notloB Alumni Perform at Pete Seeger's 90th B'day Party!

On May 3, FOUR notlob alumni artists ~ Peggy Seeger, Mike and Ruthy Merenda (with Will) and Laura Cortese ~ performed before 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden for Pete Seeger's 90th birthday celebration concert.











See ~80 more concert photos here and a 48-photo slide show (with artist names) here.

And Laura on YouTube!

Cover Lay Down covers Notlob

Joshua Farber has a nice shout-out in this morning's edition of "Cover Lay Down".

Those living in the Boston area would be well advised to keep an eye on the Notlob concert series, which is featuring many folks from this scene this year: Hannah Read will perform with the Folk Arts Quartet on April 11; both Emma Beaton and the Boston Boys, which feature some of the Berklee Bluegrass crowd, will appear on May 9.

Read the entire article here in a larger piece about local musicians (and Notlob alumna Kristin Andreassen, Ruthy Merenda, Aoife O'Donovan, Hanah Read, Emma Beaton and Eilen Jewell), as well as a call out of David Massengill, also a Notlobber.

Pete Seeger w/ Ruthy Merenda on Letterman, 9/29!

From: "Mike and Ruthy"

To: (me)

Subject: Ruthy on David Letterman - Monday, 9/29

Date:Sunday, September 28, 2008 8:50:30 PM

Hello Everybody,

This is a quick email to let you know that Ruthy will be fiddling and singing with Pete Seeger on David Letterman on Monday, September 29th.
(Yes, that's tomorrow . . . or tonight, depending on when you get this email!)

I hope you can tune in,

mike

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Congratulations!

Ruthy is a three-time Notlob alumna:

June 2, 2007 (with Mike)

June 9, 2007 (with Aoife O'Donovan and Kristin Andreassen)

June 27, 2008 (with Mike).

Video added 10/6: