Traditional Music is Alive and Well in New York

Wednesday 1 November, 7 – 10 pm: Folk Open Sing

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for a family-friendly open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. Drop by for a couple of songs or the whole evening. At the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (basement), Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Directions (pdf format). Take F train to 7th Ave.; Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture and FMSNY, Alison Kelley, and Tom Weir. Info: 212-695-5924.

Friday 3 November, 8:00 p.m.: Ed Trickett in concert

Ed has been collecting, crafting, and performing folk songs for many years, combining a love of traditional music with an enthusiasm for spreading it around. He has been performing for over 50 years in coffee houses, colleges, and folk music festivals and clubs in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles. Playing 6- and 12-string guitar, hammered dulcimer, and piano, his repertoire ranges from traditional ballads to songs of the sea, labor songs, songs of love and parodies. He has appeared several times on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion. Ed is a psychologist 40 hours a week and a musician the rest of the time. The Washington Post wrote, "Ed Trickett's unaffected tenor and his living-room-folk approach. The aura of shared intimacies and unhurried feeling in his delivery creates a powerful sense that the music comes straight from the man, not a record." At O.S.A. Hall, 220 E 23rd St, Suite 707 (between 2nd & 3rd Avs, Manhattan). Admission: general public $20; FMSNY members $15; full-time students & those under 17 $10. Info: 646-628-4604.

Sunday, November 5th, 2:00-3:30 PM: Unaccompanied Traditional Yiddish Singing Workshop with Ethel Raim

Ethel is widely recognized for her expertise in both Yiddish and Balkan vocal traditions and has had a distinguished career as a performer, workshop leader/master singing teacher, and recording artist for the Elektra/Nonesuch labels. She has taught unaccompanied Yiddish singing at KlezKamp, KlezKanada, Yiddish Summer Weimar, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and at Yiddish New York. She conducts singing workshops at universities and community centers here and abroad, and teaches privately as well. Her workshop will focus on lesser known Yiddish repertoire and will serve as an introduction to the gestalt and styling of traditional Yiddish singing. All are welcome and prior knowledge of Yiddish is not required. Limited to 15 people. Members: $20, Non-members $25. At an Upper West Side location. (Dog in residence.) For reservations, location and directions, please e-mail Evy at president@folkmusicny.org or call her at 718-549-1344 (after 11 AM.)

Friday 19 November, 8:00 pm: Legends Concert Series featuring Heather Wood

Heather is a veteran singer from the English revival for some 50+ years, dating from her days with The Young Tradition. She has a great repertoire of ballads, historical songs, love and agricultural songs, and a lot from the humorous side. In addition to the old songs, she has written some dynamite new ones. Over the years, Heather has also acted as agent for other artists, run folk clubs, organized weekends and other events, and written about folk music for an assortment of publications. Heather will be joined by a few singing friends, including David Jones and Andy Wallace. At St. John's Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher Street, Manhattan. Closest subway is Christopher Street on the #1. Contribution: general public $25. members of FMSNY, Folk Project, and LITMA $20, fulltime students $15, kids under 12 $10. Heather's website

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