Events Calendar

**PFS April Monthly Concert with Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards**

**MUSIC at 7:30pm**

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About Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards
Cutting her teeth as a sideman in Boston’s roots music scene,Laura Cortese forged a unique path through a pool rich in talent (due to a large population of Berklee School of Music graduates like herself) including stints as an instrumentalist with Band of Horses, Pete Seeger, Rose Cousins, Jocie Adams (of the Low Anthem), and Uncle Earl. Her Compass Records debut, CALIFORNIA CALLING, is the next step in her career as a frontwoman and bandleader – she & the Dance Cards – Valerie Thompson (cello), Jenna Moynihan (fiddle), and Natalie Bohrn (bass)* break new ground with a bold and elegant new album, based in the lyrical rituals of folk music but exploring new territories of rhythm and sonics. With the support of Sam Kassirer, album producer of folk-pop favorites like Lake Street Dive and Joy Kills Sorrow, they’ve created something that’s simultaneously rowdy, delicate and cinematic. This is post-folk that seriously rocks.

Ethereal harmonies open the album on “The Low Hum” but by the time “California Calling” kicks in, it becomes apparent that this is pop music, born from the roots tradition but now traveling the roads of 70s California. There’s a hint of Laurel Canyon and strains of Fleetwood Mac, but somehow it still maintains a nod to the deep traditions of Celtic fiddle and American folk. The collective credits among the Dance Cards reveal the diverse strains of influence – it’s a broad continuum that extends from Darol Anger to Amanda Palmer, from the symphony to prog rock, and even into protest leaning music like Pete Seeger and Michael Franti. Each woman brings not only her instrumental prowess, but her vocal gifts as well. The four voices are just as much instruments as they are providers for lyric and harmony.

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In a darkened bedroom, lit only by the amber glow from an old floor model radio, two young brothers aged 6 and 12 lay in their beds, listening to the country music broadcasts from the Grand Ol’ Opry, and practiced their harmonies. Two years later, the youngest one was playing the definitive 8-year-old’s version of “Desolation Row” on his ukulele. He soon abandoned that instrument to teach himself the flute, violin and guitar.

Within ten years, and barely out of high school, Garnet Rogers was on the road as a full-time working musician with his older brother Stan. Together they formed what has come to be accepted as one of the most influential acts in North American folk music.

Since then, Garnet Rogers has established himself as ‘One of the major talents of our time”. Hailed by the Boston Globe as a “charismatic performer and singer”, Garnet is a man with a powerful physical presence – close to six and a half feet tall – with a voice to match. With his “smooth, dark baritone” (Washington Post) his incredible range, and thoughtful, dramatic phrasing, Garnet is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the finest singers anywhere. His music, like the man himself, is literate, passionate, highly sensitive, and deeply purposeful. Cinematic in detail, his songs “give expression to the unspoken vocabulary of the heart” (Kitchener Waterloo Record). An optimist at heart, Garnet sings extraordinary songs about people who are not obvious heroes and of the small victories of the everyday. As memorable as his songs, his over-the-top humour and lightning-quick wit moves his audience from tears to laughter and back again.

Earth Day at Fort Mifflin

It’s high time for a low-tide clean up of Delaware River shoreline at Fort Mifflin! Celebrate Earth Day in the unique environment along the banks of the Delaware River just off the High Battery. Trash and debris removal plus trail maintenance will get this nature area in top shape to be a regular feature for visitors this spring and summer. Wear comfortable work clothes, no sandals. Bring work gloves if you have them. Registration begins at noon, with work from 1 till 4 PM. Students welcome with parental supervision.

Following the cleanup we will have a special THANK YOU CONCERT from 4pm-8pm featuring local bands Black Horse Motel, Rare Spirits, Bryce Milano, and more from the Philadelphia Folk Song Society Co-op! Can’t make it for the afternoon work session but still want to be a part of this event? Come for the concert! Concert-only tickets will be available on site for a suggested donation of $20. BYO picnic to enjoy during the concert! Concert proceeds benefit the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary.

More Information on Fort Mifflin, The Philadelphia Folksong Society Music Co-op, and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary available at the following links:
http://www.fortmifflin.us/
https://pfs.org/philadelphia-music-co-op/
http://www.delawareestuary.org/

For the 4th year we are organizing a super fun show! There will be food, dancing, great music, beautiful people and fabulous raffle items!

