PFS Presents Way Down Wanderers

Saturday, September 22
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

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$12 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $17 Not-Yet-Members | $22 Doors

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About Way Down Wanderers

Equal parts fast-paced and soulful, 5-piece modern-folk Americana act, The Way Down Wanderers, draw listeners in with energy, originality and soulful generosity. Playing, performing and writing together for just 3 short years, the Wanderers have built an enthusiastic and fast-growing following. Youthful and professionally trained, these young men captivate audiences with soaring instrumentals, foot stomping sing-alongs and a lively stage show and have created a buzz for themselves with their unplugged, off-stage encores and propensity for performing self-titled, “restSTOMPS” – free acoustic sets at rest & truck stops along their tour routes. The band’s debut, self-titled album, produced by Mike Marsh of the Avett Brothers and recorded at Sonic Ranch in El Paso TX, is now available wherever music is sold.

International Song Writing Competition finalist,“Dead Birds,” is available on Spotify, iTunes and wherever digital music is sold.

Front-men and founders, Austin and Collin, met in their hometown of Peoria, IL when they joined the same folk band and embarked on their first tour at the ages of 14 and 18 years old. The two became fast friends and soon began writing music together, ultimately forming The Way Down Wanderers when Collin was 16 and Austin, 20 years old.

Austin Thompson – guitar, lead & harmony vocals as well as percussion in the studio. Austin studied music at the collegiate level where he grew as a musician. Austin finds much inspiration for his lyrics in the beauty of nature and his love for hiking. He adds his unique musical influences of rock, folk and the spoken word to the music he writes and performs.

Collin Krause – Collin plays mandolin, fiddle and sings lead and harmony vocals for the band. Collin became involved in music when he began taking classical violin at the age of 3. Growing up around traditional roots & bluegrass music had a big influence on him. Collin enjoys writing, co-writing and arranging music for the band.

John Merikoski– Drums, Percussion. John has been playing drums since age nine and is featured on dozens of recordings, ranging from Jazz and Metal to Hip-hop and Bluegrass. In 2012 he was awarded a full ride scholarship to study Jazz performance for drum set at the University of Illinois where he has taken a break to pursue The Way Down Wanderers, full-time.

John Williams – Upright bass and vocals. John is a former classical upright bass performance major who also enjoys singing, song-writing and entertaining a crowd

Travis Kowalsky – Banjo & fiddle. Travis got his start in music at a very young age in his family band. He is entirely self-taught and can play pretty much any instrument he picks up. The Wanderers were lucky enough to meet Travis at his home town festival in Alpena Michigan and he has been touring with them ever since.

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***Series Subscriptions offer a 16% savings on all four concerts! Click HERE to buy a Series Subscription!***

Individual concert tickets can be purchased here.

$12 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $15 Not-Yet-Members | $18 Doors

(Youth prices available for 12 & under)

Join the Philadelphia Folksong Society (PFS) in our new performance venue for a series exploring Klezmer Connections in a monthly installment, curated by Philadelphia-based trombonist, composer, and premier Klezmer practitioner, Dan Blacksberg.

The series features a selection of artists who each offer unique insight into Klezmer music and sounds, both new and traditional, creating a crossroads of offerings where connections can be made.

Sunday, 9/23: Susan Watts Band & Community Jam | 2:30pm Doors / 3pm Music

An Afternoon of Philly Klezmer: Nothing says “Philly Klezmer” like Susan Hoffman Watts, acclaimed purveyor of traditional klezmer sounds passed through generations of family, now giving voice to new generations of Jewish music in Philadelphia. Along with a performance, enjoy a community jam (“bring & sing!”) and potluck (snacks and beverages to share strongly encouraged).

About Susan Watts:

Susan Hoffman Watts represents the youngest generation of an important klezmer dynasty that reaches back to the Jewish Ukraine of the 19th century, beginning with her great-grandfather, musician, composer, cornet-player, and poet, Joseph Hoffman. Susan is the sole living purveyor of the family’s traditional klezmer-style trumpet sounds which electrified audiences for decades. Susan and the Hoffman family are the features of several televised documentaries.

