to delve deeper into music. He came to the Berklee College of Music to expand his knowledge of traditional styles, improvisation, composition, and overall musicianship. In addition to spending a lot of time in Berklee's recording studios, Dan was fortunate enough to study with master musicians John McGann, Joe Walsh, Darol Anger, and Jason Anick. He has also learned just as much from other young musicians in the fertile Boston acoustic music scene.

For this special evening, Dan will be joined by some very talented Boston-area musicians (many of whom are also performing in the Outpost 186 series). They will be performing an eclectic mix of Dan's original music and tunes from the bluegrass and old-time traditions.

Doors 7:30, Concert 8:00
Students $5, General Public $10
Email lordgeoffreypresents@gmail.com for special "insider" information.
Paid patrons are welcome to bring acoustic instruments for an after-concert pickin' party.

Molly Pinto Madigan and Friends

Saturday, November 30

https://www.facebook.com/events/171325416404047/

Hailed for her "pure, sweet” singing style and her haunting compositions, Molly Pinto Madigan has performed extensively around the Boston area at venues such as Club Passim, Boston Celtic Music Festival, NEFFA, and the notloB Parlor Concerts. In 2009, she won first place in the Boston Folk Festival Songwriting Contest for her original song "Bound Away,” and she was recently awarded first place in the South Shore Folk Club's Ballad-Singing Competition as well as being named "Artist of the Year" at the Salem State University Music Awards. As a member of the teen bluegrass band Jaded Mandolin and soloist in the Family Folk Chorale, Molly gained recognition for her vocal and songwriting skills, sharing the stage with artists such as Claire Lynch, Scott Alarik, John Carter Cash, and Tracy Grammer.

Since her debut in the Boston folk scene, Molly has submerged herself in the dark, luscious world of ballads, drawn to their magic, and her original songs echo with the whisperings of the American and European traditional music.

Molly's Website - http://mollypintomadigan.wordpress.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MollyPintoMadigan

Doors 7:30, Concert 8:00
Students $5, General Public $10
Email lordgeoffreypresents@gmail.com for special "insider" information.
Paid patrons are welcome to bring acoustic instruments for an after-concert pickin' party.

Upcoming:
December 4 - Adrinna Ciccone and Friends, Featuring Neil Pearlman -https://www.facebook.com/events/693617497332810/
December 11 - Jacob Means and Friends -https://www.facebook.com/events/651784944853091/
December 18 - High Rock Mountain - https://www.facebook.com/events/577892772268303/

TURN YOUR RADIO ON!

Tune in to community/student radio WMBR (88.1fm, streaming at http://wmbr.org/) for your chance to win Eliot Street Coffeehouse and Lord Geoffrey concerts tickets. “WMBR's unique and innovative programming ranges from hip-hop to classical, punk rock to jazz, blues to celtic fiddle tunes. We offer the opportunity for MIT students and community members to learn about music, radio engineering, audio production techniques, electrical engineering, acoustics, news reporting and how to manage a small business.” Participating programs include:
Ceangal Ceilteach, hosted by Kit Kelt, Mondays 6-8am

The New Edge, hosted by Ken Field, Tuesdays 2-4pm

Troubadour, hosted by Bruce Sylvester, Thursdays 2-4pm

I Love a Parade, Hosted by Lindsay Ellison, Fridays 4-5:30pm 

Lost Highway, hosted by Doug Gessler, Saturdays 8-10am

BE SOCIAL!

Q: Besides presenting some pretty awesome acoustic music in unique spaces, what do notloB Parlour Concerts, Eliot Street Coffeehouse and Lord Geoffrey Presents have in common?

A: All are represented in Facebook and have “events” which list concert and artist information. This is perhaps the fastest and easiest way to stay in touch. Please take a moment to click on the hyperlinks above and “like” each page. And be sure to turn on notifications and news feed!

Under each page you can find an “events” area; besides “liking” the pages, the next best way you can support the series is in each event click “going”, and sharing with your social media friends.

As a reward for paying attention, the first person who writes a complementary review on the Eliot Street Coffeehouse Facebook page will get one complementary admission to the Fellswater concert.

