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Local Venues etc, Repeating Events Further Afield Festivals    Magazines & Archives Recordings etc. Radio etc. Words & Music Artists Press and Media info Membership maintenance FMSNY Scrapbook: pictures & more	We make music the old-fashioned way . . . We play it . . .        We sing it . . .        Sometimes we even dance to it. Traditional Music is Alive and Well in New York We run concerts, weekends, classes, singing parties, and get-togethers, all with an emphasis on traditional folk music of all flavors. For more information, including how to join or get a free newsletter, see About Us. Our Myspace page / Our Facebook page / Our MeetUp group: Folk Music NYC  FMSNY Events Calendar:  * April * May * . . . and beyond The next TradMaD Camp is 25 – 31 August 2018 at Pinewoods Camp in Plymouth MA The Spring Weekend, 25 May - 28 May, 2018, will be held at Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonkson, NY, with  Featured staff: Scott Ainslie, Liza DiSavino & A.J. Bodnar, Carrie & Michael Kline, with special guest Russ Chandler.  See Spring Weekend Flyer and our our Weekends Page

As well as the events listed below, we have occasional Singing Parties and other social events.  Our full newsletter lists these as well as having comprehensive listings of many other events around town.    Request a sample copy of our newsletter sent by mail Download April one-sheet listing with only FMS events (pdf, 5.5M)  or Download updated full April newsletter (pdf, 3M) including FMS events and many other events around town, as well as the weekend flier. To get on our e-mail notification list, please send your name and e-mail address to maillist (at) folkmusicny.org

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• Wednesday 4 April, 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.

• Wednesday 4 April, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available.The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  
• Friday 6 - Sunday 8 April: Tenth annual Brooklyn Folk Festival
  The Folk Music Society is a sponsor of this event, which has an amazing lineup of performers, workshops, concerts, and more. See full details
  
  
• Sunday 8 April, 4-6 pm: Tom Ghent
  

  "The only real validity of a writer is to communicate. Otherwise, why write?" Tom Ghent sums up his motivation for writing in those few words. And communicate he does. Whether in his albums "Tom Ghent" on Tetragrammaton Records, "Yankee's Rebel Son" on Kapp/MCA Records, "All Strings Attached" on Sutherland Records, or from the stage, Tom Ghent gets his point across, putting you in touch with feelings you may have forgotten you had. His performances have taken him from the coffeehouses of the Greenwich Village folk scene, to country honky tonks, The Philadelphia Folk Festival, Big Sur Folk Festival, Monterey Pop Festival, The Willie Nelson Picnic, The Hollywood Bowl, and numerous radio and television appearances. Tom also sang the title song on the soundtrack album for the Mick Jagger movie "Ned Kelly", a soundtrack which also featured Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, and Jagger himself. Cosponsored with and at the Good Coffee House at the Old Stone House, 336 Third Street in J.J. Byrne Park, between 4th & 5th Avenues, Brooklyn 11215; $10 contribution. Info: fbanjo[at]aol.com. Facebook.

• Sunday 8 April, 5-8pm: Upper West Side Song Swap featuring Piedmont Bluz
  

  Our new series on the Second Sunday of the month! FMSNY and People's Music Network have joined up to start a new sing around on the Upper West Side. Piedmont Bluz is the duo of Valerie and Ben Turner, who have been performing Country and Piedmont Blues just about everywhere, and are now coming to the Upper West Side Song Swap organized by FMSNY and PMN. Bring your voices and your songs, poems, stories, jokes, etc., because there will be plenty of time for our regular round robin. Place: Hostelling International New York, 891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street. Contributions welcome to help cover costs. Everyone is welcome. For more information call John Ziv at 212-662-6575.

  
  
• Monday 9 April, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the _blankLandmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Wednesday 11 April, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available.The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  
• Friday 13 April, 7:30 p.m.: Andy Cohen and Alan Kaufman
  

  	Andy Cohen is a virtuoso finger-style guitarist who has been described as "a walking, talking folk-blues-roots music encyclopedia." In addition to playing the guitar superbly, Andy is a master of the dolceola, an unusual instrument that might be described as in very miniature piano. Andy has dedicated his life to studying, performing, and promoting traditional blues, gospel, and folk music of the pre-World War II era. At an Andy Cohen concert, you can expect to hear blues rooted in Mississippi, the Piedmont, Memphis, and Chicago, as well as some ragtime, some gospel, and a few original tunes. Andy's website. Alan Kaufman is a masterful old time fiddle player, mandolin player, guitar player, and singer of old time song. He was a member of the influential Wretched Refuse String Band. Alan has immersed himself in the study of twentieth-century folk traditions and is incredibly knowledgeable on all matters relating to American roots music. Alan is author of Beginning Old Time Fiddle, published by Music Sales. This promises to be an exhilarating evening of twentieth century roots music. If you like traditional American music, this concert is not to be missed. At OSA Hall, 220 East 23rd St., 7th floor (between 2nd and 3rd Aves). Contribution: general public $25, members $20. Order tickets online from Eventbrite (small fee applies).

• Sunday 15 April, 2-5 pm Shanty Sing
  We are co­sponsoring the Shanty Sing on the 3rd Sunday of every month. The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) are from 2 to 5 pm at the Noble Gallery, Building D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island. Refreshments are available, including beer and wine for sale. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. See more information about the Noble Collection, click on "Visitor Information" for directions and a printable map. For further information contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or 347­267­9394.
  
  
• Monday 16 April, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Wednesday 18 April, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club featuring Dan & Bonnie Milner.
  

  Dan has had a love affair with Irish songs from boyhood. His father sang a nucleus of ballads learned from his great-grandfather, Patrick McKay of Ennis, Co. Clare, and Dan has greatly added to that repertoire over five decades. His song book A Bonnie Bunch of Roses (Oak 1983) is a classic, and he has recorded five CDs with a host of musicians, including Billy McComiskey, Joanie Madden, John Doyle, Mick Moloney, Gabe Donohue and Brian Conway. Irish Pirate Ballads (Smithonian Folkways 2009) received two INDIE nominations. Bonnie is a member of The Johnson Girls. As a duo, Dan and Bonnie bring together their enjoyment and vast experience in performing a broad range of ballads and maritime songs from many times and traditions. All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. There is never an admission charge, but a voluntary contribution is requested when there are guest performers. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available.The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.

  
  
• Monday 23 April, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Wednesday 25 April, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available.The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  
• Thursday 26 April, 7:30 p.m.: Martin Carthy and John Doyle
  

  Martin's website	Martin Carthy is one of folk music's greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it. Trailblazing musical partnerships with, amongst others, Steeleye Span, Dave Swarbrick and his award-winning wife (Norma Waterson) and daughter Eliza Carthy have resulted in more than 40 albums. "Arguably the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector and editor of them all" — Q Magazine John Doyle comes from a musical family in Dublin. His influences include well known English folk singers Nic Jones, Martin Carthy, Richard Thompson, and The Watersons; Scottish singers Dick Gaughan and John Martin; and fellow Irishmen Paul Brady and Al O’Donnell, as well as his father, Sean Doyle — probably the biggest influence of all. John went on to form the highly acclaimed super group, Solas, with Seamus Egan, John Williams, Karan Casey and Winifred Horan, which took the folk and Celtic music worlds by storm, in no small part due to John’s powerhouse rhythmic guitar style and innovative arrangements. As a member of Solas, John has appeared on many national TV and radio programs: NBC’s Today Show, programs for NPR and Public Radio International, A Prairie Home Companion. There are few artists more respected in the genre or more in demand in the studio. At Second Presbyterian Church, 6 West 96th St at Central Park West, Manhattan. Note: bathrooms not handicapped accessible. Contribution: general public $25, members $20. Buy tickets online at Eventbrite (small fee is applied).	John's website