In addition to playing with a variety of noted klezmer musicians from around the world, Hoffman Watts has recorded, performed and sang with, Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All-Stars, David Krakauer, So-Called, Claire Barry, Many Pitankin, Dudu Fischer, Mikveh, Beyond the Pale, Shtreimel, The Klez Dispensers, Greg Wall, The Klezmatics, Henkus Netsky, Klezmer Concervatory Band. Susan also performed with her mother, the great klezmer drummer Elaine Hoffman Watts, in their Philadelphia-based group, the Fabulous Shpielkehs. 

PFS Presents The Fretless

Friday, September 27, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

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$15 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $18 Not-Yet-Members | $22 Doors

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About The Fretless

The Fretless is the Canadian fiddle foursome playing an essential part in the emerging movement mainstreaming traditional irish folk music.
Starting with its debut album in 2012, the band has steadily pushed further into the public eye, winning Instrumental Album of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards and Instrumental Group of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Its 2014 tune “Waving To Ryan” has topped a million Spotify plays, and in 2016, The Fretless took home a Juno™ award for Instrumental Album of The Year for its most recent full-length Bird’s Nest.

Through its deconstruction and transformation of the usual rhythmic, harmonic and structured arrangements of fiddle styles around the world, The Fretless is pushing traditional music to a new place, and has now issued itself an atypical challenge in the mission to find and convert fans unfamiliar with “progressive” traditional music.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THE FRETLESS

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PFS Presents Arkansauce

Sunday, September 30
Doors 3:30pm | Music 4pm

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$10 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $14 Not-Yet-Members | $18 Doors

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About Arkansauce

Arkansauce is a genre-hopping, four piece string band from northwest Arkansas, bending the rules and blurring the lines between bluegrass, newgrass, folk, americana, country, blues, and funk. With a loyal following growing every day in the Natural State and along their tour routes, the band is proud to be stepping into a hard-driving sound unique to the Arkansas quartet.

The third album (If I Were You, released April 2017) of all original material finds the palate expanded with more complex melodies, intriguing rhythms, and hard-hitting hooks that leave the songs whirling around your head long after the listening experience.

The hard-working musicians are filling the calendar with upcoming appearances at premiere music festivals and venues in and around Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Colorado, New Mexico, and Missouri.
The band’s roots go back to 2011 when founding members Ethan Bush, Zac Archuleta, and Stephen Jolly began writing together after becoming acquainted through mutual connections in the close-knit Fayetteville music scene. After a couple of years building a repertoire of original music and releasing their first album (Hambone) as a trio, they were joined by Tom Andersen on the upright bass and Adams Collins on the five-string banjo. The road-tested chops Andersen and Collins brought to the table helped to cultivate the mature, well-rounded sound needed to accommodate their sophomore release “All Day Long.”

An Arkansauce show is riddled with improvisational guitar, banjo, and mandolin leads, paired with powerful harmonies and heart-felt songwriting, all held together by deep foot-stompin’ bass grooves. There’s an undeniably intimate connection between the band and their fans that’s contagious and leaves everyone in front of, and on the stage wanting more. Arkansauce holds their head high, as they look forward to enjoying everything life and music has in store for them and their fans.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ARKANSAUCE ON SPOTIFY

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***Series Subscriptions offer a 16% savings on all four concerts! Click HERE to buy a Series Subscription!***

Individual concert tickets can be purchased here.

$12 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $15 Not-Yet-Members | $18 Doors

(Youth prices available for 12 & under)

Join the Philadelphia Folksong Society (PFS) in our new performance venue for a series exploring Klezmer Connections in a monthly installment, curated by Philadelphia-based trombonist, composer, and premier Klezmer practitioner, Dan Blacksberg.

The series features a selection of artists who each offer unique insight into Klezmer music and sounds, both new and traditional, creating a crossroads of offerings where connections can be made.

Sunday, 10/21: Joey Weisenberg Community Sing | 4pm Doors / 4:30pm Music

Afternoon Sing-A-Long: Join Joey Weisenberg, Creative Director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, for a community gathering bringing people together to connect through the power of music. Using melodies drawn from Jewish and American folk music, Weisenberg uses shared musical experiences to find and foster inner musical potential. Along with the community sing, enjoy a potluck (snacks and beverages to share strongly encouraged).

