It's Time to Play Favorites! Scout’s Honored 2016 - Nominate notloB Now!

Over the past nine years, notloB Music has presented concerts in many venues in Boston, Cambridge, Watertown and Arlington, but we have found a welcoming and pleasant home at Arts at the Armory in Somerville. By the end of June we will have presented eighteen concerts in its intimate cafe:

September 23, 2015	Dick Hensold
October 1, 2015	Mari Black World Band
October 24, 2015	Roy Williams, Eddie Barbash and Sam Reider play The Human Hands Songbook
October 28, 2015	Elizabeth and Ben Anderson
November 3, 2015	Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons w/very special guests Elijah Wald and Sandrine Sheon
November 25, 2015	Julian Pinelli, Ethan Setiawan, and Noah Harrington
December 7, 2015	The Freewheel Trio & Bronwyn Keith-Hynes and Matt Witler
December 9, 2015	Wrong is Right and Morgan Weidinger and friends
March 23, 2016	OctoPladd
March 26, 2016	Floyds Row
April 23, 2016	The Gather Rounders
April 27, 2016	Unauthorized Personnel
May 25, 2016	Emily Haviland Baker and Friends
May 28, 2016	Fódhla
June 11, 2016	The Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio
June 13, 2016	Mari Black and the World Fiddle Ensemble
June 22, 2016	Caroline Cotter supported by Wendy Cody
June 29, 2016	Kathleen Parks and Brad Bensko

Until June 5, the Somerville Scout is collecting nominations for your Somerville favorites.
notloB Music would be honored if you were to give us your nomination. 

Please enter "notloB Music" in the "Best Music Venue" category.

Thank you in advance!

Scout’s Honored 2016—Nominate Now!

Heather Schmidt of Union Square Donuts, 2015 winner for “Best Sweet Tooth Satisfier.” Photo by Emily Cassel.

Now through June 5, we’re asking you to shout out the best of the best in Somerville.

The barber who makes sure you never have a bad hair day, the gym that keeps you fit, your go-to restaurant in each neighborhood—we know you know the coolest people and top places in the city. This is your chance to give them the credit they deserve.

Make your voice heard with the 2016 Scout’s Honored Awards.

Fine print: You can cast your vote once each week (and yes, we’ll check) through June 5. Finalists will be announced in our July/August print edition.

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.

Fódhla, Presented by notloB Music 5/28 in Somerville

Saturday, May 28 at 7:30 PM

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  After 15 years of performing together and recording on each other’s solo CDs, Portland, ME based flute player Nicole Rabata and Boston based fiddler Ellery Klein decided a group together was long overdue. With the addition of Bethany Waickman on guitar, the trio found a sound rooted in the traditional Irish music Ellery and Nicole honed during years abroad in the Irish cities of Cork, Limerick, and Ennis ... as well as the depths of Nicole’s virtuosic classical music career, Ellery’s Americana sounds and Bethany’s soft-spoken, yet driving, guitar playing. Fódhla have been well received at festivals such as Portland’s Saltwater Fest, the Maine Celtic Celebration and Boston’s BCMFest. Their debut recording “Notes from Mill Pond” was released in December 2015 to a sold-out show at Acoustic Artisans in Portland, ME.
  
  Irish fiddler Ellery Klein brings a style steeped in traditional Irish sounds and seasoned with American fiddle styles. She toured with Billboard-charting Irish music group Gaelic Storm from 2003-2007 and was a founding member of Irish 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 Concerto for Celtic and Bluegrass Fiddler. She holds an MA in Traditional Irish Music from the University of Limerick.
  
  Irish flutist Nicole Rabata is highly regarded both in and out of traditional music fields. 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 music and was influenced by the playing of many great musicians. Her playing is featured on the feature film 'The Heavenly Angle' along with Natalie MacMaster. She is on the faculty at Colby College and 317 Main St. Community Music Center in Maine.
  
  Guitarist Bethany Waickman grew up in musical family in upstate, NY and started playing the piano at an early age. One of her earliest experiences with traditional music was attending Meadowlark music camp with her family. It was there that she was inspired to take up the guitar. Bethany formed the contra dance trio, Anadama, with Amelia Mason and Emily Troll while working at Pinewoods in 2007, and they have gone on to delight dancers throughout the northeast. Bethany started performing with The Lissa Schneckenburger Band in Dec. of 2008, and can be seen with Lissa on tours throughout the US, Canada and Europe.
  
  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/
  facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notloBParlourConcerts/
  eventbrite(tickets) - http://www.eventbrite.com/o/notlob-music-6730833315

Emily Haviland Baker and Friends, Presented by notloB Music

Emily Haviland Baker and Friends, Presented by notloB Music

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• Wednesday, May 25 at 7:30 PM

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As with all of notloB's 4th Wednesday concerts at the Armory, admission is free, donation ($5-10pp) is appreciated. Reservations can be made here.

• Emily Haviland Baker is a locally-grown, up-and-coming performer & music therapist in the Greater-Boston area. She was raised in the Essex County in Massachusetts, and was born into a family of musicians. With her parent's being a classical pianist and a classical trumpet-player, and her Aunt being a professional violinist in New York City, Emily also chose to play the violin at the age of five. She started with the Suzuki method and moved onto a more vigorous path of studying viola at New England Conservatory Preparatory School from 2002 - 2006. There she studied with Gillian Rogel in her final year, and was in Benjamin Zander's Youth Philharmonic Orchestra for her last two. (Some of her other accomplishments during this time: In 2005, Emily received first chair in Massachusetts All-States Orchestra, and also went on a 3 week-long tour of Brazil and Venezuela in 2005 with NEC's YPO.) Emily studied classical viola for one final year in from 2006-2007 with New England Conservatory's James Buswell. 
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  After a life-evaluation at the age of 18, Emily decided to step away from music and two years later, entered the corporate-world in an administrative role. Her final two and-a-half years were served as the Administrative Assistant to the SVP of Product at Sperry, a men's & women's footwear brand. Another life evaluation was due after year five in the corporate-gig, which is when Emily decided to return to music, newly inspired by the folk and bluegrass scene. After receiving a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and shortly after becoming a full-time student again, she realized that not only was performing in her future, but so was serving her community, and that would be through the channel of music therapy. 
  
  Now, Emily is in her fifth semester at Berklee College of Music, dual-majoring in Music Therapy & Violin Performance with a Minor in American Roots Studies. There, she is studying with famous performers like Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky, Matt Glaser, Joe Walsh, Dr. David Wallace, Dave Hollander, Tony Trischka, and Casey Driessen. Emily has performed at an array of different venues, ranging from halls such as New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall and Boston's infamous Symphony Hall, to venues like the Cantab Lounge & Club Passim in Cambridge, MA, and The Red Room in Boston. Emily's expected graduation date is May 2017 and hopes to receive her MT-BC license later that year.
  
  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.
  Opt in to our mail list - http://tinyurl.com/notlobmail
  Bookmark our website - https://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic/
  "Like" our Facebook page -https://www.facebook.com/notloBParlourConcerts/
  Bookmark our eventbrite page (tickets or reservations - http://www.eventbrite.com/o/notlob-music-6730833315