• Friday 27 April, 7:30 p.m.: Brian Peters
  

  Brian Peters is a true all-rounder, on the one hand a powerful singer able to take on the biggest songs, and on the other a skilled multi-instrumentalist. Brian has an international reputation as a performer and expert on the Child Ballads, and has led classes on the subject from England to Appalachia, but he enjoys traditional songs of all kinds, especially if there's a good chorus involved. He's a fine guitarist, specializing in alternate tunings, and as a squeezebox player he's acknowledged as leading exponent of the anglo concertina and melodeon (button accordion). Having begun his career in the folk clubs of England, Brian has taken his music to stages all over the world, touring regularly in America, Europe, and Australia, always retaining a deep commitment to the musical traditions of his native country. Brian's website. At Gibney Dance Studio U – Agnes Varis Center for the Performing Arts, 280 Broadway (entrance at 53A Chambers St.) Manhattan. Contribution: general public $25, members $20. Order tickets online from Eventbrite (small fee applies). Information: (646) 628-4604.

  
  
• Saturday, April 28, 4-6pm: New World Folk Club, featuring Andrez Jimenez & Naomi Sturm
  The New World Folk Club is an intimate, educational folk music event on the last Saturday of each month at the Scratcher Bar. Hosted by Vincent Cross, two special guests are invited to collaborate on traditional and/or contemporary folk songs. The Scratcher Bar is at 209 E. 5th Street, Manhattan 10003 (between. 2nd & 3rd Aves). Contribution: $5. Andrez Jimenez is a multi­instrumentalist, composer, and musical director of Andean folk band Inkarayku based in Queens, NY. Over the years he has apprenticed and recorded with many of the New York area Andean music greats such as Guillermo Guerrero, Pepe Santana, Carlos Ambia, Walter Aparicio, and Jose Alberto Ruiz. He is well known and respected for the flexibility and precision of his performances with the traditional groups Tahuantinsuyo, Inkay, Wayramarka, Grupo Khana and Sumaq Punchau respectively.
  Naomi Sturm is a New York based folkorist who specializes in music of the immigrant experience. She initially joined Inkarayku in 2011 as the group’s manager and producer, and as a performer she blends this knowledge with that of American roots music, the Anglo­American ballad tradition, and East European folk melodies.
  
• Monday 30 April, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  

• Wednesday 2 May, 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.

• Wednesday 2 May, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available.The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  
• Monday 7 May, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Wednesday 9 May, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available.The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
    
  
• Friday 11 May, 7:30pm: Soldier's Fancy
  Marie Mularczyk, Doreen D'Amico, Jane Przbysz, and Marya Zimmet are back together for the first time in many years, singing traditional tunes old and new in tightly woven harmonies, à capella or accompanied by guitar, mandolin, banjo, dulcimer, recorder, and spoons.  They were a fixture on the New York Folk Scene and were featured performers in the first Annual Village Voice Festival of Street Entertainers. Come and hear them again amplify the voices and perspectives of women past and present through song. At Hostelling International, 891 Amsterdam Ave., at 103rd St., Manhattan 10025, Contribution: general public $15, members $12. Free to HI members.  Tickets available at the door or online at: http://soldiersfancy.eventbrite.com.  Info: 718-672-6399.
     
• Monday 14 May, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
    
  
• Wednesday 16 May, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available.The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
    
  
• Monday 21 May, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
    
  
• Wednesday 23 May, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available.The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
    
  
• Friday 25 - Monday 28 May: Spring Folk Music Weekend
  featuring Scott Ainslie, Liza DiSavino & A.J. Bodnar, Michael & Carrie Kline and special guest Russ Chandler. At the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa in Kerhonkson NY. Fuill details on our Weekends page.
   
  
• Monday 28 May, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Wednesday 30 May, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available.The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  

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