About Joey Weisenberg

Joey Weisenberg is the Creative Director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, and is the author of Building Singing Communities and The Torah of Music, winner of a 2017 National Jewish Book Award. He’s a multi-instrumentalist musician, singer and composer who has performed and recorded internationally with dozens of bands in a wide variety of musical styles.

Having come to cherish the imperfectly beautiful music of normal people singing together, Joey works to empower communities around the world to unlock their musical and spiritual potential, and to make music a lasting and joy-filled force.

PFS Presents Front Country

Friday, November 2, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

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$12 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $15 Not-Yet-Members | $18 Doors

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About Front Country

An acoustic band born in the land of tech innovation, Front Country was unlikely to be accepted as an authentic American roots band out of the gate. Cutting their teeth in progressive bluegrass jams in San Francisco’s Mission District and rehearsing across the bay in Oakland, they fashioned their own take on roots music and Indie Folk, with the tools they had on hand. A mandolinist with a degree in composition and classical guitar. A guitarist trained in rock and world music. A bassist equally versed in jazz and newgrass. A violinist with technique that could seamlessly hop between honky tonk and electropop. And a female lead singer with grit and soul that was also a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. In a wood-paneled country dive bar in the shadow of the San Francisco skyline, Front Country forged a sound hell bent on merging the musical past with the future. The result lies somewhere between Indie Folk and Americana, in a nether-region they’ve come to embrace as their own.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF FRONT COUNTRY

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PFS Presents The Tall Pines

Friday, November 16, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

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$15 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $18 Not-Yet-Members | $20 Doors

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About The Tall Pines

THE TALL PINES ARE A SHACK-SHAKIN’, FOOT–STOMPIN’ FOLK-ROCK BAND FEATURING CONNIE LYNN PETRUK, SINGING HER HEART OUT, PLAYING DRUMS ON HER ALLIGATOR SKIN SUITCASE, AND SHAKING HER TAMBOURINE. HER PARTNER CHRISTMAS DAVIS, PLAYS GUITAR, WRITES THE SONGS AND HOWLS ALONG. THE TALL PINES REVEL IN THE SPIRITS OF THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970SCOUNTRY, SOUL, AND SWAMP-ROCK SCENES, WHILE WORKING HARD TO TAKE THE SOUNDS THEY LOVE BEYOND THEIR HISTORY AND INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF AMERICAN MUSIC. THEIR FIRST SELF-TITLED ALBUM WAS VOTED ONE OF THE TOP TEN BEST RECORDS OF THE YEAR BY NPR’S MEREDITH OCHS. THEY’VE PERFORMED LIVE WITH COUNTRY MUSIC GREAT CHARLIE LOUVIN (RIP) AT THE CMJ MUSIC FESTIVAL, WITH NORAH JONES AND PUSS N BOOTS, JUSTIN TOWNES EARL, KEVN KINNY OF DRIVN’ AND CRYIN’, AMY RAY OF THE INDIGO GIRLS, AND MANY MORE GREAT FOLKS. THEY PRODUCE A MONTHLY LIVE MUSIC SERIES IN NEW YORK CITY CALLED THE TALL PINES REVUE, AND WERE RECENTLY DUBBED A BUZZ BAND AT THE 30A SONGWRITER’S FESTIVAL LAST JANUARY BY AMERICAN SONGWRITER MAGAZINE. THEIR NEW EP “FEAR IS THE DEVIL” WILL BE RELEASED IN THE FALL OF 2015. THE TALL PINES ARE ON A MISSION TO REMIND A WORLD INCREASINGLY MADE OF CONCRETE, GLASS AND STEEL THAT SOME MUSIC STILL BURNS LIKE RAW TIMBER.

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PFS Election and November Monthly Concert with Sharon Katz & The Peace Train

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ELECTION at 1pm
MUSIC at 2pm

**FREE FOR MEMBERS** While Supplies Last
**$12 For Not-Yet-Members**

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About Sharon Katz & The Peace Train

The multicultural South African band of Sharon Katz & The Peace Train helped Nelson Mandela end Apartheid and have continued spreading their message of peace and reconciliation around the world. Their pulsating rhythms, rich harmonies, guitar-driven melodies, spine-tingling dances, funky basslines, intricate drum patterns, and compelling lyrics tell of the social justice challenges worldwide and how we can change them – while getting the dance party going! Nominated for the Grammy’s “Best World Music Album,” the group made history in 1992 when they formed South Africa’s first, 500-voice multiracial choir and then organized a courageous tour on board a train –The Peace Train – to promote a peaceful transition to democracy. The documentary film about The Peace Train’s music and work, “When Voices Meet,” was selected by 30 film festivals and won Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Original Soundtrack, and Audience Award at Philadelphia International Film Festival. Recordings: “Imbizo” on Billboard’s Highly Recommended list and Grammy nomination list for Best World Music Album; “Live in NYC with Pete Seeger;” “Double Take” with Jazz divas Abigail Kubeka and Dolly Rathebe; “Carnival!” with Sting, Elton John, Tina Turner and Madonna and “Side-By Side” featuring Sharon Katz and Peace Train co-founder, Nonhlanhla Wanda.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SHARON KATZ & THE PEACE TRAIN ON SPOTIFY

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**Ticketing Policy**

The Philadelphia Folksong Society is proud to offer its’ members one or two free tickets (depending on membership level) to our selectedMonthly Member Concert and Monthly House Concert every month. Due to the large number of members and limited seating, we ask that members reserve tickets when they know they can attend. If a member has reserved a ticket and cannot make it to the member concert of their choosing, they must contact the PFS office by phone or emailprior to the event to cancel. Failure to do so will result in an inability to reserve your free member ticket to the following member concert.

If you arrive at a PFS member concert and have not reserved a ticket, you will only be seated ten minutes before show time if seats are still available.

If a member concert is listed as “sold out,” please contact Katie Kreszat kkresz@pfs.org to secure your spot atop the waitlist. You will be notified prior to the concert if seats become available.

PFS asks that all members show respect to their fellow members and the Society through following this policy.

PFS Presents Kaia Kater

*TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 9AM*

Saturday, December 1, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

$15 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $20 Not-Yet-Members | $25 Doors

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About Kaia Kater

A Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian, Kaia Kater grew up between two worlds: one her family’s deep ties to folk music; the other the years she spent soaking up Appalachian music in West Virginia. Her old-time banjo-picking skills, deft arrangements, and songwriting abilities have landed her in the spotlight in North America and the UK, garnering critical acclaim from outlets such as NPR, CBC Radio, Rolling Stone, BBC Music, and No Depression

Kaia started her career early, crafting her first EP Old Soul (2013) when she was just out of high school. Since then, she’s gone on to release two more albums, Sorrow Bound (2015) and Nine Pin (2016). Her most recent album weaves between hard-hitting songs that touch on social issues like the Black Lives Matter movement (“Rising Down,” “Paradise Fell”) and more personal narratives speaking to life and love in the digital age (“Saint Elizabeth”). Nine Pin won a Canadian Folk Music Award, a Stingray Rising Star Award and sent Kaia on an 18-month touring journey from Ireland to Iowa, including stops at The Kennedy Center, Hillside Festival and London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush. Kaia is currently working on her next album, due for release in late 2018.

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PFS Presents Way Down Wanderers

Saturday, September 22
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

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$12 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $17 Not-Yet-Members | $22 Doors

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About Way Down Wanderers

Equal parts fast-paced and soulful, 5-piece modern-folk Americana act, The Way Down Wanderers, draw listeners in with energy, originality and soulful generosity. Playing, performing and writing together for just 3 short years, the Wanderers have built an enthusiastic and fast-growing following. Youthful and professionally trained, these young men captivate audiences with soaring instrumentals, foot stomping sing-alongs and a lively stage show and have created a buzz for themselves with their unplugged, off-stage encores and propensity for performing self-titled, “restSTOMPS” – free acoustic sets at rest & truck stops along their tour routes. The band’s debut, self-titled album, produced by Mike Marsh of the Avett Brothers and recorded at Sonic Ranch in El Paso TX, is now available wherever music is sold.

International Song Writing Competition finalist,“Dead Birds,” is available on Spotify, iTunes and wherever digital music is sold.

Front-men and founders, Austin and Collin, met in their hometown of Peoria, IL when they joined the same folk band and embarked on their first tour at the ages of 14 and 18 years old. The two became fast friends and soon began writing music together, ultimately forming The Way Down Wanderers when Collin was 16 and Austin, 20 years old.

Austin Thompson – guitar, lead & harmony vocals as well as percussion in the studio. Austin studied music at the collegiate level where he grew as a musician. Austin finds much inspiration for his lyrics in the beauty of nature and his love for hiking. He adds his unique musical influences of rock, folk and the spoken word to the music he writes and performs.

Collin Krause – Collin plays mandolin, fiddle and sings lead and harmony vocals for the band. Collin became involved in music when he began taking classical violin at the age of 3. Growing up around traditional roots & bluegrass music had a big influence on him. Collin enjoys writing, co-writing and arranging music for the band.

John Merikoski– Drums, Percussion. John has been playing drums since age nine and is featured on dozens of recordings, ranging from Jazz and Metal to Hip-hop and Bluegrass. In 2012 he was awarded a full ride scholarship to study Jazz performance for drum set at the University of Illinois where he has taken a break to pursue The Way Down Wanderers, full-time.

John Williams – Upright bass and vocals. John is a former classical upright bass performance major who also enjoys singing, song-writing and entertaining a crowd

Travis Kowalsky – Banjo & fiddle. Travis got his start in music at a very young age in his family band. He is entirely self-taught and can play pretty much any instrument he picks up. The Wanderers were lucky enough to meet Travis at his home town festival in Alpena Michigan and he has been touring with them ever since.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE WAY DOWN WANDERERS ON SPOTIFY

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***Series Subscriptions offer a 16% savings on all four concerts! Click HERE to buy a Series Subscription!***

Individual concert tickets can be purchased here.

$12 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $15 Not-Yet-Members | $18 Doors

(Youth prices available for 12 & under)

Join the Philadelphia Folksong Society (PFS) in our new performance venue for a series exploring Klezmer Connections in a monthly installment, curated by Philadelphia-based trombonist, composer, and premier Klezmer practitioner, Dan Blacksberg.

The series features a selection of artists who each offer unique insight into Klezmer music and sounds, both new and traditional, creating a crossroads of offerings where connections can be made.

Sunday, 9/23: Susan Watts Band & Community Jam | 2:30pm Doors / 3pm Music

An Afternoon of Philly Klezmer: Nothing says “Philly Klezmer” like Susan Hoffman Watts, acclaimed purveyor of traditional klezmer sounds passed through generations of family, now giving voice to new generations of Jewish music in Philadelphia. Along with a performance, enjoy a community jam (“bring & sing!”) and potluck (snacks and beverages to share strongly encouraged).

About Susan Watts:

Susan Hoffman Watts represents the youngest generation of an important klezmer dynasty that reaches back to the Jewish Ukraine of the 19th century, beginning with her great-grandfather, musician, composer, cornet-player, and poet, Joseph Hoffman. Susan is the sole living purveyor of the family’s traditional klezmer-style trumpet sounds which electrified audiences for decades. Susan and the Hoffman family are the features of several televised documentaries.

In addition to playing with a variety of noted klezmer musicians from around the world, Hoffman Watts has recorded, performed and sang with, Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All-Stars, David Krakauer, So-Called, Claire Barry, Many Pitankin, Dudu Fischer, Mikveh, Beyond the Pale, Shtreimel, The Klez Dispensers, Greg Wall, The Klezmatics, Henkus Netsky, Klezmer Concervatory Band. Susan also performed with her mother, the great klezmer drummer Elaine Hoffman Watts, in their Philadelphia-based group, the Fabulous Shpielkehs. 

PFS Presents The Fretless

Friday, September 27, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

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$15 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $18 Not-Yet-Members | $22 Doors

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

About The Fretless

The Fretless is the Canadian fiddle foursome playing an essential part in the emerging movement mainstreaming traditional irish folk music.
Starting with its debut album in 2012, the band has steadily pushed further into the public eye, winning Instrumental Album of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards and Instrumental Group of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Its 2014 tune “Waving To Ryan” has topped a million Spotify plays, and in 2016, The Fretless took home a Juno™ award for Instrumental Album of The Year for its most recent full-length Bird’s Nest.

Through its deconstruction and transformation of the usual rhythmic, harmonic and structured arrangements of fiddle styles around the world, The Fretless is pushing traditional music to a new place, and has now issued itself an atypical challenge in the mission to find and convert fans unfamiliar with “progressive” traditional music.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THE FRETLESS

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE FRETLESS ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FRETLESS

The 2019 Manayunk Harvest Festival at Pretzel Park will feature three bands from the Philadelphia Music Co-op: Rachel Andie & The V Element, Black Horse Motel and Kuf Knotz and Christine Elise.

11AM: Dr. Ketchup

12PM: Hot Club of Philadelphia

1PM: Rachel Andie & The V Element

1:45PM: Performance by Merge Dance Studio

2PM: Black Horse Motel

3PM: Ben Arnold & Band

4PM: Kuf Knotz

5PM: Stella Ruze

PFS Presents Arkansauce

Sunday, September 30
Doors 3:30pm | Music 4pm

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$10 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $14 Not-Yet-Members | $18 Doors

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A MUSIC VIDEO OF ARKANSAUCE

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About Arkansauce

Arkansauce is a genre-hopping, four piece string band from northwest Arkansas, bending the rules and blurring the lines between bluegrass, newgrass, folk, americana, country, blues, and funk. With a loyal following growing every day in the Natural State and along their tour routes, the band is proud to be stepping into a hard-driving sound unique to the Arkansas quartet.

The third album (If I Were You, released April 2017) of all original material finds the palate expanded with more complex melodies, intriguing rhythms, and hard-hitting hooks that leave the songs whirling around your head long after the listening experience.

The hard-working musicians are filling the calendar with upcoming appearances at premiere music festivals and venues in and around Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Colorado, New Mexico, and Missouri.
The band’s roots go back to 2011 when founding members Ethan Bush, Zac Archuleta, and Stephen Jolly began writing together after becoming acquainted through mutual connections in the close-knit Fayetteville music scene. After a couple of years building a repertoire of original music and releasing their first album (Hambone) as a trio, they were joined by Tom Andersen on the upright bass and Adams Collins on the five-string banjo. The road-tested chops Andersen and Collins brought to the table helped to cultivate the mature, well-rounded sound needed to accommodate their sophomore release “All Day Long.”

An Arkansauce show is riddled with improvisational guitar, banjo, and mandolin leads, paired with powerful harmonies and heart-felt songwriting, all held together by deep foot-stompin’ bass grooves. There’s an undeniably intimate connection between the band and their fans that’s contagious and leaves everyone in front of, and on the stage wanting more. Arkansauce holds their head high, as they look forward to enjoying everything life and music has in store for them and their fans.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ARKANSAUCE ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ARKANSAUCE

The Philadelphia Folksong Society is happy to announce that the Philadelphia Music Co-op is partnering with Philly MusicLab for this special networking event and will continue our partnership into the future to benefit members of Philly MusicLab and the Philadelphia Music Co-op.

This regular Philly MusicLab happy hour meet-up is one of Philly’s best opportunities to connect with area musicians, industry professionals, music lovers and people looking to hire live entertainment and we are excited to add the Philadelphia Folksong Society as a new venue for this event!

For musicians, the happy hour is a great place to meet people, make beneficial connections with other musicians, collaborators and new audiences, learn about gigs in the region and share contacts. For live music fans and people looking to hire live entertainment, it’s a great way to meet some of Philly’s best musicians in a casual atmosphere while enjoying drinks and live music.

This October/Fall themed event will feature one artist from both Philly MusicLab’s roster as well as one from the Philadelphia Music Co-op. Featured artists will be announced soon!

***Series Subscriptions offer a 16% savings on all four concerts! Click HERE to buy a Series Subscription!***

Individual concert tickets can be purchased here.

$12 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $15 Not-Yet-Members | $18 Doors

(Youth prices available for 12 & under)

Join the Philadelphia Folksong Society (PFS) in our new performance venue for a series exploring Klezmer Connections in a monthly installment, curated by Philadelphia-based trombonist, composer, and premier Klezmer practitioner, Dan Blacksberg.

The series features a selection of artists who each offer unique insight into Klezmer music and sounds, both new and traditional, creating a crossroads of offerings where connections can be made.

Sunday, 10/21: Joey Weisenberg Community Sing | 4pm Doors / 4:30pm Music

Afternoon Sing-A-Long: Join Joey Weisenberg, Creative Director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, for a community gathering bringing people together to connect through the power of music. Using melodies drawn from Jewish and American folk music, Weisenberg uses shared musical experiences to find and foster inner musical potential. Along with the community sing, enjoy a potluck (snacks and beverages to share strongly encouraged).

About Joey Weisenberg

Joey Weisenberg is the Creative Director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, and is the author of Building Singing Communities and The Torah of Music, winner of a 2017 National Jewish Book Award. He’s a multi-instrumentalist musician, singer and composer who has performed and recorded internationally with dozens of bands in a wide variety of musical styles.

Having come to cherish the imperfectly beautiful music of normal people singing together, Joey works to empower communities around the world to unlock their musical and spiritual potential, and to make music a lasting and joy-filled force.

Wednesday October 24th @ 7:30pm
Meghan Cary 
ITR with Carolann Solebello and Tom Cardullo
The Turning Point
468 Piermont Ave
Piermont, NY
Tickets: $15

PFS Presents Front Country

Friday, November 2, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

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$12 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $15 Not-Yet-Members | $18 Doors

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

About Front Country

An acoustic band born in the land of tech innovation, Front Country was unlikely to be accepted as an authentic American roots band out of the gate. Cutting their teeth in progressive bluegrass jams in San Francisco’s Mission District and rehearsing across the bay in Oakland, they fashioned their own take on roots music and Indie Folk, with the tools they had on hand. A mandolinist with a degree in composition and classical guitar. A guitarist trained in rock and world music. A bassist equally versed in jazz and newgrass. A violinist with technique that could seamlessly hop between honky tonk and electropop. And a female lead singer with grit and soul that was also a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. In a wood-paneled country dive bar in the shadow of the San Francisco skyline, Front Country forged a sound hell bent on merging the musical past with the future. The result lies somewhere between Indie Folk and Americana, in a nether-region they’ve come to embrace as their own.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF FRONT COUNTRY

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO FRONT COUNTRY ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FRONT COUNTRY

PFS Presents The Tall Pines

Friday, November 16, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

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$15 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $18 Not-Yet-Members | $20 Doors

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About The Tall Pines

THE TALL PINES ARE A SHACK-SHAKIN’, FOOT–STOMPIN’ FOLK-ROCK BAND FEATURING CONNIE LYNN PETRUK, SINGING HER HEART OUT, PLAYING DRUMS ON HER ALLIGATOR SKIN SUITCASE, AND SHAKING HER TAMBOURINE. HER PARTNER CHRISTMAS DAVIS, PLAYS GUITAR, WRITES THE SONGS AND HOWLS ALONG. THE TALL PINES REVEL IN THE SPIRITS OF THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970SCOUNTRY, SOUL, AND SWAMP-ROCK SCENES, WHILE WORKING HARD TO TAKE THE SOUNDS THEY LOVE BEYOND THEIR HISTORY AND INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF AMERICAN MUSIC. THEIR FIRST SELF-TITLED ALBUM WAS VOTED ONE OF THE TOP TEN BEST RECORDS OF THE YEAR BY NPR’S MEREDITH OCHS. THEY’VE PERFORMED LIVE WITH COUNTRY MUSIC GREAT CHARLIE LOUVIN (RIP) AT THE CMJ MUSIC FESTIVAL, WITH NORAH JONES AND PUSS N BOOTS, JUSTIN TOWNES EARL, KEVN KINNY OF DRIVN’ AND CRYIN’, AMY RAY OF THE INDIGO GIRLS, AND MANY MORE GREAT FOLKS. THEY PRODUCE A MONTHLY LIVE MUSIC SERIES IN NEW YORK CITY CALLED THE TALL PINES REVUE, AND WERE RECENTLY DUBBED A BUZZ BAND AT THE 30A SONGWRITER’S FESTIVAL LAST JANUARY BY AMERICAN SONGWRITER MAGAZINE. THEIR NEW EP “FEAR IS THE DEVIL” WILL BE RELEASED IN THE FALL OF 2015. THE TALL PINES ARE ON A MISSION TO REMIND A WORLD INCREASINGLY MADE OF CONCRETE, GLASS AND STEEL THAT SOME MUSIC STILL BURNS LIKE RAW TIMBER.

