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filkClaude Bourbon makes his debut at Caltech next month on Saturday, April 28 at 8:00 PM in Beckman Institute Auditorium ("Little Beckman"). Claude is Swiss, was born in France, and now makes his home in England. He stays on the move and tours extensively in Europe and here in the USA. A classically trained guitarist, his styles include Gypsy, Eastern European, and there is a bit of Paco de Lucia, Delta Blues, and more. Claude sings and composes much of his own material (Tim Leaning writes lyrics with him) and you will hear some familiar songs and tunes as well, such as Summertime and Bolero. His playing is fantastic and seeing him in person will be a real treat! Sample his song, Sitting on a Cliff to hear what he can do on his Gibson six-string. Mark your calendar now, as this show is 5 weeks off. With a nearly 2 month interval, we wanted to let you know what is coming up for us and some other notable events as well. Be sure to see how you can help international folk musicians by reading below. We hate to cancel and postpone shows and we want to encourage more non-US acts to come here. You can help the situation!
Tickets for this show are $20 for adults, $5 for children and Caltech students. You can purchase tickets at the Caltech Ticket Office, 1200 E. California Blvd (southeast corner of Wilson Avenue and California Blvd) between 10AM and 4:30 PM Monday- Friday, or by phone with a service charge at (626) 395-4652. You can buy them online (also with a fee) here. If you haven't been to one of our shows for awhile, since the parking locations changed a bit, read the 4th paragraph on our web page here.
The Kingston Trio is coming up soon in Beckman Auditorium ("Big Beckman") on Saturday March 31 at 8:00 PM. You will hear songs like Tom Dooley, Where Have all the Flowers Gone, and many others. This is not a Folk Music Society show, but if you mention us, you get $5 off on each ticket! The original members are no longer in the group, but Josh Reynolds, son of Nick Reynolds, is joined by Mike Marvin (Nick Reynolds' nephew), and Tim Gorelangton. This is a different group than the one who performed at Caltech a few years ago, but if you like the Kingston Trio and remember their songs, or if you want to find out about them and how they helped popularize folk music back in the late 1950's and early 1960's, you will enjoy the show. Lots of harmonies, guitars, banjos, along with Conga and bongos. Get a sample here. Buy your tickets from the Ticket Office or at the door. See our page, Pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org to find out the other great things we have coming up. We just added a new show for the summer, Mother's Boys, who will be doing Carter Family songs, on August 4. The group consists of Peter Feldman, Rick Cunha, David Jackson, and David Dawson. Get a taste with the song, You've Been a Friend to Me. We'll get it on our web page soon and let you know more about it.
Coming right up, this Saturday, March 24 is Folkworks' Folk/Roots Festival, a whole day (10AM to 10PM) of concerts, dance, workshops, jams, singing circles and food trucks! The event is at St John's Presbyterian Church in West LA and features 70 performers in all. Expose yourself to the great variety of folk music, with familiar names like talented veterans, Fred Sokolow and Susie Glaze, along with great more recent upstarts, such as David Bragger plus a whole host of other musicians who may be new to you. You will hear American roots music, Middle Eastern, south of the border (sometimes way south!), Eastern European, and much more. If you play or sing, check the workshops and bring your instrument, whether you're a beginner or advanced. Or just come and listen to the performances and workshops! At 2:00 PM there will be panel on Social Justice and Folk Music, featuring Ross Altman, Darryl Holter, Jonathan Ritter, moderated by Larry Wines. If it fits your schedule better, you can just come for the night concerts. Hear Leda and Steve Shapiro talk about the festival on FolkScene's show from this past Sunday by going to the KPFK Audio Archives and selecting Sunday, March 18, 2018, 6:00 PM. Enjoy the whole show, including a great interview/performance with Janiva Magness (highly recommended- quite a woman!), or zero-in on the description of the festival with the Shapiros, beginning with a couple of songs at the 16 minute point and then Steve and Leda talking at minute 23. Don't miss the Festival! Speaking of KPFK, Mary Katherine Aldin's Alive and Picking 5th-Saturday-of-the-month comes around on March 31, 6-8 AM or can be heard for 2 weeks on the Archives (see above). Always a treat!
