notloB Folk Concerts wishes you and yours Seasons' Greetings and a Happy New Year.

notloB Folk Concerts wishes you and yours Seasons' Greetings and a Happy New Year.

Our live music series is possible through the support of you, the patrons and our volunteers.  We are especially grateful to our 2011artists...

February 5 ~ Stash Wyslouch & Andy Reiner
March 4 ~ Chasing Blue & Joe's Truck Stop
March 19 ~ John Roberts & Debra Cowan
April 8 ~ The Bee Eaters
May 7 ~ Tornado Rider
May 13 ~ Bread and Bones
September 1 ~ Jim Hurst
September 23 ~  Kyle Carey
October 20 ~  Flynn Cohen & the Deadstring Ensemble, featuring John McGann, Matt Heaton, and Danny Noveck 

...and look ahead to 2012, our fifth year!

January 14 ~ Jenni Lyn Gardner and Friends 

January 21 ~ Susie Burke & David Surette 

February 4 ~ Julie Metcalf & Andy Reiner 

February 17 ~ Kimberly Fraser, Brian Conway & Mark Simos

March 2 ~ Eric McDonald & Katie McNally 

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Star In the East by Debra Cowan

Debra Cowan has sent this along as a holiday gift. Debra is a notloB alumna, having performed with John Roberts 3/19/11.

"For the Christmas Holiday. From the upcoming new release, "Among Friends". Recorded at Bacca Pipes Folk Club, Keighley, W. Yorks. Nov. 2006 "

Pirate Santa Went and Joined the Pirates for the Good of the World!

From my friend, fellow traveler and notloB alumi David Rovics.  Enjoy!

Basin & Range

Berklee World Strings directed by Eugene Friesen. "Basin & Range" composed by and featuring fiddler Darol Anger. First Church Boston, December 5, 2011.


The notloB connection? Through Rushad Eggleston. Darol has been a surprise guest (Tornado Rider, 9/18/10) and Eugene was Rushad's principal mentor at Berklee.

notloB Artists Anchor Christmas Celtic Sojourn

Sunday at the Cutler Majestic Theater will be your last opportunity to see this year's production of a Christmas Celtic Sojourn. It is especially heartening because it is is anchored by notloB alumni Hanneke Cassel, Laura Cortese, Lissa Schneckenburger, Simon Chrisman and Flynn Cohen.

Youth Dancers

Simon Chrisman,  Laura Cortese,  Lissa Schneckenberger, Hanneke Cassel and Flynn Cohen behind.

See Bronwyn Bird in the Christmas Revels

notloB 2x alumna Bronwyn Bird (Blue Moose and the Unbutton Zippers) is appearing in the Christmas Revels at Sanders Theater, 12/16-29.

In the Tradition 12/13 ~ BCMFest

I have been creating Facebook events for my Tuesday evening radio program, expanding starting today to the notloB Music blog to share more widely. My turn at doing the program is broadcast every other Tuesday, 7-9pm eastern. WCUW is a community radio station located in Worcester, Massachusetts, broadcasting at 91.3fm and streaming at www.wcuw.org.

Photo courtesy of the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club

During the first hour, Sean Smith, a BCMFest director, will be calling about 7:15 to talk about the indoor Celtic festival held each January in Cambridge. Music by many of its performing artists will be played before and after the interview. 

Sean Smith, a BCMFest director, will be calling about 7:15 to talk about the indoor Celtic festival held each January in Cambridge. Stuart Peak of the band NØÍR will call about 7:30; Eric Eid-Reiner (The Reiner Brothers) about 7:45; Bob Jennings (FOVS) about 8:00.

Partial list of artists whose music will be featured:
Flynn Cohen
Sean Smith
FOVS
NØÍR
The Whiskey Boys
Bob Bradshwaw
The Stoneybatter Band
Jane Gilmartin
Ken Perlman & Jim Pendergrast
Adrienne Howard & Emily Peterson
The Reiner Brothers
Fellswater
Triple Spiral
Kyle Carey
The real-time playlist can be viewed at http://www.spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=wcuw

BCMFest
http://bcmfest.com/
"Boston's Celtic Music Fest (BCMFest) will celebrate its ninth anniversary on January 6 and 7, 2012, and continues looking forward to a bright future of exciting possibilities and opportunities. Besides sponsoring a festival that features more than 100 performers of great variety, BCMFest organizes a monthly collaboration with Club Passim, "Celtic Music Mondays," spotlighting Boston area Celtic musicians and singers; BCMFest also holds special events such as a Celtic Music Cruise and the Boston Urban Ceilidh. Above all, BCMFest continues to uphold its mission: making music our first priority."

BCMFest Mission:
To produce locally-based Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton music and dance in an upbeat and all-ages friendly environment.
To bolster appreciation for traditional Celtic music and dance among youth and the greater Boston community.
To support a living, changing tradition by encouraging cross-genre collaboration and innovation among dancers and musicians of all generations.
To produce a variety of collaborative projects and performances for, in and of the greater Boston community.

BCMFest 2011 Artists:
Andy and Eric Reiner
Triple Spiral
Hanneke Cassel
Fellswater
Kyle Carey
Bob Bradshaw
Adrienne Howard and Emily Peterson
Katie McNally and Eric McDonald
NØÍR
Lynn Noel, Lynn Feingold, Anabel Graetz and Deborah Goss
Corvus
Ken Perlman and Jim Prendergast
Hannah Sanders and Liz Simmons
Amanda Cavanaugh and Nic Gareiss
Neil Pearlman's Scottish Infusion
Dylan Courville and Wells Burrell with Bob Jennings
Chasing Redbird
The Whiskey Boys
Flynn Cohen and The Deadstring Ensemble
The Stoneybatter Band
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society of Boston
Kyte MacKillop

BCMFEST ARTISTS:Send your CD to WCUW for inclusion in this program and future play on the several other WCUW folk and Celtic programs. Mail to WCUW, (music genre), 910 Main Street, Worcester MA 01610.

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Playlists from the Tuesday edition of "In the Tradition" can be viewed during the show athttp://www.spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=wcuw and are submitted soon after the show's end to the Folk DJ list -http://lists.psu.edu/archives/folkdj-l.html

Read descriptions of other WCUW program specials at http://www.wcuw.org/modules/news/

Listen to WCUW at 91.3fm or streaming at wcuw.org or live365 app for your mobile device.