Sunday, April 21, 2024

Fódhla - Presented by notloB Parlour Concerts, 6/1/24, Harvard

 

Fódhla

Presented by notloB Parlour Concerts

7 Fairbank Street, Harvard MA 01451

Saturday, June 1,  2024, 7:30pm



(Harvard, Mass) Since 2007, notloB has presented >200 not-for-profit folk, Celtic, old-time, bluegrass, and progressive string concerts in unique venues throughout the greater Boston area. notloB's current home is space rented in the renovated 1887 Harvard, Massachusetts library. Its season continues with the return of Fódhla (concert #188, May 28, 2016) who is Ellery Klein, Nicole Rabata, and Bethany Wakeman.

About Fódhla (*…it’s pronounced foe-luh!)
Irish music from Portland and Boston
Fódhla brings both high energy and stellar artistry to the traditional music stage.
The trio’s sound is firmly rooted in the traditional Irish melodies and ornamentation that fiddler Ellery Klein and flute player Nicole Rabata honed during years spent abroad in Ireland’s cities Cork, Limerick, and Ennis. Fiddle and flute tunes are superbly supported by guitarist Bethany Waickman, whose inventive, tasteful chords unfold with driving rhythm perfected from years of playing for contradances.

Cognizant of their North American roots, Fódhla aims to appeal to a broad audience by bringing variety, inventive harmonies and unique arrangements to traditional music. A typical concert starts off with high-energy traditional sets of Irish reels and jigs. Fiddle and flute then trade melody and harmonies on a Québécois waltz paired with an elegant French bourrée. A joyful and toe-tapping pair of barndances soar out on a high note. Finally, the soft notes of guitar bring in a melancholy, exquisite slow air – music that brings out audible sighs from a rapt audience.

Bios

Fiddler Ellery Klein toured nationally with the Billboard-charting Irish music group Gaelic Storm from 2003-2007 and was a founding member of the all-female ensemble Long Time Courting. In 2015 she was invited to be a featured soloist with Duluth, MN’s Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, performing Nickitas Demos’ Double Concert for Celtic and Bluegrass Fiddle. She earned an MA in Traditional Irish Music from the University of Limerick. Ellery teaches private fiddle and violin lessons at her home studio and Powers Music School, as well as early childhood music at preschools in the Boston area. www.elleryklein.net

Irish flutist Nicole Rabata is highly regarded in traditional Irish, classical, and Brazilian choro music circles. She has toured America and Europe. In 2014 she spent two months in India where she performed and taught music at the Gandhi Ashram School in the Himalayas. She spent four years in the west of Ireland where she immersed herself in the local music and was influenced by the playing of many great musicians. She is on the music faculty at Colby College and the University of Maine Augusta, and has an active private home studio in Portland. www.nicolerabata.com

Bethany Waickman is a guitarist based out of Portland, Maine. She grew up in a musical family in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York state. After college she spent some time traveling, hiking, and playing music in Ireland. Upon returning, she moved to Boston to focus on music. She co-founded the contra dance trio, Anadama, and is the guitarist for Vermont- based fiddler and singer Lissa Schneckenburger. She’s toured across the US, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, and Germany. A resident of Maine since 2013, Bethany is a mainstay of the Portland session scene and a guitarist in demand on the New England contra dance circuit.  www.bethanywaickman.com

ARTIST’S WEBSITE: https://www.fodhlamusic.com/

ARTIST’S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/4XIywqqZGtU?si=ysXT81hXU9iFWqaX

ADMISSION is by free-will offering, suggested amounts: Adults $20-25, teens and seniors $10-15. Cash at the door.

 

RESERVATIONS REQUESTED:

notloB Parlour Concerts are run on the "house concert" model. An accurate headcount is necessary. We also understand "life happens". To reserve or change a reservation, please email notlobresersevations at gmail dot com

RESERVATIONS EXPIRE AT SHOWTME.

VENUE: The concert will be presented at 7 Fairbanks Street, Harvard, Massachusetts 01451, the restored 1887 town library building. Handicap accessible. Doors Open at 7:00pm. This is a notloB concert in rented space, please do not contact the venue.

COVID PRECAUTIONS: Mask-friendly. Please read the venue’s’ COVID-19 protocols for events at https://www.fivesparks.org/

ABOUT NOTLOB PARLOUR CONCERTS: Since 2007, notloB has presented >200 not-for-profit folk, Celtic, old-time, bluegrass, and progressive string concerts in unique venues throughout the greater Boston area. notloB's current home is space rented in the renovated 1887 Harvard, Massachusetts library - https://www.harvardpubliclibrary.org/about/history-library - leased to the "Fivesparks" arts organization. Concerts in your home can be arranged.
Contact – notlobreservations at gmail dot com

Join our email list ~ https://groups.google.com/g/notlob-parlour-concerts/
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Blog - https://notlobmusic.blogspot.com/

UPCOMING CONCERTS:

Friday, October 18, 2024

Don White 

 This program is supported in part by a grant from the Harvard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.


Friday, April 12, 2024

notloB Parlour Concerts Spring Newsletter - Lule Bulla, Fódhla, Don White

 notloB Parlour Concerts Spring Newsletter

 

Spring has arrived (we hope).
notloB will be celebrating Spring in our rented 1890 home, the gallery of Harvard’s first library.

As of this writing, we have three remaining 2024 booked concerts, but who knows, more can and probably will be added.
There are several ways to stay connected
mail list - https://groups.google.com/g/notlob-parlour-concerts/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notloBParlourConcerts/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/notlobmusic

Blog - https://notlobmusic.blogspot.com/

Email – notlobreservations@gmail.com

First up: New to notloB and direct from Nashville, 7 time national fiddling champion Luke Bulla, Friday, April 19. Seats are going fast, so sending a reservation request via email ASAP is advised. We are fortunate to have Luke, as on this tour we are just one of two New England venues where he will be appearing on this tour,
   Next up: On Saturday, June 1, notloB will welcome the return of Fódhla, bringing “both high energy and stellar artistry to the traditional music stage. This concert is presented in part by a grant from the Harvard Cultural Council.   Last but not least, Don White will return for his third annual notloB concert. Patrons who have seen Don in concert know what I mean by saying within 60 minutes you’ll be laughing and crying.   Help needed: On a personal note, I have reached 70 years and to continue doing this, could use a helping hand. One person is needed for the “box office”, checking in registered patrons / handling cash donations. Another person is needed to arrive ahead of showtime to help set up the room, and stay after to put chairs away. To connect, please send an email to notlobreservations@gmail.com   “Keep your lamp trimmed and burning”, and thank you for supporting live music in Harvard.
Jeff Boudreau
   

Luke Bulla

Friday, April 19, 2024, 7:30pm

Luke Bulla has been singing and playing music most of his life, touring with and singing in his family band from age four, Luke took up the fiddle at seven. Over the course of the next few years, he won the National Fiddle Contest (in Weiser, Idaho) six times in his respective age categories. His seventh win came in the Grand Champion division at age sixteen, making him the youngest to have earned the title at the time.

In the spring of 1999, Luke moved to Nashville to establish himself as a full time musician. He spent his early years in Tennessee playing fiddle in Ricky Skaggs’ band, Kentucky Thunder, which earned him his first Grammy Award. Luke was a member of the John Cowan Band. Luke has also performed and/or recorded with Brandi Carlile, Jim Lauderdale, Darrell Scott, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Bryan Sutton, Kevin Costner & Modern West, Russ Barenberg Trio, Shawn Colvin, Tony Rice, Chris Thile, Peter Rowan, Patty Griffin, Glen Phillips, Rodney Crowell, and Earl Scruggs, to name a few. In 2009, Luke released a solo EP featuring Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Aoife O’Donovan and more. Since 2009, Luke has been touring with Lyle Lovett.