Yoga at 5 with the amazing Mare, show at 6:30
More details coming soon….please get in touch if you’d like to volunteer!

Tickets are $8-$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Get there early for free vegan nibbles, & enjoy garden inspired delicious cocktails for sale all night long!

All donations will be helping payoff the Ahimsa House community garden. For more details about the garden please visit: https://www.gofundme.com/ahimsagarden

Hailing from Texas, Alabama, and Georgia respectively, now neighbors in Austin, BettySoo, Grace Pettis, and Rebecca Loebe are bewitching audiences with sumptuous harmonies and unforgettable songwriting. Friends now for a decade, they first met at the legendary Kerrville Folk Festival, each winners of the annual “New Folk” award. Luscious harmony singers, effortless instrumentalists, seasoned touring artists – they recognized what each can accomplish individually could be made all the stronger by collaboration. Now, the spark has been set, the fire lit. Their individual and collective fans are eating it up. A video of “Fast Car” garnered twenty-thousand views on Facebook within days of posting. The harmonies are thrilling; echoes of Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt’s Trio recordings. The songs are powerful and spare. The stage presence confident and assured. Their collabortion has resulted in their forthcoming EP Waterline under the band name NOBODY’s GIRL to be released in the fall on the Lucky Hound label. Currently on their Sirens of South Austin Tour throughout the Northeast and South from March through May which includes venue, festival and house concert dates, Rebecca Loebe, Grace Pettis and BettySoo will be sharing songs from their individual solo albums, a few special covers, as well as originals from their newly recorded EP.

Event Details

Location: Nazareth Center for the Arts, 30 E Belvidere St, Nazareth, PA 18064

Showtime: Friday, April 27th, 7pm

While the powers that be may prevent us from reopening our restaurant this year, we will continue the tradition of kicking off the spring season with live music in a bucolic farm setting here in Chester County.

On April 28th we will welcome spring with a day of music and great food overlooking the pond at Wyebrook Farm. Gates open at 10am and the music will begin by 11.
The show is RAIN or Shine!

We will have food trucks using as much product from Wyebrook as possible this year. Bring a lawn chair and a cooler and enjoy live sets from Hoots & Hellmouth, Frog Holler, Mason Porter and several more bands. Adult tickets are $30 for presales and $40 day of the show. As always at the festival kids under 12 enter the festival free, but you have to buy kids tickets online (for $0) so that we have an accurate count! Like last year we will sell a limited amount of tickets and have sold out the previous 2 years so please buy tickets early! The show will be rain or shine.

TICKETS
Tickets are available now and until 11pm on April 27th for $30 for adults. Remaining tickets will be available for $40 at the gate on the day of show. Tickets for kids 12 and under are FREE! Please acquire tickets for kids so that we can have an accurate head count. Last year, we did sell out and we are expecting to sell out this year as well.

PARKING
The pasture located directly up the hill from the Market will be open for parking. Handicap parking will be available in our lower parking lot. If you are in need of handicap parking, an attendant can direct you to the specified area upon your arrival. A valid handicap parking permit is required.

DOGS
You are welcome to bring your dog to Wyebrook Farm but we do require that your dog is friendly, on a leash at all times, and that you pick up after them.

KIDS
Wyebrook Music Festival is a family event and all kids are welcome. All children under the age of 12 are allowed free entry, although a ticket still need to be purchased. Please buy all tickets here. Please present this ticket upon entry to the event.

Food Trucks:

BYOB: This year you are welcome to BYOB

Weather: This festival is an all-weather, outdoor event and will go on rain or shine, with no refunds issued. Please dress accordingly and come ready to have fun- no matter what Mother Nature throws at us!

Join five amazing acts from the Philly Music Co-op – Sweetbriar Rose, Meghan Cary, Andrea Nardello, Brittany Anne Trambaugh, and Black Horse Motel – as they perform and collect feminine hygiene products and diapers for local women and children struggling and being supported by the Office of Homeless Services! Music will be performed by female driven acts. There will be raffles and art to raise money to buy even MORE pads, tampons, and diapers!!!

You can donate here.