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PFS Election and November Monthly Concert with Sharon Katz & The Peace Train

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ELECTION at 1pm
MUSIC at 2pm

**FREE FOR MEMBERS** While Supplies Last
**$12 For Not-Yet-Members**

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About Sharon Katz & The Peace Train

The multicultural South African band of Sharon Katz & The Peace Train helped Nelson Mandela end Apartheid and have continued spreading their message of peace and reconciliation around the world. Their pulsating rhythms, rich harmonies, guitar-driven melodies, spine-tingling dances, funky basslines, intricate drum patterns, and compelling lyrics tell of the social justice challenges worldwide and how we can change them – while getting the dance party going! Nominated for the Grammy’s “Best World Music Album,” the group made history in 1992 when they formed South Africa’s first, 500-voice multiracial choir and then organized a courageous tour on board a train –The Peace Train – to promote a peaceful transition to democracy. The documentary film about The Peace Train’s music and work, “When Voices Meet,” was selected by 30 film festivals and won Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Original Soundtrack, and Audience Award at Philadelphia International Film Festival. Recordings: “Imbizo” on Billboard’s Highly Recommended list and Grammy nomination list for Best World Music Album; “Live in NYC with Pete Seeger;” “Double Take” with Jazz divas Abigail Kubeka and Dolly Rathebe; “Carnival!” with Sting, Elton John, Tina Turner and Madonna and “Side-By Side” featuring Sharon Katz and Peace Train co-founder, Nonhlanhla Wanda.

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**Ticketing Policy**

The Philadelphia Folksong Society is proud to offer its’ members one or two free tickets (depending on membership level) to our selectedMonthly Member Concert and Monthly House Concert every month. Due to the large number of members and limited seating, we ask that members reserve tickets when they know they can attend. If a member has reserved a ticket and cannot make it to the member concert of their choosing, they must contact the PFS office by phone or emailprior to the event to cancel. Failure to do so will result in an inability to reserve your free member ticket to the following member concert.

If you arrive at a PFS member concert and have not reserved a ticket, you will only be seated ten minutes before show time if seats are still available.

If a member concert is listed as “sold out,” please contact Katie Kreszat kkresz@pfs.org to secure your spot atop the waitlist. You will be notified prior to the concert if seats become available.

PFS asks that all members show respect to their fellow members and the Society through following this policy.

PFS Presents Kaia Kater

*TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 9AM*

Saturday, December 1, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

$15 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $20 Not-Yet-Members | $25 Doors

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About Kaia Kater

A Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian, Kaia Kater grew up between two worlds: one her family’s deep ties to folk music; the other the years she spent soaking up Appalachian music in West Virginia. Her old-time banjo-picking skills, deft arrangements, and songwriting abilities have landed her in the spotlight in North America and the UK, garnering critical acclaim from outlets such as NPR, CBC Radio, Rolling Stone, BBC Music, and No Depression

Kaia started her career early, crafting her first EP Old Soul (2013) when she was just out of high school. Since then, she’s gone on to release two more albums, Sorrow Bound (2015) and Nine Pin (2016). Her most recent album weaves between hard-hitting songs that touch on social issues like the Black Lives Matter movement (“Rising Down,” “Paradise Fell”) and more personal narratives speaking to life and love in the digital age (“Saint Elizabeth”). Nine Pin won a Canadian Folk Music Award, a Stingray Rising Star Award and sent Kaia on an 18-month touring journey from Ireland to Iowa, including stops at The Kennedy Center, Hillside Festival and London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush. Kaia is currently working on her next album, due for release in late 2018.

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