Luke released an LP, Who Loves You Better, produced by Bryan Sutton in May 2016. After many years as a sideman, Luke is currently touring the country playing solo performances.

ARTIST’S WEBSITE: lukebulla.com

ARTIST’S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/mgKqxoWbkQI?si=E5Zkt7QWKfPdoDxQ

 

 

Fódhla

Saturday, June 1,  2024, 7:30pm

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Harvard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Welcome back Fódhla (concert #188, May 28, 2016) who is Ellery Klein, Nicole Rabata, and Bethany Wakeman.

 

About Fódhla (*…it’s pronounced foe-luh!)
Irish music from Portland and Boston
Fódhla brings both high energy and stellar artistry to the traditional music stage.
The trio’s sound is firmly rooted in the traditional Irish melodies and ornamentation that fiddler Ellery Klein and flute player Nicole Rabata honed during years spent abroad in Ireland’s cities Cork, Limerick, and Ennis. Fiddle and flute tunes are superbly supported by guitarist Bethany Waickman, whose inventive, tasteful chords unfold with driving rhythm perfected from years of playing for contradances.

Cognizant of their North American roots, Fódhla aims to appeal to a broad audience by bringing variety, inventive harmonies and unique arrangements to traditional music. A typical concert starts off with high-energy traditional sets of Irish reels and jigs. Fiddle and flute then trade melody and harmonies on a Québécois waltz paired with an elegant French bourrée. A joyful and toe-tapping pair of barndances soar out on a high note. Finally, the soft notes of guitar bring in a melancholy, exquisite slow air – music that brings out audible sighs from a rapt audience.

Bios

Fiddler Ellery Klein toured nationally with the Billboard-charting Irish music group Gaelic Storm from 2003-2007 and was a founding member of the all-female ensemble Long Time Courting. In 2015 she was invited to be a featured soloist with Duluth, MN’s Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, performing Nickitas Demos’ Double Concert for Celtic and Bluegrass Fiddle. She earned an MA in Traditional Irish Music from the University of Limerick. Ellery teaches private fiddle and violin lessons at her home studio and Powers Music School, as well as early childhood music at preschools in the Boston area. www.elleryklein.net

Irish flutist Nicole Rabata is highly regarded in traditional Irish, classical, and Brazilian choro music circles. She has toured America and Europe. In 2014 she spent two months in India where she performed and taught music at the Gandhi Ashram School in the Himalayas. She spent four years in the west of Ireland where she immersed herself in the local music and was influenced by the playing of many great musicians. She is on the music faculty at Colby College and the University of Maine Augusta, and has an active private home studio in Portland. www.nicolerabata.com

Bethany Waickman is a guitarist based out of Portland, Maine. She grew up in a musical family in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York state. After college she spent some time traveling, hiking, and playing music in Ireland. Upon returning, she moved to Boston to focus on music. She co-founded the contra dance trio, Anadama, and is the guitarist for Vermont- based fiddler and singer Lissa Schneckenburger. She’s toured across the US, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, and Germany. A resident of Maine since 2013, Bethany is a mainstay of the Portland session scene and a guitarist in demand on the New England contra dance circuit.  www.bethanywaickman.com

ARTIST’S WEBSITE: https://www.fodhlamusic.com/

ARTIST’S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/4XIywqqZGtU?si=ysXT81hXU9iFWqaX

 

Don White
Friday, October 18, 2024, 7:30pm

 


Don White is equal parts storyteller-comedian-author-troubadour-folk singer-songwriter, and has been bringing audiences to laughter and tears for 30 years. White’s arc as an award-winning songwriter and performer has taken him from his industrial hometown of Lynn, MA across the country as hitchhiker, through Boston’s comedy clubs and coffeehouses, and onto the stage with greats like Arlo Guthrie, Taj Mahal, Ritchie Havens, Patty Larkin, Bill Morrissey, Tom Rush, Louden Wainright III, and Christine Lavin, with whom he toured for 8 years all across North America in a co-bill called The Funny Side of the Street. At every point, White has been the ultimate observer, infusing his work with his experiences as a husband, a father, a seeker, and a joker.