Event Details:

Showtime: Saturday, April 28, 5pm

Location: Connie’s Ric Rac,

PFS April House Concert with Goodbye Blue

Potluck 2pm, Music 2:30pm

**FREE For Members**
**$10 For Non-members**

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About Goodbye Blue

Goodbye Blue is an Americana duo featuring Charlotte Kendrick and Dan Rowe. The duo performs melodic and personal Americana-Folk, reminiscent of story-telling artists such as Patty Griffin, John Prine, and the Weepies. Their most recent release, Worth the Wait, came out on March 21st, 2016 on Wondermore Records.

Lead singer and songwriter Charlotte was raised just north of New York City. She played music from an early age, and although enrolled in piano lessons originally, she quickly gravitated to acoustic guitar. Charlotte attended the University of Vermont where she played regularly and performed with a female a cappella group. By graduation, she wanted to pursue music professionally, but lost her nerve and decided instead to enlist in the Peace Corps, where she served for two years in Cote D’Ivore in West Africa. Living alone without electricity in a small village, Charlotte was finally able to find meaningful time to work on her songwriting.

Dan also grew up playing music. His early roots were in classical music, singing in his mother’s church choirs and studying violin, but country and bluegrass soon grabbed hold, and he would often sit in on fiddle when his father and uncles were jamming together. At age 12 rock music entered his life, and he started learning any instrument he could get his hands on. During his freshman year in high school, he and two childhood friends formed a band, The Dent, and ended up playing together for 15 years, performing throughout the Northeast and recording four albums. Dan studied music composition in college, and after graduation paid the bills by working in the music industry on the business side and engineering in recording studios in the New York area. By 2002, Dan was living in New York City and working at TVT Records during the day, while performing and producing independent records from his project studio on nights and weekends.

In 2002, after finishing her Peace Corps service, Charlotte moved to NYC intent on trying her hand as a musician. With no experience and no real connections, she reached out to her high school music teacher, who happened to be a relative of Dan’s. He told her “Call my friend Dan Rowe.” Dan and Charlotte became fast friends. Six months later, when Charlotte expressed interest in recording an album, Dan offered to help and signed on as producer. Together they produced Charlotte’s debut 2003 release, I Get Stupid. Three weeks before the album was finished, Dan joined Charlotte on stage playing bass and signing harmonies, and the two have been performing together ever since.

Charlotte and Dan’s musical relationship proved to be a powerful fit: Charlotte’s gentle but captivating voice complimented by Dan’s subtle harmony; Charlotte providing the center groove with her acoustic guitar, with Dan anchoring the ensemble with his bass and sparse arrangements; Charlotte’s female perspective articulated clearly in her lyrics, with Dan’s production delivering an authentic finished piece. After the debut release, Charlotte and Dan made two more records together, Live at the Roger Smith (2004) and I Get Stupid (2007). In 2004, they celebrated their wedding engagement by self-booking a 100 day national tour, and continued to tour extensively through the next five years, playing shows for fans across the country. But in 2008, life took a different turn when Charlotte gave birth to their first child, with two more following shortly behind. Although they never officially stopped playing music, their activity slowed to a crawl.

Fast forward eight years, Charlotte and Dan’s album “Worth the Wait” marks their re-emergence into Americana music. Now performing as Goodbye Blue and based in Hopewell, NJ, the current songs reflect a time of life that many can relate to. As in past material, Charlotte’s lyrics are autobiographical and unapologetic, describing the joy and struggles of raising small children. While unsure of what their future may hold, they know one thing is for certain: “We will definitely be making music,” says Charlotte. “Our lives just don’t make sense without it.”

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PFS and the hosts ask that guests act in a respectful manner and be considerate of the performers and other attendees–if you do not, you may be asked to leave by PFS staff or the hosts.

Advance registrations for this performance are REQUIRED.

Admission is free for PFS members and $10 for Advanced Tickets for non-members.

Please bring something to share! Pot luck at 2pm, music at 2:30pm.