Saturday, March 24 is a busy day. It is also Bach in the Subway LA at Union Station, downtown Los Angeles. From 10AM to 7PM, enjoy free live music in 3 locations at the train station. This is definitely a drop-in kind of event, so you can stop in for awhile on your way to the Festival! As a matter of fact, you can take the Red Line from Union Station to the 7th Street/Metro Station, switch to the Expo line, then get off at Westwood/Rancho Park Station, for a 13 minute walk. See here for more details on how to take the train to the Festival. Incidentally, Uncle Ruthie of KPFK will be in the North Patio of Union Station from 10-11 AM playing Bach on a 100 year old pump organ!
Also on Saturday, March 24, 9:30 to noon, the Pasadena Area League of Women Voters will hold their 7th Annual Climate Change Forum at First United Methodist Church at 500 East Colorado Blvd in Pasadena. Hear new scientific insights from two scientists from Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Then, it is off to the Festival!
Help international folk musicians!
You can weigh in and encourage international cultural exchange. Over just the past few years, the Folk Music Society has had to suddenly postpone or delay concerts of performers from outside the United States with very short notice because of delays in their obtaining visas from the U.S government. Many artists have completely stopped touring in the United States because of the red tape, unpredictability, and high cost of planning a trip here. The Folk Music Society would dearly like to try to get some special people to perform here, such as accordionist, Phil Cunningham, formerly of Silly Wizard, but they just don't tour here anymore because it is more trouble than it is worth. There is current legislation being considered in the U.S. Senate with bipartisan support (introduced by Orrin Hatch (Republican) and Patrick Leahy (Democrat). The bill would merely require that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services process arts visas in the stated 14 days window or else waive the application fee. It is hoped that this change will remove the uncertainty that can hang over the artist with delays as long as 6 months and requiring the need for expensive additional rush service charges. Aengus Finnan, Executive Director of Folk Alliance International has written an excellent, concise letter about this, including links to more information and how you can help with a letter or email to your senator. The bill is The Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act and is S2466. See Aengus' letter here.
Spring is very nearly here. If you are interested in wildflowers, hear the Wildflower Report with Joe Spano by calling 818 768-1802, ext. 7. You can also listen or read it at the Theodore Payne Foundation web site. The report is updated every Friday. For desert wildflowers in particular, go to the Desert USA web site.
And this just in: The Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles will hold their Spring Concert on Saturday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hermosa Beach Community Theatre, 710 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach. Tickets are available online or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006. General admission (open seating) tickets are $12. Reserved seating in the first few rows (choose your seats) are available for $25. Tickets for children under 13 years of age are free. The guest artist will be award-winning Scottish and Cape Breton fiddler Katie McNally. You can read about Katie - who not long ago appeared on the cover of Fiddler Magazine. Check her out and listen to her play at www.katiemcnally.com.
Tickets for this show are $20 for adults, $5 for children and Caltech students. You can purchase tickets at the Caltech Ticket Office, 1200 E. California Blvd (southeast corner of Wilson Avenue and California Blvd) between 10AM and 4:30 PM Monday- Friday, or by phone with a service charge at (626) 395-4652. You can buy them online (also with a fee) here. If you haven't been to one of our shows for awhile, since the parking locations changed a bit, read the 4th paragraph on our web page here.
The Kingston Trio is coming up soon in Beckman Auditorium ("Big Beckman") on Saturday March 31 at 8:00 PM. You will hear songs like Tom Dooley, Where Have all the Flowers Gone, and many others. This is not a Folk Music Society show, but if you mention us, you get $5 off on each ticket! The original members are no longer in the group, but Josh Reynolds, son of Nick Reynolds, is joined by Mike Marvin (Nick Reynolds' nephew), and Tim Gorelangton. This is a different group than the one who performed at Caltech a few years ago, but if you like the Kingston Trio and remember their songs, or if you want to find out about them and how they helped popularize folk music back in the late 1950's and early 1960's, you will enjoy the show. Lots of harmonies, guitars, banjos, along with Conga and bongos. Get a sample here. Buy your tickets from the Ticket Office or at the door. See our page, Pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org to find out the other great things we have coming up. We just added a new show for the summer, Mother's Boys, who will be doing Carter Family songs, on August 4. The group consists of Peter Feldman, Rick Cunha, David Jackson, and David Dawson. Get a taste with the song, You've Been a Friend to Me. We'll get it on our web page soon and let you know more about it.