As a storyteller, White has been featured at festivals around the country including the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in Utah and Cave Run Storytelling Festival in Kentucky. Since 2015, he has joined master storytellers Bil Lepp and Bill Harley in Father’s Daze, a hilarious three-man storytelling show about the triumphs and tribulations of fatherhood. White is hilariously funny, but his humor always comes from his big heart.

White has released ten CDs, three live DVDs, and an two books: Memoirs of a C Student and the just released The Hitchhiking Years and 4 Other Stories. His latest album is Live at the Guthrie Center, available now. In 2011, he won the Jerry Christen Memorial Award, given out by Boston Area Coffeehouse Association, for his work with the community and that same year was given a key to the city in his hometown of Lynn, Massachusetts.

White is a riot on stage, a bona fide crowd pleaser. One of the most popular acts on the circuit. He plays an audience the way Leo Kottke plays a 12-string. - the Boston Globe

ARTIST’S WEBSITE: https://www.donwhite.net/

 

ABOUT NOTLOB PARLOUR CONCERTS

 

RESERVATIONS ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED: notloB Parlour Concerts are run on the "house concert" model. An accurate headcount is necessary. We also understand "life happens". To reserve or change a reservation, please notlobreservations@gmail.com

RESERVATIONS EXPIRE AT SHOWTME.

ADMISSION: by by free-will offering, suggested amounts adults $20+, teens and seniors $15, children $10. Some artist accept PayPal or Venmo, but just in case, please bring cash.

VENUE: Concerts are presented in the gallery of the old library, 7 Fairbanks Street, Harvard, Massachusetts 01451. Doors Open at 7:00pm. As this is a rented space, please do not contact the venue, contact notloB.

COVID PRECAUTIONS: Mask-friendly. Windows will be open (weather permitted) and fans are used to circulate the air. Please read the venue’s COVID-19 protocols for events at https://www.fivesparks.org/

2007, notloB has presented >200 not-for-profit folk, Celtic, old-time, bluegrass, and progressive string concerts in unique venues throughout the greater Boston area. notloB's current home is space rented in Harvard’s renovated 1887 Harvard, Massachusetts library - https://www.harvardpubliclibrary.org/about/history-library

Concerts in your home can be arranged.



CONTACT

email - notlobreservations@gmail.com

mail list ~ https://groups.google.com/g/notlob-parlour-concerts/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notloBParlourConcerts/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/notlobmusic

Blog - https://notlobmusic.blogspot.com/

Friday, February 23, 2024

7X National Fiddling Champion LUKE BULLA, Harvard MA, April 19


Luke Bulla
Presented by notloB Parlour Concerts
at
the old Harvard library, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard MA 01451

Friday, April 19, 2024, 7:30pm

Luke Bulla has been singing and playing music most of his life, touring with and singing in his family band from age four, Luke took up the fiddle at seven. Over the course of the next few years, he won the National Fiddle Contest (in Weiser, Idaho) six times in his respective age categories. His seventh win came in the Grand Champion division at age sixteen, making him the youngest to have earned the title at the time.

In the spring of 1999, Luke moved to Nashville to establish himself as a full time musician. He spent his early years in Tennessee playing fiddle in Ricky Skaggs’ band, Kentucky Thunder, which earned him his first Grammy Award. Luke was a member of the John Cowan Band. Luke has also performed and/or recorded with Brandi Carlile, Jim Lauderdale, Darrell Scott, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Bryan Sutton, Kevin Costner & Modern West, Russ Barenberg Trio, Shawn Colvin, Tony Rice, Chris Thile, Peter Rowan, Patty Griffin, Glen Phillips, Rodney Crowell, and Earl Scruggs, to name a few. In 2009, Luke released a solo EP featuring Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Aoife O’Donovan and more. Since 2009, Luke has been touring with Lyle Lovett.