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Hezekiah Jones + Chestnut Grove
w/ Black Horse Motel
Saturday, May 5th 2018
at The Ardmore Music Hall

7pm Seated Doors
7:30pm Standing Doors
8pm Show
$12 Advance / $15 Day of Show / $25 Seated

Tickets on sale now: http://bit.ly/HezekiahGrove

PFS May Monthly Concert with Fara

**MUSIC at 2pm**

**FREE FOR MEMBERS**
**$15 For Non-members**

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About Fara
Fara brings together four musicians at the forefront of today’s Scottish folk scene, Jennifer Austin, Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie and Catriona Price’s three fiddles and a piano, to produce a fiery sound rooted strongly in their upbringing among the music of Orkney.

Having been friends since early childhood, the girls grew up under the musical guidance of Douglas Montgomery (The Chair, Saltfishforty) with the three East Mainlanders of the band in fiddle group Hadhirgaan at Kirkwall Grammar School, and Kristan, a West Mainlander, in Jenny Keldie’s Shoramere at Stromness Academy. The four girls then went on to study south, and hold degrees from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Strathclyde University, The Royal Northern College of Music and The Royal Academy of Music. They have all since established themselves in the Scottish music scene winning prizes along the way which include the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, The BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year, The Deutsche Bank Award in Performance and Composition, and the Danny Kyle Award.

The idea for the band came after several appearances as “The Chairettes”, The Chair’s backing band. At one gig, the girls were asked to play a couple of sets on their own, and Bob Gibbon, The Chair’s Accordionist and Orkney Folk Festival director, suggested they form a new band. To the Chair’s disappointment they decided to loose the name, and Fara was born. Since then, the quartet has performed across the UK and Europe, including a special performance at the Royal Albert Hall for the Radio 2 Folk Awards, where they were also nominated in the Horizon category.

With vibrant arrangements full of rich harmonies, energetic fiddle playing and driving piano, Fara’s show is an exciting one. Performing a mixture of self-penned and traditional Orkney tunes as well as stunning vocals, the girls’ combined musical experiences and friendships produce a diverse, individual sound.

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PFS June Monthly Concert with Brooke Annibale

MUSIC at 7:30pm

**FREE FOR MEMBERS**
**$15 For Non-members**

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About Brooke Annibale

Singer-songwriter/guitarist Brooke Annibale sheds a bit of her indie-acoustic skin on her forthcoming record Hold to The Light— a pop-progressive album that offers a fusion of textured electronic and traditional (guitar, strings, keys) instrumentation with songs bearing Brooke’s keen, soulful lyricism.

Produced by Sam Kassirer (Josh Ritter, Lake Street Dive), Hold to The Light marks several major departures for Brooke in terms of both songwriting and production. Brooke’s thoughtful, layered songwriting anchors the production to explore a range of narratives working through themes of seeking truths, letting go, and reconciling the past with the present. Both lyrically and musically, Hold opens up spaces for the listener to inhabit and make their own.

Hold to The Light is an exciting evolution in Brooke’s career as a musician. Her creative roots run deep with family connected to music— her grandfather founded a music store, which continues to operate today in her hometown, Pittsburgh. Hold to The Light is due out in 2018.

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PFS July Monthly Concert with Christine Lavin

MUSIC at 7:30pm

**FREE FOR MEMBERS**
**$15 For Non-members**

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About Christine Lavin

Christine Lavin is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/recording artist who has been based in New York City since 1984. She has just released her 23rd solo album, SPAGHETTIFICATION, which was #5 for the month of September according to the International FolkDJ chart.

She has produced ten compilation CDs JUST ONE ANGEL v2.0being the latest, showcasing the holiday songs of 19 songwriters whose work she loves. The food-themed compilaiion One Meat Ball, includes a 96-page cookbook that Christine edited. For four years she hosted “Slipped Disks” on XM satellite radio, playing CDs slipped to her backstage by compatriots, and is the occasional guest host for the City Folk Sunday Sunday Supper on WFUV-FM at Fordham University.

Christine performs concerts all over the US, Canada, and points beyond (Australia, Germany, Israel), and hosts knitting circles backstage prior to each show. Songs of hers have been performed by artists as diverse as Broadway stars Betty Buckley, Sutton Foster, and David Burnham, cabaret divas Andrea Marcovicci. Barbara Brussell, and Colleen McHugh, the college a cappella Dartmouth Decibelles, and The Accidentals, winners of the National Harmony Sweepstakes championship.

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