NOTLOB RECOMMENDS

Stepping Up! Annual RSCDS Boston Fall Concert featuring Emerald Rae, Katie McNally*, Neil Pearlman*, and Campbell Webster
Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 3:00 PM
Scottish Rite Museum and Library
33 Marrett Rd., Lexington MA 02421
http://rscdsboston.org/Concert2013/concert2013.html
Information: 617 492 8180; Concert@rscdsboston.org

"The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Boston Branch, is pleased to present its 20th Annual concert, featuring four wonderful young stars: Emerald Rae (fiddle), Katie McNally (fiddle), and Neil Pearlman (piano and keyboards), and Campbell Webster (pipes). Emerald, at 18, took home the grand prize at the US Scottish Fiddle Championships. She is a gifted song-writer as well as a fiddler, as can be heard on her new CD "If Only I could Fly." Katie is the 2009 New England Scottish Fiddle Champion, with a new CD "Flourish," to her credit. A multi-instrumentalist and dancer, Neil Pearlman is emerging as one of the traditional music scene's most innovative young keyboard artists. Legendary Cape Breton fiddler Jerry Holland said that "watching Neil's hands on the piano is like watching two spiders on crack!" His CDs include “On the Edge” and “Coffee and the Mojo Hat.” Campbell Webster is a piping phenom. His first place finishes at the US Piping Federation made him one of only 10 pipers nationally to participate in the Nichol-Brown Invitational Competition on Columbus Day weekend, 2013.
Also featured are Highland Dance Boston, with their wonderful blend of traditional and original choreography, and the Demonstration dancers of the RSCDS, Boston Branch. for complete information visithttp://rscdsboston.org/Concert2013/concert2013.html (orhttp://rscdsboston.org/events-november-concert.html -- scroll to the bottom for specifics.)
Free parking, handicap accessible. Complimentary refreshments and dancing for all after the evening show. Hope to see you there!"

RSCDS Boston is the Boston Branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. We hold classes and promote dancing in the Boston area and throughout New England. Visit our website at http://www.rscdsboston.org/ for more information.

*notloB alumnae

November 8-10 - FIDDLE HELL

notloB alumnae are in bold (we’re working on the others!).

Fiddle Hell Massachusetts is Nov. 8-10, 2013, in Concord, MA, with a public concert and dance Nov. 9th at 7PM
Hello friends of fiddling!
What: Fiddle Hell is an amazing gathering of fiddlers from near and far to meet, jam, learn and have fun. Come join us for a single day or the whole weekend! Last year, we had 180+ fiddlers at the 8th Fiddle Hell Massachusetts, from 13 states and 3 foreign countries!
There will be lots of different styles represented, by fiddlers with varying experience, including New England, Irish, bluegrass, swing, Cape Breton, Scottish, Southern oldtime, gypsy, French-Canadian, Texas and Western Swing styles.  
Fiddle Staff includes more than 20 excellent traditional players who are great teachers: Alan Kaufman, Andy Reiner, Barbara McOwen, Bob Alessio, Clayton March, Dave Reiner, David Kaynor, Ed Pearlman, Ellen Carlson, George Fowler, John Chambers, Julie Metcalf, Laurie Hart, Mark Simos, Matt Glaser, Matt McConeghy, Paul Harty, Pete Anick, Serena Eades, Stacy Phillips, Terri Lukacko, and Tom Morley.
When: Fiddle Hell runs from Friday, Nov 8th at noon to Sunday, Nov 10th at 6PM. You can pre-register online (discounts) or just register at the event itself. There are day rates, weekend rates, and discounts for seniors and kids.
Where: Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA, a beautiful country inn a half hour west of Boston. Free parking nearby!
Sessions: We'll have over 100 workshops and guided jams; also informal jams and free giveaways.
Concert: The Fiddle Hell Concert & Contra Dance is Saturday, Nov. 9, 7:00-9:00PM, 9:15-10:45PM at the Concord Scout House. It,s free if you,re at Fiddle Hell on Saturday; walk-ins are $15 for the concert (includes dance) or $8 for just the dance (dance or sit in with the band). Likely concert performers are Dave Reiner, Andy Reiner, David Kaynor, Mark Simos, Julie Metcalf, Alan Kaufman, Ed Pearlman and Matt Glaser.
Levels: Fiddle Hell is not for novices who can't play any tunes yet; it is for beginners (who know at least 6 tunes), advancing beginners, intermediates
and advanced players. Space for non-fiddlers is limited; please contact Dave first.
Lodging: Lots of fiddlers commute locally or stay with friends.  The Colonial Inn has great rooms if you'd like to stay over - ask for the Fiddle Hell discount.  
More Info: http://www.reinerfamilyband.com/fiddlehellmassac.html has details on common tunes, schedule, jamming guidelines and more. Join the Fiddle Hell Massachusetts group on Facebook, and the Fiddle Hell Massachusetts 2013 event at https://www.facebook.com/ events/525799444121918/, follow FiddleHell on Twitter, or contact Dave Reiner at dsreiner@rcn.com or 781-863-0140.

Keep 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 ~ http://www.facebook.com/notloBFolkConcerts
• Email ~ notlobreservations@gmail.com

Thank you for supporting live acoustic music!

Jeff Boudreau

notloB Parlour Concerts et. al.

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