Luke released an LP, Who Loves You Better, produced by Bryan Sutton in May 2016. After many years as a sideman, Luke is currently touring the country playing solo performances.

ARTIST’S WEBSITE: lukebulla.com

ARTIST’S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/mgKqxoWbkQI?si=E5Zkt7QWKfPdoDxQ

ADMISSION: by free-will offering, suggested amounts:
Adults $20+, teens and seniors $15, children $10.

RESERVATIONS: 
NOTLOBRESERVATIONS@GMAIL.COM

notloB Parlour Concerts are run on the "house concert" model. An accurate headcount is necessary. We also understand "life happens". If you cannot attend or your reservation count changes, please let us know. RESERVATIONS EXPIRE AT SHOWTME.

VENUE: The concert will be presented at the old library, 7 Fairbanks Street, Harvard, Massachusetts 01451. Doors Open at 7:00pm. This is a notloB concert in rented space, please do not contact the venue.

COVID PRECAUTIONS: Mask-friendly. Please read the venue’s COVID-19 protocols for events at https://www.fivesparks.org/

ABOUT NOTLOB PARLOUR CONCERTS: Since 2007, notloB has presented >200 not-for-profit folk, Celtic, old-time, bluegrass, and progressive string concerts in unique venues throughout the greater Boston area. notloB's current home is space rented in Harvard’s renovated 1887 Harvard, Massachusetts library - https://www.harvardpubliclibrary.org/about/history-library

Concerts in your home can be arranged.
Contact – notlobreservations at gmail dot com

mail list ~ https://groups.google.com/g/notlob-parlour-concerts/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notloBParlourConcerts/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/notlobmusic

Blog - https://notlobmusic.blogspot.com/

UPCOMING CONCERTS:

Saturday, June 1, 2024

Fódhla

Friday, October 18, 2024

Don White

Saturday, January 20, 2024

notloB Parlour Concerts 2024

 


notloB Parlour Concerts has four concerts scheduled for 2024, but more could be added. Once upon a time we received a phone call from one of our “regulars” (hint: a Snee Goblin) on a Thursday to do a pop-up concert the following Tuesday.

 

Without further ado, please mark your calendars.

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Suzi Thompson CANCELLED

Friday, April 19, 2024

Luke Bulla

Saturday, June 1, 2024

Fódhla

Friday, October 18, 2024

Don White

 
LOCATION AND TIME
All concerts will be presented in Harvard’s old library, located at 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA 01451.
Doors 7:00pm
Concerts 7:30pm
 
ADMISSION is by free-will offering, suggested amounts: Adults $20-25, teens and seniors $10-15. Cash at the door. Some artists accept Venmo or PayPal, but best to come with cash.
 
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED:
Last season we asked patrons to reserve through Eventbrite. As that service has now charges a fee, we ask patrons to email us at NOTLOBRESERVATIONS@GMAIL.COM
Include your name, number in your party, and which concert(s) you wish to reserve.
If your plans change, please notify us.
RESERVATIONS EXPIRE AT SHOWTME.
VENUE: The concerts are presented at 7 Fairbanks Street, Harvard, Massachusetts 01451, the restored 1887 town library building. Handicap accessible. Doors Open at 7:00pm. This is a notloB concert in rented space, please do not contact the leasee.
COVID PRECAUTIONS: Mask-friendly. Please read COVID-19 protocols for events at https://www.fivesparks.org/
ABOUT NOTLOB PARLOUR CONCERTS: Since 2007, notloB has presented >200 not-for-profit folk, Celtic, old-time, bluegrass, and progressive string concerts in unique venues throughout the greater Boston area. notloB's current home is space rented in the renovated 1887 Harvard, Massachusetts library - https://www.harvardpubliclibrary.org/about/history-library
Concerts in your home can be arranged.
email – notlobreservations@gmail.com
Follow on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notloBParlourConcerts/
Follow on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/notlobmusic
Blog - https://notlobmusic.blogspot.com/
 