Coming right up, this Saturday, March 24 is Folkworks' Folk/Roots Festival, a whole day (10AM to 10PM) of concerts, dance, workshops, jams, singing circles and food trucks! The event is at St John's Presbyterian Church in West LA and features 70 performers in all. Expose yourself to the great variety of folk music, with familiar names like talented veterans, Fred Sokolow and Susie Glaze, along with great more recent upstarts, such as David Bragger plus a whole host of other musicians who may be new to you. You will hear American roots music, Middle Eastern, south of the border (sometimes way south!), Eastern European, and much more. If you play or sing, check the workshops and bring your instrument, whether you're a beginner or advanced. Or just come and listen to the performances and workshops! At 2:00 PM there will be panel on Social Justice and Folk Music, featuring Ross Altman, Darryl Holter, Jonathan Ritter, moderated by Larry Wines. If it fits your schedule better, you can just come for the night concerts. Hear Leda and Steve Shapiro talk about the festival on FolkScene's show from this past Sunday by going to the KPFK Audio Archives and selecting Sunday, March 18, 2018, 6:00 PM. Enjoy the whole show, including a great interview/performance with Janiva Magness (highly recommended- quite a woman!), or zero-in on the description of the festival with the Shapiros, beginning with a couple of songs at the 16 minute point and then Steve and Leda talking at minute 23. Don't miss the Festival! Speaking of KPFK, Mary Katherine Aldin's Alive and Picking 5th-Saturday-of-the-month comes around on March 31, 6-8 AM or can be heard for 2 weeks on the Archives (see above). Always a treat!
Saturday, March 24 is a busy day. It is also Bach in the Subway LA at Union Station, downtown Los Angeles. From 10AM to 7PM, enjoy free live music in 3 locations at the train station. This is definitely a drop-in kind of event, so you can stop in for awhile on your way to the Festival! As a matter of fact, you can take the Red Line from Union Station to the 7th Street/Metro Station, switch to the Expo line, then get off at Westwood/Rancho Park Station, for a 13 minute walk. See here for more details on how to take the train to the Festival. Incidentally, Uncle Ruthie of KPFK will be in the North Patio of Union Station from 10-11 AM playing Bach on a 100 year old pump organ!
Also on Saturday, March 24, 9:30 to noon, the Pasadena Area League of Women Voters will hold their 7th Annual Climate Change Forum at First United Methodist Church at 500 East Colorado Blvd in Pasadena. Hear new scientific insights from two scientists from Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Then, it is off to the Festival!
Help international folk musicians!
You can weigh in and encourage international cultural exchange. Over just the past few years, the Folk Music Society has had to suddenly postpone or delay concerts of performers from outside the United States with very short notice because of delays in their obtaining visas from the U.S government. Many artists have completely stopped touring in the United States because of the red tape, unpredictability, and high cost of planning a trip here. The Folk Music Society would dearly like to try to get some special people to perform here, such as accordionist, Phil Cunningham, formerly of Silly Wizard, but they just don't tour here anymore because it is more trouble than it is worth. There is current legislation being considered in the U.S. Senate with bipartisan support (introduced by Orrin Hatch (Republican) and Patrick Leahy (Democrat). The bill would merely require that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services process arts visas in the stated 14 days window or else waive the application fee. It is hoped that this change will remove the uncertainty that can hang over the artist with delays as long as 6 months and requiring the need for expensive additional rush service charges. Aengus Finnan, Executive Director of Folk Alliance International has written an excellent, concise letter about this, including links to more information and how you can help with a letter or email to your senator. The bill is The Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act and is S2466. See Aengus' letter here.
Spring is very nearly here. If you are interested in wildflowers, hear the Wildflower Report with Joe Spano by calling 818 768-1802, ext. 7. You can also listen or read it at the Theodore Payne Foundation web site. The report is updated every Friday. For desert wildflowers in particular, go to the Desert USA web site.
And this just in: The Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles will hold their Spring Concert on Saturday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hermosa Beach Community Theatre, 710 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach. Tickets are available online or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006. General admission (open seating) tickets are $12. Reserved seating in the first few rows (choose your seats) are available for $25. Tickets for children under 13 years of age are free. The guest artist will be award-winning Scottish and Cape Breton fiddler Katie McNally. You can read about Katie - who not long ago appeared on the cover of Fiddler Magazine. Check her out and listen to her play at www.katiemcnally.com.
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Date: 2018-03-21 06:32 pm (UTC)