Suzy Thompson CANCELLED

Wednesday, February 7,  2024

We are very fortunate that Californian SuzyThompson will be joining Jim Kweskin at his “extravaganza” at the Regent Theater in Arlington on February 4 (the show is sold out) and to present workshops at the Berklee School of Music, as she has selected it as one of two presenters for side concerts, notloB on February 7, and a house concert in Roslindale the next day.
Suzy Thompson is a “musician’s musician” who plays fiddle and guitar alongside artists like Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, Del Rey, Ann Savoy, etc. 
https://www.ericandsuzy.com/suzy-bio.html 
 
This rare solo concert will include blues, Cajun and Old Time material.  Suzy will also perform material from two albums that she’s currently working on.  One is a blues album and the other is an album of songs by the great 70s singer-songwriter Paul Siebel (“Louise” is his most famous song.)
 
Suzy usually performs with her husband, guitarist Eric Thompson. They live in Berkeley CA where Suzy directs the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention (now in its 20th year).  
 
Suzy’s long musical journey dates from touring with British singer Frankie Armstrong when she was still in her teens. In her 20s, she was a founding member of Any Old Time String Band (their Arhoolie album is still in print) and Blue Flame String Band (highly regarded recording on Flying Fish). She has performed and recorded with banjo players Mac Benford (Backwoods Band) and Bill Evans (Bluegrass Intentions) and Cajun accordion legend Danny Poullard (California Cajun Orchestra, 2 award winning albums).  The past 10 years or so have included a landmark blues album with the Texas Sheiks (Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin, Cindy Cashdollar et al), duets with resonator ukulele and guitar goddess Del Rey, and a recent collaboration with Cajun superstar Ann Savoy. Suzy also has recorded with Kathy Kallick and Laurie Lewis, Maria Muldaur, Country Joe McDonald, Darol Anger, Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin, Mary Flower, Alan Senauke, etc.
 
ARTIST’S WEBSITE: https://www.ericandsuzy.com/suzy-bio.html
ARTIST’S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/faOrPY8m2ag?si=xytsdzr-KDTKr0fU
 

Luke Bulla

Friday, April 19, 2024, 7:30pm

Luke Bulla has been singing and playing music most of his life, touring with and singing in his family band from age four, Luke took up the fiddle at seven. Over the course of the next few years, he won the National Fiddle Contest (in Weiser, Idaho) six times in his respective age categories. His seventh win came in the Grand Champion division at age sixteen, making him the youngest to have earned the title at the time.
In the spring of 1999, Luke moved to Nashville to establish himself as a full time musician. He spent his early years in Tennessee playing fiddle in Ricky Skaggs’ band, Kentucky Thunder, which earned him his first Grammy Award. Luke was a member of the John Cowan Band. Luke has also performed and/or recorded with Brandi Carlile, Jim Lauderdale, Darrell Scott, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Bryan Sutton, Kevin Costner & Modern West, Russ Barenberg Trio, Shawn Colvin, Tony Rice, Chris Thile, Peter Rowan, Patty Griffin, Glen Phillips, Rodney Crowell, and Earl Scruggs, to name a few. In 2009, Luke released a solo EP featuring Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Aoife O’Donovan and more. Since 2009, Luke has been touring with Lyle Lovett.
Luke released an LP, Who Loves You Better, produced by Bryan Sutton in May 2016. After many years as a sideman, Luke is currently touring the country playing solo performances.
ARTIST’S WEBSITE: lukebulla.com
ARTIST’S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/mgKqxoWbkQI?si=E5Zkt7QWKfPdoDxQ
 
Fódhla (*…it’s pronounced foe-luh!)
Saturday, June 1, 2024, 7:30pm
Irish music from Portland and Boston

Fódhla brings both high energy and stellar artistry to the traditional music stage.
The trio’s sound is firmly rooted in the traditional Irish melodies and ornamentation that fiddler Ellery Klein and flute player Nicole Rabata honed during years spent abroad in Ireland’s cities Cork, Limerick, and Ennis. Fiddle and flute tunes are superbly supported by guitarist Bethany Waickman, whose inventive, tasteful chords unfold with driving rhythm perfected from years of playing for contradances.

Cognizant of their North American roots, Fódhla aims to appeal to a broad audience by bringing variety, inventive harmonies and unique arrangements to traditional music. A typical concert starts off with high-energy traditional sets of Irish reels and jigs. Fiddle and flute then trade melody and harmonies on a Québécois waltz paired with an elegant French bourrée. A joyful and toe-tapping pair of barndances soar out on a high note. Finally, the soft notes of guitar bring in a melancholy, exquisite slow air – music that brings out audible s
Saturday, June 1, 2024, 7:30pm
Irish music from Portland and Boston
Fódhla brings both high energy and stellar artistry to the traditional music stage.
The trio’s sound is firmly rooted in the traditional Irish melodies and ornamentation that fiddler Ellery Klein and flute player Nicole Rabata honed during years spent abroad in Ireland’s cities Cork, Limerick, and Ennis. Fiddle and flute tunes are superbly supported by guitarist Bethany Waickman, whose inventive, tasteful chords unfold with driving rhythm perfected from years of playing for contradances.
Cognizant of their North American roots, Fódhla aims to appeal to a broad audience by bringing variety, inventive harmonies and unique arrangements to traditional music. A typical concert starts off with high-energy traditional sets of Irish reels and jigs. Fiddle and flute then trade melody and harmonies on a Québécois waltz paired with an elegant French bourrée. A joyful and toe-tapping pair of barndances soar out on a high note. Finally, the soft notes of guitar bring in a melancholy, exquisite slow air – music that brings out audible sighs from a rapt audience.
ARTIST’S WEBSITE: https://www.fodhlamusic.com/
ARTIST’S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/4XIywqqZGtU?si=ysXT81hXU9iFWqaX

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Harvard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

 
Don White
Friday, October 18, 2024
Becoming a “thing”, Don’s third time with notloB will be a charm. We are announcing this early because the first two concerts were fully subscribed.
Don White is equal parts storyteller-comedian-author-troubadour-folk singer-songwriter, and has been bringing audiences to laughter and tears for 30 years. White’s arc as an award-winning songwriter and performer has taken him from his industrial hometown of Lynn, MA across the country as hitchhiker, through Boston’s comedy clubs and coffeehouses, and onto the stage with greats like Arlo Guthrie, Taj Mahal, Ritchie Havens, Patty Larkin, Bill Morrissey, Tom Rush, Louden Wainright III, and Christine Lavin, with whom he toured for 8 years all across North America in a co-bill called The Funny Side of the Street. At every point, White has been the ultimate observer, infusing his work with his experiences as a husband, a father, a seeker, and a joker.
As a storyteller, White has been featured at festivals around the country including the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in Utah and Cave Run Storytelling Festival in Kentucky. Since 2015, he has joined master storytellers Bil Lepp and Bill Harley in Father’s Daze, a hilarious three-man storytelling show about the triumphs and tribulations of fatherhood. White is hilariously funny, but his humor always comes from his big heart.
White has released ten CDs, three live DVDs, and an two books: Memoirs of a C Student and the just released The Hitchhiking Years and 4 Other Stories. His latest album is Live at the Guthrie Center, available now. In 2011, he won the Jerry Christen Memorial Award, given out by Boston Area Coffeehouse Association, for his work with the community and that same year was given a key to the city in his hometown of Lynn, Massachusetts.
White is a riot on stage, a bona fide crowd pleaser. One of the most popular acts on the circuit. He plays an audience the way Leo Kottke plays a 12-string. - the Boston Globe
ARTIST’S WEBSITE: https://www.donwhite.net/